85 citations · 85 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
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stat.ML2020
A combinatorial conjecture from PAC-Bayesian machine learning
M. Younsi, A. Lacasse
We present a proof of a combinatorial conjecture from the second author's Ph.D. thesis. The proof relies on binomial and multinomial sums identities. We also discuss the relevance…
stat.ML2015★ 85 cited
Risk Bounds for the Majority Vote: From a PAC-Bayesian Analysis to a Learning Algorithm
Pascal Germain, Alexandre Lacasse, François Laviolette +2
We propose an extensive analysis of the behavior of majority votes in binary classification. In particular, we introduce a risk bound for majority votes, called the C-bound, that t…