This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the joint conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases: ECML PKDD 2009, held in Bled, Slovenia, in September 2009. The 106 papers presented in two volumes, together with 5 invited talks, were carefully reviewed and selected from 422 paper submissions. In addition to the regular papers the volume contains 14 abstracts of papers appearing in full version in the Machine Learning Journal and the Knowledge Discovery and Databases Journal of Springer. The conference intends to provide an international forum for the discussion of the latest high quality research results in all areas related to machine learning and knowledge discovery in databases. The topics addressed are application of machine learning and data mining methods to real-world problems, particularly exploratory research that describes novel learning and mining tasks and applications requiring non-standard techniques.
In the general (non-parameterized) case, or when the prior “decorrelates” the re-
ward in different states, we do not expect active learning to bring a significant
advantage. We are currently conducting further experiments to gain a clearer ...
Thursday night I remember less clearly, except that my dreams after the dance
were of empty ballroom floors in splintered moonlight, with the refrain of "Music,
Maestro, Please," Kohler's favorite song, going around and around in my head.
During animal development the descendants of a single cell form many different tissues and organs in appropriate positions within an embryo. To do this they must recognise their position, and this book examines our knowledge of how this is done.
In the offspring of grandchildless mothers, most of those granules have indeed
disappeared from oviposited eggs (Mahowald, Caulton & Gehring, 1979b). In
cecidomyid flies the posterior pole plasm protects nuclei from the elimination of
most ...
Today’s commercially available yurts largely are flexible wall units, with lattice forming the “frame” of the walls, and studs resting on an aircraft cable strung along the top of the lattice. They are lightweight, but, by that definition, are vulnerable to the elements and to wildlife. Although defined as portable, they require a full day to set up, using three or more people. Their insulation (optional) generally is Mylar bubble insulation and windows are heavy plastic. The yurt concept in this set of plans calls for rigid insulation walls, readily available materials, glass windows, standard-sized door, and a very lightweight, truly portable design. Although the yurt plan is sized for a 16-foot diameter unit, size can be scaled up or down quite readily. Total material cost generally is less than $1,500. Typically, one person can cut all the pieces needed to size in less than 40 hours. To assemble the unit requires one person and three or four hours. To disassemble takes two hours. The guide includes numerous photographs of a sample yurt being built. Also included are discussions of problems with many yurts (and solutions), ideas on plumbing, heating, interior finish and power.
Note the pole in one photo. This is not a support pole, but a decorative pole,
intended to become a totem pole, with each visitor completing their own
individual carvings on the pole. There are several designs of yurt rafter rings,
each serving ...
