VILNIUS UNIVERSITY˙ ˙Indre ŽliobaiteADAPTIVE TRAINING SET FORMATIONDoctoral dissertationPhysical sciences, informatics (09P)Vilnius, 2010The dissertation work was carried out at Vilnius University from 2006 to 2010in cooperation with Bangor University (UK) and Eindhoven University ofTechnology (the Netherlands) researchers.Scientific supervisor:prof. habil. dr. Šarunas¯ Raudys (Vilnius University, physical sciences, informatics- 09P)VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETASIndre˙ Žliobaite˙ADAPTYVUS MOKYMO IMTIES FORMAVIMASDaktaro disertacijaFiziniai mokslai, informatika (09P)Vilnius, 2010Disertacija rengta 2006 - 2010 metais Vilniaus universitete bendradarbiaujant suBangoro universiteto (Didžioji Britanija) ir Eindhoveno technologiju˛ universiteto(Nyderlandai) mokslininkais.Mokslinis vadovas:prof. habil. dr. Šarunas¯ Raudys (Vilniaus universitetas, fiziniai mokslai,informatika - 09P)AcknowledgementsThe journey has been challenging and exciting. My warm gratitude goes to thepeople who inspired me and helped in many ways.I kindly thank my supervisor prof. habil. dr. Šarunas¯ Raudys for introducingand showing the beauty of pattern recognition, for challenging discussions,advices and for the invaluable freedom I had in my research. I am gratefulto dr. Ludmila I. Kuncheva for working with me. I learned so much fromyou, it has been an honor. I thank my colleagues and coauthors dr. MykolaPechenizkiy and Jorn Bakker. The research has been and is fun.