Advances in Large-Margin Classifiers
Smola, Alexander J. / Bartlett, Peter (University of California, Berkeley) / Schoelkopf, Bernhard (Director of the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent in Tubingen, Germany, Professor for Machine Lea, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems) / Schuurmans, Dale (Univ Of Alberta)
The book provides an overview of recent developments in large margin classifiers, examines connections with other methods (e.g., Bayesian inference), and identifies strengths and weaknesses of the method, as well as directions for future research.