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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