Entropy, Combinatorial Dimensions and Random Averages

Abstract

In this article we introduce a new combinatorial parameter which generalizes the VC dimension and the fat-shattering dimension, and extends beyond the function-class setup. Using this parameter we establish entropy bounds for subsets of the n -dimensional unit cube, and in particular, we present new bounds on the empirical covering numbers and gaussian averages associated with classes of functions in terms of the fat-shattering dimension.

Cite

Text

Mendelson and Vershynin. "Entropy, Combinatorial Dimensions and Random Averages." Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory, 2002. doi:10.1007/3-540-45435-7_2

Markdown

[Mendelson and Vershynin. "Entropy, Combinatorial Dimensions and Random Averages." Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory, 2002.](https://mlanthology.org/colt/2002/mendelson2002colt-entropy/) doi:10.1007/3-540-45435-7_2

BibTeX

@inproceedings{mendelson2002colt-entropy,
  title     = {{Entropy, Combinatorial Dimensions and Random Averages}},
  author    = {Mendelson, Shahar and Vershynin, Roman},
  booktitle = {Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory},
  year      = {2002},
  pages     = {14-28},
  doi       = {10.1007/3-540-45435-7_2},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/colt/2002/mendelson2002colt-entropy/}
}