1 Introduction and Overview. - 1. 1 Basic Definitions. - 1. 2 Trainable Classifiers and Training Theory. - 1. 3 Assumptions and Notation. - 1. 4 Illustrative Training Process. - 1. 5 Linear Discriminant Functions. - 1. 6 Expanding the Feature Space. - 1. 7 Binary-Input Classifiers. - 1. 8 Weight Space Versus Feature Space. - 1. 9 Statistical Models. - 1. 10 Evaluation of Performance. - 2 Linearly Separable Classes. - 2. 1 Introduction. - 2. 2 Convex sets Summability and Linear Separability. - 2. 3 Notation and Terminology. - 2. 4 The Perceptron and the Proportional Increment Training Procedure. - 2. 5 The Fixed Fraction Training Procedure. - 2. 6 A Multiclass Training Procedure. - 2. 7 Synthesis by Game Theory. - 2. 8 Symplifying Techniques. - 2. 9 Illustrative Example. - 2. 10 Gradient Descent. - 2. 11 Conditions for Ensuring Desired Convergence. - 2. 12 Gradient Descent for Designing Classifiers. - 2. 13 The HoKashyap Procedure. - 3 Nonlinear Classifiers. - 3. 1 Introduction. - 3. 2 ?-Classifiers. - 3. 3 Bayes Estimation: Parametric Training. - 3. 4 Smoothing Techniques: Nonparametric Training. - 3. 5 Bar Graphs. - 3. 6 Parzen Windows and Potential Functions. - 3. 7 Storage Economies. - 3. 8 Fixed-Base Bar Graphs. - 3. 9 Sample Sets and Prototypes. - 3. 10 Close Opposed Pairs of Prototypes. - 3. 11 Locally Trained Piecewise Linear Classifiers. - 4 Loss Functions and Stochastic Approximation. - 4. 1 Introduction. - 4. 2 A Loss Function for the Proportional Increment Procedure. - 4. 3 The Sample Gradient. - 4. 4 The Use of Prior Knowledge. - 4. 5 Loss Functions and Gradients of Some Important Training Procedures. - 4. 6 Loss Functions Compared. - 4. 7 Unequal Costs of Category Decisions. - 4. 8 Stochastic Approximation. - 4. 9 Gradients for Various Constituent Densities and Hyperplanes. - 4. 10 Conclusion. - 5 Linear Classifiers for NonseparableClasses. - 5. 1 Modifications of Gradient Descent. - 5. 2 Normalization Origin Selection and Initial Vector. - 5. 3 The Window Training Procedure. - 5. 4 The Minimum Mean Square Error Training Procedure. - 5. 5 The Equalized Error Training Procedure. - 5. 6 Accounting for Unequal Costs. - 5. 7 An Application. - 5. 8 Summary. - 6 Markov Chain Training Models for Nonseparable Classes. - 6. 1 Introduction. - 6. 2 The Problem of Analyzing a Stochastic Difference Equation. - 6. 3 Examples of Single-Feature Classifiers. - 6. 4 A Single-Feature Classifier with Constant Increment Training. - 6. 5 Basic Properties of Learning Dynamics. - 6. 6 Erogodicity and Stability in the Large. - 6. 7 Train-Work Schedules: Two-Mode Classes. - 6. 8 Optimal Finite Memory Learning. - 6. 9 Multidimensional Feature Space. - 7 Continuous-State Models. - 7. 1 Introduction. - 7. 2 The Centroid Equation. - 7. 3 Proof that ?(n) = O(?)U for n? ? t < ?. - 7. 4 The Covariance Equation. - 7. 5 Learning Curves and Variance Curves. - 7. 6 Normalization with Respect to t. - 7. 7 Illustrative Examples. - 7. 8 Shapes of Learning Curves in Single-Feature Classifiers. - 7. 9 How Close are the Equal Error and Minimum Error Points?. - 7. 10 Asymptotic Stability in the Large. - Appendix A Vectors and Matrices. - A. 1 Vector Inequalities and Other Vector Notation. - A. 2 Permutation Matrices. - Appendix B Proof of Convergence for the Window Procedure. - Appendix C Proof of Convergence for the Equalized Error Procedure. - C. 2 Proof of Theorem 5. 3. Language: English