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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2008
Joaquin Quinonero Candela, Cambridge, GB;
Edward Lloyd Snelson, Cambridge, GB;
Olliver Michael Christian Williams, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joaquin Quinonero Candela, Cambridge, GB;
Edward Lloyd Snelson, Cambridge, GB;
Olliver Michael Christian Williams, San Francisco, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A computationally efficient method of performing probabilistic linear regression is described. In an embodiment, the method involves adding a white noise term to a weighted linear sum of basis functions and then normalizing the combination. This generates a linear model comprising a set of sparse, normalized basis functions and a modulated noise term. When using the linear model to perform linear regression, the modulated noise term increases the variance associated with output values which are distant from any data points.