Generic predictive systems: An empirical evaluation using the learning base system (LBS)

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-310

  Stockwell, David R B ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

BAYESIAN CLASSIFIER; PREDICTIVE ACCURACY; PREDICTIVE PROTOCOL;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031123668     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4174(96)00101-7     Document Type: Article

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