Knowledge acquisition by encoding expert rules versus computer induction from examples: A case study involving soybean pathology

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-263

  Michalski, R S ^a   Chilausky, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER CONSULTING SYSTEMS; INDUCTIVE LEARNING;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 0032685605     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.1979.0308     Document Type: Article

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