Exploiting generative models in discriminative classifiers
Proceedings of the 1998 conference on Advances in neural information processing systems II
Pattern Classification (2nd Edition)
Pattern Classification (2nd Edition)
Optimizing the kernel in the empirical feature space
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
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There is no single generic kernel that suits all estimation tasks. Kernels that are learnt from the data are known to yield better classification. The coefficients of the optimal kernel that maximizes the class separability in the empirical feature space had been previously obtained by a gradient-based procedure. In this paper, we show how these coefficients can be learnt from the data by simply solving a generalized eigenvalue problem. Our approach yields a significant reduction in classification errors on selected UCI benchmarks.