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Performance analysis for L_2 kernel classification
JooSeuk Kim · Clayton Scott

Wed Dec 10 07:30 PM -- 12:00 AM (PST) @ None #None
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We provide statistical performance guarantees for a recently introduced kernel classifier that optimizes the $L_2$ or integrated squared error (ISE) of a difference of densities. The classifier is similar to a support vector machine (SVM) in that it is the solution of a quadratic program and yields a sparse classifier. Unlike SVMs, however, the $L_2$ kernel classifier does not involve a regularization parameter. We prove a distribution free concentration inequality for a cross-validation based estimate of the ISE, and apply this result to deduce an oracle inequality and consistency of the classifier on the sense of both ISE and probability of error. Our results can also be specialized to give performance guarantees for an existing method of $L_2$ kernel density estimation.
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JooSeuk Kim
Clayton Scott (University of Michigan)

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