With the increase in the size of real-world databases, there is an ever-increasing need to scale up inductive learning algorithms. Incremental learning techniques are one possible solution to the scalability problem. In this paper, we propose three criteria to evaluate the robustness and reliability of incremental learning methods, and use them to study the robustness of an incremental training method for Support Vector Machines. We provide empirical results using benchmark machine learning datasets to show that support vectors form a succinct and sucient set for block-by-block incremental learning. 1 Introduction When developing classiers using learning methods, more training data can reduce risk, but the learning process can get computationally intractable. This issue is becoming more evident with large amounts of data available [5]. Researchers in machine learning and data mining [2, 3, 7] have therefore been trying to scale up classical inductive learning algorithms to handle ex...

Hyponatremia in patients with heart failure 1-Syed fasih ahmed hashmi,2- Dileep kumar,3- Muhammad awais memon,4- Shireen khanzada,Hitesh kumar,6-Faizan Qaisar,7 Ayesha memon

File: 6-6-8 The attached Technical Paper "Pore Sizes and Strength of a Compacted Clay", has been authored by Syed Ahmed, formerly a Graduate Assistant on our staff, and C. W. Lovell, Jr., and Sidney Diamond, members of our professional staff. The paper presents material previously

my gratitude to Dr. Keith Bell, Dr. Doug Warne, and Dr. Syed Ahmed for suggestions and advice given at the project meetings. A very special thanks goes to National Grid Transco (UK) and UMIST for funding this research project. Friends are also acknowledged for their supports. I express my sincere

infants on the clinical and economic burden of pneumococcal disease in Malaysia Syed Aljunid 1,2* † , Gulifeiya Abuduxike 1 † , Zafar Ahmed 2 † , Saperi Sulong 2 † , Amrizal Muhd Nur 2 † and Adrian Goh 3† Background: Pneumococcal disease is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable death in children

Qualitative insights into promotion of pharmaceutical products in Bangladesh: how ethical are the practices? Mahrukh Mohiuddin1, Sabina Faiz Rashid2, Mofijul Islam Shuvro3, Nahitun Nahar2 and Syed Masud Ahmed4* Background: The pharmaceutical market in Bangladesh is highly concentrated (top ten

. Matthias Loeck and Sergej Laiko for their help in setting up my computer and periodically helping me solve some problems related to computations. I would also like to thank my friends, Hanne linckens, Arndt Ziemons, Luis Barrales, Bashir Ahmed, Mahesh Dogga, Dirk Kirch, Prantik Mukherjee, Syed Badirujjaman

This study examines the relation between excess auditor remuneration and the implied required rate of return (IRR hereafter) on equity capital in global markets. We conjecture that when auditor remuneration is excessively large, investors may perceive the auditor to be economically bonded to the client, leading to a lack of independence. This perceived lack of independence increases the information risk associated with the credibility of financial statements, thereby increasing IRR. Consistent with this notion, we find that IRR is increasing in excess auditor *Rotman School of Management