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posted on 1977-01-01, 00:00 authored by Nader Bshouty, Elchanan Mossel, Ryan O'Donnell, Rocco A ServedioWe consider a model of learning Boolean functions from examples generated by a uniform random walk on {0,1}n. We give a polynomial time algorithm for learning decision trees and DNF formulas in this model. This is the first efficient algorithm for learning these classes in a natural passive learning model where the learner has no influence over the choice of examples used for learning.