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Predictions as Statements and Decisions

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Learning Theory (COLT 2006)

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Prediction is a complex notion, and different predictors (such as people, computer programs, and probabilistic theories) can pursue very different goals. In this talk I will review some popular kinds of prediction and argue that the theory of competitive on-line learning can benefit from the kinds of prediction that are now foreign to it.

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Vovk, V. (2006). Predictions as Statements and Decisions. In: Lugosi, G., Simon, H.U. (eds) Learning Theory. COLT 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4005. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11776420_3

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