Learning k-modal distributions via testing

© 2014 Constantinos Daskalakis, Ilias Diakonikolas, and Rocco A. Servedio. A k-modal probability distribution over the discrete domain {1;……,n} is one whose histogram has at most k “peaks” and “valleys.” Such distributions are natural generalizations of monotone (k = 0) and unimodal (k = 1) probabil...

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Main Authors: Daskalakis, C, Diakonikolas, I, Servedio, RA
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Theory of Computing Exchange 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/143115