How Good Is Crude MDL for Solving the Bias-Variance Dilemma? An Empirical Investigation Based on Bayesian Networks

Nicandro Cruz-Ramírez; Héctor Gabriel Acosta-Mesa; Efrén Mezura-Montes; Alejandro Guerra-Hernández; Guillermo de Jesús Hoyos-Rivera; Rocío Erandi Barrientos-Martínez; Karina Gutiérrez-Fragoso; Luis Alonso Nava-Fernández; Patricia González-Gaspar; Elva María Novoa-del-Toro; Vicente Josué Aguilera-Rueda; María Yaneli Ameca-Alducin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092866

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How Good Is Crude MDL for Solving the Bias-Variance Dilemma? An Empirical Investigation Based on Bayesian Networks

Nicandro Cruz-Ramírez ,

* E-mail: ncruz@uv.mx

Affiliation Facultad de Física e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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Héctor Gabriel Acosta-Mesa,

Affiliation Facultad de Física e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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Efrén Mezura-Montes,

Affiliation Facultad de Física e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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Alejandro Guerra-Hernández,

Affiliation Facultad de Física e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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Guillermo de Jesús Hoyos-Rivera,

Affiliation Facultad de Física e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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Rocío Erandi Barrientos-Martínez,

Affiliation Facultad de Física e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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Karina Gutiérrez-Fragoso,

Affiliation Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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Luis Alonso Nava-Fernández,

Affiliation Centro de Alta Tecnología de Educación a Distancia UNAM, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
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Patricia González-Gaspar,

Affiliation Facultad de Física e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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Elva María Novoa-del-Toro,

Affiliation Facultad de Física e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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Vicente Josué Aguilera-Rueda,

Affiliation Facultad de Física e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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María Yaneli Ameca-Alducin

Affiliation Facultad de Física e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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How Good Is Crude MDL for Solving the Bias-Variance Dilemma? An Empirical Investigation Based on Bayesian Networks

Nicandro Cruz-Ramírez,
Héctor Gabriel Acosta-Mesa,
Efrén Mezura-Montes,
Alejandro Guerra-Hernández,
Guillermo de Jesús Hoyos-Rivera,
Rocío Erandi Barrientos-Martínez,
Karina Gutiérrez-Fragoso,
Luis Alonso Nava-Fernández,
Patricia González-Gaspar,
Elva María Novoa-del-Toro

Published: March 26, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092866

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