Intuitively, a submodular function over the subsets demonstrates "diminishing returns", which is related to the concept of marginal utility in economics. Its usefulness for machine learning is well explained and illustrated by the Beyond Convexity tutorial. There is a Matlab toolbox for submodular function optimization available that is developed by Andreas Krause.
Friday, August 26, 2011
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