Regularization, Optimization, Kernels, and Support Vector Machines

Regularization, Optimization, Kernels, and Support Vector Machines offers a snapshot of the current state of the art of large-scale machine learning, providing a single multidisciplinary source for the latest research and advances in regularization, sparsity, compressed sensing, convex and large-scale optimization, kernel methods, and support vector machines. Consisting of 21 chapters authored by leading researchers in machine learning, this comprehensive reference:

Covers the relationship between support vector machines (SVMs) and the Lasso

Discusses multi-layer SVMs

Explores nonparametric feature selection, basis pursuit methods, and robust compressive sensing

Describes graph-based regularization methods for single- and multi-task learning

Considers regularized methods for dictionary learning and portfolio selection

Addresses non-negative matrix factorization

Examines low-rank matrix and tensor-based models

Presents advanced kernel methods for batch and online machine learning, system identification, domain adaptation, and image processing

Tackles large-scale algorithms including conditional gradient methods, (non-convex) proximal techniques, and stochastic gradient descent

Regularization, Optimization, Kernels, and Support Vector Machines is ideal for researchers in machine learning, pattern recognition, data mining, signal processing, statistical learning, and related areas.