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  A random sampling based algorithm for learning the intersection of half-spaces (1997) [18 citations — 2 self]

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by Santosh Vempala
In Proceedings of the 38th Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science
http://www-math.mit.edu/~vempala/papers/kplanes.ps
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Abstract:

We present an algorithm for learning the intersection of half-spaces in n dimensions. Over nearlyuniform distributions, it runs in polynomial time for up to O(log n = log log n) half-spaces or, more generally, for any number of half-spaces whose normal vectors lie in an O(log n = log log n) dimensional subspace. Over less restricted "non-concentrated " distributions it runs in polynomial time for a constant number of half-spaces. This generalizes an earlier result of Blum and Kannan [4]. The algorithm is simple and is based on random sampling. 1

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