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- Patent Title: Collecting observations for machine learning
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Application No.: US16507025Application Date: 2019-07-09
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Publication No.: US11769074B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Cheng Zhang , Wenbo Gong , Richard Eric Turner , Sebastian Tschiatschek , José Miguel Hernández Lobato
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Barta, Jones & Foley, PLLC
- Priority: GB 08532 2019.06.13
- Main IPC: G06N20/00
- IPC: G06N20/00 ; G06N7/01

Abstract:
A method of training a model comprising a generative network mapping a latent vector to a feature vector, wherein weights in the generative network are modelled as probabilistic distributions. The method comprises: a) obtaining one or more observed data points, each comprising an incomplete observation of the features in the feature vector; b) training the model based on the observed data points to learn values of the weights of the generative network which map the latent vector to the feature vector; c) from amongst a plurality of potential next features to observe, searching for a target feature of the feature vector which maximizes a measure of expected reduction in uncertainty in a distribution of said weights of the generative network given the observed data points so far; and d) outputting a request to collect a target data point comprising at least the target feature.
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