• DocumentCode
    2978293
  • Title

    The optimization problem of the fuzzy bi-branches decision trees

  • Author

    Huang, Dong-mei ; Wang, Xi-Zhao ; Ha, Ming-Hu

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Sci., Hebei Agric. Univ., China
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    1667
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses the optimization of fuzzy decision trees. It presents and proofs that the problem of finding a minimal fuzzy bi-branches decision tree is a NP-hard, which provides a theoretical foundation for using heuristics to look for approximately optimal solutions.
  • Keywords
    computational complexity; decision trees; fuzzy set theory; heuristic programming; learning by example; minimisation; NP-hard problem; approximately optimal solutions; fuzzy bi-branches decision tree optimization; heuristics; induction learning; inductive learning; Agriculture; Classification tree analysis; Computer science; Decision trees; Expert systems; Heuristic algorithms; Induction generators; Machine learning; Mathematics; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2002. Proceedings. 2002 International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7508-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMLC.2002.1167496
  • Filename
    1167496