Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning

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Recognition and Learning by a Computer

KEYWORDS

pattern recognition

learning

representation

underconstrained problem

generalization

transformation

recognition/learning system

In the past computers have been used mainly as tools for data processing. As the processing speed and the amount of data that can be processed by a computer have increased, we have discovered that we can use computers as more intelligent information processing tools. With this idea in mind, we can look at how a computer could be used for recognizing patterns and learning new information. This book is based on the idea that recognition and learning by a computer can be looked at as the process of generating an appropriate representation for information and transforming ...