DocumentCode
398193
Title
A toolkit for the search of the most general interpretable hypotheses
Author
Sapir, Manna ; Sherman, Simon
Author_Institution
Peter Kiewit Inst., Progenomix Inc., Omaha, NE, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
30 Sept.-4 Oct. 2003
Firstpage
318
Lastpage
323
Abstract
We apply first order logic (FOL) to formalize the problem of "meaningful generalization", finding the most general and easily interpretable hypotheses. Our software toolkit, LogicMill, is designed to solve this meaningful generalization problem as well as two other related problems: search for a maximal subsystem of mutually independent attributes, and aggregation of the hypotheses in the concise rules. We describe all three algorithms used for these purposes. Application of the toolkit to the data from various public domains demonstrates that LogicMill not only produces concise interpretable hypotheses and decision rules, but also it can compete in the prognostic power with traditional predictive learning algorithms.
Keywords
decision making; formal logic; generalisation (artificial intelligence); heuristic programming; learning (artificial intelligence); LogicMill software toolkit; decision rules; first order logic; generalization problem; hypotheses formation; predictive learning algorithm; Algorithm design and analysis; Art; Decision making; Instruments; Logic; Neural networks; Prediction algorithms; Production; Sociology; Supervised learning;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems, 2003. International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7958-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/KIMAS.2003.1245064
Filename
1245064
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