We present a variational Bayesian framework for performing inference, density estimation and model selection in a special class of graphical models--Hidden Markov Random Fields (H...
Li Cheng, Feng Jiao, Dale Schuurmans, Shaojun Wang
Semi-supervised clustering algorithms aim to improve clustering results using limited supervision. The supervision is generally given as pairwise constraints; such constraints are...
Brian Kulis, Sugato Basu, Inderjit S. Dhillon, Ray...
Stochastic topological models, and hidden Markov models in particular, are a useful tool for robotic navigation and planning. In previous work we have shown how weak odometric dat...
The problem of ethnicity identification from names has a variety of important applications, including biomedical research, demographic studies, and marketing. Here we report on th...
Anurag Ambekar, Charles B. Ward, Jahangir Mohammed...
Unsupervised clustering can be significantly improved using supervision in the form of pairwise constraints, i.e., pairs of instances labeled as belonging to same or different clu...