ABSTRACT
We study the on-line learning of classes of functions of a single real variable formed through bounds on various norms of functions' derivatives. We determine the best bounds obtainable on the worst-case sum of squared errors (also “absolute” errors) for several such classes.
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- The learning complexity of smooth functions of a single variable
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