List of Important Publications in Statistics - Statistical Learning Theory

Statistical Learning Theory

On the uniform convergence of relative frequencies of events to their probabilities

Authors: V. Vapnik, A. Chervonenkis
Publication data: Theory of Probability and its Applications, 16(2):264–280, 1971 doi:10.1137/1116025
Description: Computational learning theory, VC theory, statistical uniform convergence and the VC dimension.
Importance: Breakthrough, Influence

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