Selecting n data points whose average is nearly as good as the mean
Find the worst-case loss ratio when the mean of a planar dataset is replaced by the best average of n of its points.
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| 2 | "domain": "computer-science", |
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| 4 | "learning-theory", |
| 5 | "discrete-geometry" |
| 6 | ], |
| 7 | "type": "proof", |
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| 9 | "construction" |
| 10 | ], |
| 11 | "source": { |
| 12 | "key": "colt", |
| 13 | "name": "COLT open problems", |
| 14 | "url": "https://proceedings.mlr.press/v291/hanneke25e.html", |
| 15 | "id": "v291/hanneke25e", |
| 16 | "curator": "Conference on Learning Theory (COLT)", |
| 17 | "poser": "Steve Hanneke, Shay Moran, Alexander Shlimovich and Amir Yehudayoff", |
| 18 | "status": "open", |
| 19 | "as_of": "2026-10-20", |
| 20 | "catalog": "0521c19bbd38" |
| 21 | } |
| 22 | } |