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The '''information bottleneck method''' is a technique for finding the best trade-off between [[accuracy]] and [[compression]] when summarizing (e.g. [[clustering]]) a [[random variable]] '''X''' when given a joint [[probability distribution]] between '''X''' and an observed variable '''Y'''.
The '''information bottleneck method''' is a technique for finding the best trade-off between [[accuracy]] and [[compression]] when summarizing (e.g. [[data clustering|clustering]]) a [[random variable]] '''X''' when given a joint [[probability distribution]] between '''X''' and an observed variable '''Y'''.


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 23:00, 5 June 2004

The information bottleneck method is a technique for finding the best trade-off between accuracy and compression when summarizing (e.g. clustering) a random variable X when given a joint probability distribution between X and an observed variable Y.

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