For many types of machine learning algorithms, one can compute the statistically \optimal" way to select training data. In this paper, we review how optimal data selection techniques have been used with feedforward neural networks. We then show how the same principles may be used to select data for two alternative, statistically-based learning architectures: mixtures of Gaussians and locally weighted regression. While the techniques for neural networks are computationally expensive and approximate, the techniques for mixtures of Gaussians and locally weighted regression are both e cient and accurate. Empirically, we observe that the optimality criterion sharply decreases the number of training examples the learner needs in order to achieve good performance.

This paper surveys the eld of reinforcement learning from a computer-science perspective. It is written to be accessible to researchers familiar with machine learning. Both the historical basis of the eld and a broad selection of current work are summarized. Reinforcement learning is the problem faced by an agent that learns behavior through trial-and-error interactions with a dynamic environment. The work described here has a resemblance to work in psychology, but di ers considerably in the details and in the use of the word \reinforcement." The paper discusses central issues of reinforcement learning, including trading o exploration and exploitation, establishing the foundations of the eld via Markov decision theory, learning from delayed reinforcement, constructing empirical models to accelerate learning, making use of generalization and hierarchy, and coping with hidden state. It concludes with a survey of some implemented systems and an assessment of the practical utility of current methods for reinforcement learning.

Learning curves provide insight into the dependence of a learner's generalization performance on the training set size. This important tool can be used for model selection, to predict the effect of more training data, and to reduce the computational complexity of model training and hyperparameter tuning. This review recounts the origins of the term, provides a formal definition of the learning curve, and briefly covers basics such as its estimation. Our main contribution is a comprehensive overview of the literature regarding the shape of learning curves. We discuss empirical and theoretical evidence that supports well-behaved curves that often have the shape of a power law or an exponential. We consider the learning curves of Gaussian processes, the complex shapes they can display, and the factors influencing them. We draw specific attention to examples of learning curves that are ill-behaved, showing worse learning performance with more training data. To wrap up, we point out various open problems that warrant deeper empirical and theoretical investigation. All in all, our review underscores that learning curves are surprisingly diverse and no universal model can be identified.

自动数据收集方案的扩散和传感器的进步正在增加我们能够实时监控的数据量。但是，鉴于高注册成本和质量检查所需的时间，数据通常以未标记的形式获得。这正在促进使用主动学习来开发软传感器和预测模型。在生产中，通过评估未标记数据的信息内容来收集标签，而不是进行随机检查以获取产品信息。文献中已经提出了一些有关回归的查询策略框架，但大多数重点都专门用于基于静态池的场景。在这项工作中，我们为基于流的方案提出了一种新的策略，在该方案中，将实例顺序提供给学习者，该实例必须立即决定是否执行质量检查以获取标签或丢弃实例。该方法受到最佳实验设计理论的启发，决策过程的迭代方面是通过对未标记数据点的信息设定阈值来解决的。使用数值模拟和田纳西州伊士曼工艺模拟器评估所提出的方法。结果证实，选择提出的算法建议的示例可以更快地减少预测误差。

Hamiltonian学习是量子系统识别，校准和量子计算机成功运行的重要程序。通过对量子系统的查询，该过程寻求获得给定Hamiltonian模型的参数和噪声源的描述。汉密尔顿学习的标准技术需要仔细设计查询和$ O（\ epsilon ^ {-2}）$查询，以获得由于标准量子限制而实现学习错误$ \ epsilon $。通过实现学习错误$ \ epsilon $ \ opsilon $的有效和准确地估计Hamiltonian参数，我们介绍了一个活跃的学习者，它给出了一个初始的训练示例和交互式查询量子系统以产生新的培训数据的能力。我们正式指定和实验地评估该汉密尔顿主动学习（HAL）算法的性能，用于学习四个不同超导IBM量子器件上的双态交叉谐振Hamiltonian的六个参数。与同一问题的标准技术和指定的学习错误相比，HAL可以在相当的非自适应学习算法上实现高达99.8 \％$ 99.1 \％$ 49.1％。此外，通过访问汉密尔顿参数的子集的先前信息，并提供了在学习期间用线性（或指数）的较长系统交互时间选择查询的能力，Hal可以超过标准量子限制，实现Heisenberg（或超级Heisenberg）有限公司学习期间的收敛速度。

The success of machine learning algorithms generally depends on data representation, and we hypothesize that this is because different representations can entangle and hide more or less the different explanatory factors of variation behind the data. Although specific domain knowledge can be used to help design representations, learning with generic priors can also be used, and the quest for AI is motivating the design of more powerful representation-learning algorithms implementing such priors. This paper reviews recent work in the area of unsupervised feature learning and deep learning, covering advances in probabilistic models, auto-encoders, manifold learning, and deep networks. This motivates longer-term unanswered questions about the appropriate objectives for learning good representations, for computing representations (i.e., inference), and the geometrical connections between representation learning, density estimation and manifold learning.

这项正在进行的工作旨在为统计学习提供统一的介绍，从诸如GMM和HMM等经典模型到现代神经网络（如VAE和扩散模型）缓慢地构建。如今，有许多互联网资源可以孤立地解释这一点或新的机器学习算法，但是它们并没有（也不能在如此简短的空间中）将这些算法彼此连接起来，或者与统计模型的经典文献相连现代算法出现了。同样明显缺乏的是一个单一的符号系统，尽管对那些已经熟悉材料的人（如这些帖子的作者）不满意，但对新手的入境造成了重大障碍。同样，我的目的是将各种模型（尽可能）吸收到一个用于推理和学习的框架上，表明（以及为什么）如何以最小的变化将一个模型更改为另一个模型（其中一些是新颖的，另一些是文献中的）。某些背景当然是必要的。我以为读者熟悉基本的多变量计算，概率和统计以及线性代数。这本书的目标当然不是​​完整性，而是从基本知识到过去十年中极强大的新模型的直线路径或多或少。然后，目标是补充而不是替换，诸如Bishop的\ emph {模式识别和机器学习}之类的综合文本，该文本现在已经15岁了。

估计给定样品的吉布斯密度函数是计算统计和统计学习中的重要问题。尽管普遍使用了良好的最大似然法，但它需要计算分区函数（即密度的归一化）。可以轻松地针对简单的低维问题计算此功能，但是对于一般密度和高维问题，其计算很困难甚至是棘手的。在本文中，我们提出了一种基于最大a-posteriori（MAP）估计器的替代方法，我们命名了最大恢复地图（MR-MAP），以得出不需要计算分区功能的估计器，并将问题重新制定为优化问题。我们进一步提出了一种最小动作类型的潜力，使我们能够快速解决优化问题作为馈送屈曲神经网络。我们证明了我们的方法对某些标准数据集的有效性。

这是一门专门针对STEM学生开发的介绍性机器学习课程。我们的目标是为有兴趣的读者提供基础知识，以在自己的项目中使用机器学习，并将自己熟悉术语作为进一步阅读相关文献的基础。在这些讲义中，我们讨论受监督，无监督和强化学习。注释从没有神经网络的机器学习方法的说明开始，例如原理分析，T-SNE，聚类以及线性回归和线性分类器。我们继续介绍基本和先进的神经网络结构，例如密集的进料和常规神经网络，经常性的神经网络，受限的玻尔兹曼机器，（变性）自动编码器，生成的对抗性网络。讨论了潜在空间表示的解释性问题，并使用梦和对抗性攻击的例子。最后一部分致力于加强学习，我们在其中介绍了价值功能和政策学习的基本概念。

Bayesian adaptive experimental design is a form of active learning, which chooses samples to maximize the information they give about uncertain parameters. Prior work has shown that other forms of active learning can suffer from active learning bias, where unrepresentative sampling leads to inconsistent parameter estimates. We show that active learning bias can also afflict Bayesian adaptive experimental design, depending on model misspecification. We analyze the case of estimating a linear model, and show that worse misspecification implies more severe active learning bias. At the same time, model classes incorporating more "noise" - i.e., specifying higher inherent variance in observations - suffer less from active learning bias. Finally, we demonstrate empirically that insights from the linear model can predict the presence and degree of active learning bias in nonlinear contexts, namely in a (simulated) preference learning experiment.

分类模型是物理资产管理技术的基本组成部分，如结构健康监测（SHM）系统和数字双胞胎。以前的工作介绍了\ Texit {基于风险的主动学习}，一种在线方法，用于开发考虑它们所应用的决策支持上下文的统计分类器。通过优先查询数据标签来考虑决策，根据\ Textit {完美信息的预期值}（EVPI）。虽然通过采用基于风险的主动学习方法获得了几种好处，但包括改进的决策性能，但算法遭受与引导查询过程的采样偏差有关的问题。这种采样偏差最终表现为在主动学习后的后期阶段的决策表现的下降，这又对应于丢失的资源/实用程序。目前的论文提出了两种新方法来抵消采样偏置的影响：\纺织{半监督学习}，以及\ extentit {鉴别的分类模型}。首先使用合成数据集进行这些方法，然后随后应用于实验案例研究，具体地，Z24桥数据集。半监督学习方法显示有变量性能;具有稳健性，对采样偏置依赖于对每个数据集选择模型所选择的生成分布的适用性。相反，判别分类器被证明对采样偏压的影响具有优异的鲁棒性。此外，发现在监控运动期间进行的检查数，因此可以通过仔细选择决策支持监测系统中使用的统计分类器的仔细选择来减少。

越来越需要与深神经网络兼容的有效主动学习算法。本文激励和重新审视基于经典的Fisher的主动选择目标，并提出了诱饵，实用，易拔和高性能的算法，使其可以与神经模型一起使用。诱饵从参数模型的最大似然估计器（MLE）的理论分析中汲取灵感。它通过在FISHER信息方面优化MLE误差的绑定来选择批次的样本，我们通过利用线性代数结构可以在规模上有效地实现，特别是在现代硬件上执行。我们的实验表明，诱饵始于先前的本领域技术在分类和回归问题上，并且足够灵活，可以与各种模型架构一起使用。

The notion of uncertainty is of major importance in machine learning and constitutes a key element of machine learning methodology. In line with the statistical tradition, uncertainty has long been perceived as almost synonymous with standard probability and probabilistic predictions. Yet, due to the steadily increasing relevance of machine learning for practical applications and related issues such as safety requirements, new problems and challenges have recently been identified by machine learning scholars, and these problems may call for new methodological developments. In particular, this includes the importance of distinguishing between (at least) two different types of uncertainty, often referred to as aleatoric and epistemic. In this paper, we provide an introduction to the topic of uncertainty in machine learning as well as an overview of attempts so far at handling uncertainty in general and formalizing this distinction in particular.

Multilayer Neural Networks trained with the backpropagation algorithm constitute the best example of a successful Gradient-Based Learning technique. Given an appropriate network architecture, Gradient-Based Learning algorithms can be used to synthesize a complex decision surface that can classify high-dimensional patterns such as handwritten characters, with minimal preprocessing. This paper reviews various methods applied to handwritten character recognition and compares them on a standard handwritten digit recognition task. Convolutional Neural Networks, that are specifically designed to deal with the variability of 2D shapes, are shown to outperform all other techniques.Real-life document recognition systems are composed of multiple modules including eld extraction, segmentation, recognition, and language modeling. A new learning paradigm, called Graph Transformer Networks (GTN), allows such multi-module systems to be trained globally using Gradient-Based methods so as to minimize an overall performance measure.Two systems for on-line handwriting recognition are described. Experiments demonstrate the advantage of global training, and the exibility of Graph Transformer Networks.A Graph Transformer Network for reading bank check is also described. It uses Convolutional Neural Network character recognizers combined with global training techniques to provides record accuracy on business and personal checks. It is deployed commercially and reads several million checks per day.

我们考虑了使用显微镜或X射线散射技术产生的图像数据自组装的模型的贝叶斯校准。为了说明BCP平衡结构中的随机远程疾病，我们引入了辅助变量以表示这种不确定性。然而，这些变量导致了高维图像数据的综合可能性，通常可以评估。我们使用基于测量运输的可能性方法以及图像数据的摘要统计数据来解决这一具有挑战性的贝叶斯推理问题。我们还表明，可以计算出有关模型参数的数据中的预期信息收益（EIG），而无需额外的成本。最后，我们介绍了基于二嵌段共聚物薄膜自组装和自上而下显微镜表征的ohta-kawasaki模型的数值案例研究。为了进行校准，我们介绍了一些基于域的能量和傅立叶的摘要统计数据，并使用EIG量化了它们的信息性。我们证明了拟议方法研究数据损坏和实验设计对校准结果的影响的力量。

由于数据量增加，金融业的快速变化已经彻底改变了数据处理和数据分析的技术，并带来了新的理论和计算挑战。与古典随机控制理论和解决财务决策问题的其他分析方法相比，解决模型假设的财务决策问题，强化学习（RL）的新发展能够充分利用具有更少模型假设的大量财务数据并改善复杂的金融环境中的决策。该调查纸目的旨在审查最近的资金途径的发展和使用RL方法。我们介绍了马尔可夫决策过程，这是许多常用的RL方法的设置。然后引入各种算法，重点介绍不需要任何模型假设的基于价值和基于策略的方法。连接是用神经网络进行的，以扩展框架以包含深的RL算法。我们的调查通过讨论了这些RL算法在金融中各种决策问题中的应用，包括最佳执行，投资组合优化，期权定价和对冲，市场制作，智能订单路由和Robo-Awaring。

大多数机器学习算法由一个或多个超参数配置，必须仔细选择并且通常会影响性能。为避免耗时和不可递销的手动试验和错误过程来查找性能良好的超参数配置，可以采用各种自动超参数优化（HPO）方法，例如，基于监督机器学习的重新采样误差估计。本文介绍了HPO后，本文审查了重要的HPO方法，如网格或随机搜索，进化算法，贝叶斯优化，超带和赛车。它给出了关于进行HPO的重要选择的实用建议，包括HPO算法本身，性能评估，如何将HPO与ML管道，运行时改进和并行化结合起来。这项工作伴随着附录，其中包含关于R和Python的特定软件包的信息，以及用于特定学习算法的信息和推荐的超参数搜索空间。我们还提供笔记本电脑，这些笔记本展示了这项工作的概念作为补充文件。

跨学科的一个重要问题是发现产生预期结果的干预措施。当可能的干预空间很大时，需要进行详尽的搜索，需要实验设计策略。在这种情况下，编码变量之间的因果关系以及因此对系统的影响，对于有效地确定理想的干预措施至关重要。我们开发了一种迭代因果方法来识别最佳干预措施，这是通过分布后平均值和所需目标平均值之间的差异来衡量的。我们制定了一种主动学习策略，该策略使用从不同干预措施中获得的样本来更新有关基本因果模型的信念，并确定对最佳干预措施最有用的样本，因此应在下一批中获得。该方法采用了因果模型的贝叶斯更新，并使用精心设计的，有因果关系的收购功能优先考虑干预措施。此采集函数以封闭形式进行评估，从而有效优化。理论上以信息理论界限和可证明的一致性结果在理论上基于理论上的算法。我们说明了综合数据和现实世界生物学数据的方法，即来自worturb-cite-seq实验的基因表达数据，以识别诱导特定细胞态过渡的最佳扰动；与几个基线相比，观察到所提出的因果方法可实现更好的样品效率。在这两种情况下，我们都认为因果知情的采集函数尤其优于现有标准，从而允许使用实验明显更少的最佳干预设计。

有效推论是一种数学框架，它起源于计算神经科学，作为大脑如何实现动作，感知和学习的理论。最近，已被证明是在不确定性下存在国家估算和控制问题的有希望的方法，以及一般的机器人和人工代理人的目标驱动行为的基础。在这里，我们审查了最先进的理论和对国家估计，控制，规划和学习的积极推断的实现;描述当前的成就，特别关注机器人。我们展示了相关实验，以适应，泛化和稳健性而言说明其潜力。此外，我们将这种方法与其他框架联系起来，并讨论其预期的利益和挑战：使用变分贝叶斯推理具有功能生物合理性的统一框架。

One of the core problems of modern statistics is to approximate difficult-to-compute probability densities. This problem is especially important in Bayesian statistics, which frames all inference about unknown quantities as a calculation involving the posterior density. In this paper, we review variational inference (VI), a method from machine learning that approximates probability densities through optimization. VI has been used in many applications and tends to be faster than classical methods, such as Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling. The idea behind VI is to first posit a family of densities and then to find the member of that family which is close to the target. Closeness is measured by Kullback-Leibler divergence. We review the ideas behind mean-field variational inference, discuss the special case of VI applied to exponential family models, present a full example with a Bayesian mixture of Gaussians, and derive a variant that uses stochastic optimization to scale up to massive data. We discuss modern research in VI and highlight important open problems. VI is powerful, but it is not yet well understood. Our hope in writing this paper is to catalyze statistical research on this class of algorithms.