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TR07-131 | 16th November 2007 00:00

Boosting and hard-core set constructions: a simplified approach

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TR07-131
Authors: Satyen Kale
Publication: 16th December 2007 05:00
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Abstract:

We revisit the connection between boosting algorithms and hard-core set constructions discovered by Klivans and Servedio. We present a boosting algorithm with a certain smoothness property that is necessary for hard-core set constructions: the distributions it generates do not put too much weight on any single example. We then use this boosting algorithm to show the existence of hard-core sets matching the best parameters of Klivans and Servedio's construction.



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