The author is extremely well known and respected in this field and he provides a very comprehensive text with a broad focus covering all aspects of learning theory and it's applications.

Klappentext

How does a machine learn a new concept on the basis of examples? This second edition takes account of important new developments in the field. It also deals extensively with the theory of learning control systems, now comparably mature to learning of neural networks.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Preliminaries.- 3. Problem Formulations.- 4. Vapnik-Chervonenkis, Pseudo- and Fat-Shattering Dimensions.- 5. Uniform Convergence of Empirical Means.- 6. Learning Under a Fixed Probability Measure.- 7. Distribution-Free Learning.- 8. Learning Under an Intermediate Family of Probabilities.- 9. Alternate Models of Learning.- 10. Applications to Neural Networks..- 11. Applications to Control Systems.- 12. Some Open Problems.