Knowledge-based learning in exploratory science: Learning rules to predict rodent carcinogenicity

Machine Learning

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 217-240

  Lee, Yongwon ^a   Buchanan, Bruce G ^b   Aronis, John M ^b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical carcinogenicity; Rule induction; Scientific discovery; Semantic constraints

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CARCINOGENS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; ONCOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA REDUCTION; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS;

RULE INDUCTION; SEMANTIC CONSTRAINTS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

CHEMICAL CARCINOGENICITY; RULE INDUCTION; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; SEMANTIC CONSTRAINTS;

EID: 0031997697     PISSN: 08856125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007404308006     Document Type: Article

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