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
fDate :
30 Sept.-4 Oct. 2003
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;
Conference_Titel :
Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems, 2003. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7958-6
DOI :
10.1109/KIMAS.2003.1245064