• 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