Vector-valued reproducing kernel Banach spaces with applications to multi-task learning

Motivated by multi-task machine learning with Banach spaces, we propose the notion of vector-valued reproducing kernel Banach spaces (RKBSs). Basic properties of the spaces and the associated reproducing kernels are investigated. We also present feature map constructions and several concrete examples of vector-valued RKBSs. The theory is then applied to multi-task machine learning. Especially, the representer theoremand characterization equations for theminimizer of regularized learning schemes in vector-valued RKBSs are established. © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.