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PAC-BAYESIAN SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION (The thermodynamics of statistical learning) Olivier Catoni August 10, 2007 Abstract: This monograph deals with adaptive supervised classification, using tools borrowed from statistical mechanics and information theory, stemming from the PAC-Bayesian approach pioneered by David McAllester and applied to a conception of statistical learning theory forged by Vladimir Vapnik. Using convex analysis on the set of posterior probability measures, we show how to get local measures…

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