Using neural networks for data mining

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 211-229

  Craven, Mark W ^a   Shavlik, Jude W ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehensible models; Decision trees; Machine learning; Neural networks; Perceptions; Rule extraction

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DATA MINING; RULE EXTRACTION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0031270141     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-739x(97)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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