Risk Bounds for Random Regression Graphs

  • Authors:
  • A. Caponnetto;S. Smale

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago, 1100 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA and DISI, Universita di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 35, 16146 Genova, Italy;Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, 1427 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

  • Venue:
  • Foundations of Computational Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We consider the regression problem and describe an algorithm approximating the regression function by estimators piecewise constant on the elements of an adaptive partition. The partitions are iteratively constructed by suitable random merges and splits, using cuts of arbitrary geometry. We give a risk bound under the assumption that a "weak learning hypothesis" holds, and characterize this hypothesis in terms of a suitable RKHS. Two examples illustrate the general results in two particularly interesting cases.