9.480, Books: Psycholing, computer & cognitive sciences

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Subject: 9.480, Books: Psycholing, computer & cognitive sciences

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Date:  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:15:37 -0500
From:  rmurphy at wkap.com (Roberta Murphy)
Subject:  The Informational Complexity of Learning


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Date:  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:15:37 -0500
From:  rmurphy at wkap.com (Roberta Murphy)
Subject:  The Informational Complexity of Learning


    KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS is proud to announce the publication of:

    THE INFORMATIONAL COMPLEXITY OF LEARNING:
    Perspectives on Neural Networks and  Generative Grammar

    by Partha Niyogi
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Among other topics, THE INFORMATIONAL COMPLEXITY OF LEARNING:

    Perspectives on Neural Networks and Generative Grammar brings together
    two important but
    very different learning problems within the same analytical framework. The
    first concerns the problem of learning functional mappings using neural
    networks, followed by learning natural language grammars in the principles
    and parameters tradition of Chomsky.

    These two learning problems are seemingly very different.  Neural networks
    are real-valued, infinite-dimensional, continuous mappings.  On the other
    hand, grammars are boolean-valued, finite-dimensional, discrete (symbolic)
    mappings.

    The book's objective is to bridge this gap.  It uses the formal techniques
    developed in statistical learning theory and theoretical computer science
    over the last decade to analyze both kinds of learning problems.  Specific
    results include model selection in neural networks, active learning,
    language learning and evolutionary models of language change.

    THE INFORMATIONAL COMPLEXITY OF LEARNING: Perspectives on Neural Networks
    and Generative Grammar is a very interdisciplinary work. All individuals
    interested in the interaction of computer science and cognitive science
    should enjoy the book.  Researchers in artificial intelligence, neural
    networks, linguistics, theoretical computer science, and statistics will
    find it particularly relevant.

    Contents
        Foreword.
        Preface.
        1. INTRODUCTION.
        2. GENERALIZATION ERROR FOR NEURAL NETS.
        3. ACTIVE LEARNING.
        4. LANGUAGE LEARNING.
        5. LANGUAGE CHANGE.
        6. CONCLUSIONS.

     1998    248 pp.    ISBN 0-7923-8081-9     $98.00

     FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR On-line
     Catalogue at: http://www.wkap.nl

     or you may order directly from:

     Kluwer Academic Publishers
     101 Philip Drive
     Norwell, Ma. 02061
     Phone: 781-871-6600, Fax: (781) 871-6528,  E-mail: kluwer at wkap.com

     Kluwer Academic Publishers
     P. O. Box 322
     3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands
     Phone 31 78 639 2392, Fax: 31 78 6546474,  E-mail: services at wkap.nl



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