Problem definition, data cleaning, and evaluation: a classifier learning case study

Informatica (Ljubljana)

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-136

  Provost, Foster ^a   Danyluk, Andrea Pohoreckyj ^b  

^a Bell Atlantic Science and Technology   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; DECISION THEORY; EVALUATION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

CLASSIFIER LEARNING; DATA CLEANING; DATA ENGINEERING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033116229     PISSN: 03505596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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