Adjustable description quality measure for pattern discovery using the AQ methodology

Journal of Intelligent Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 199-216

  Kaufman, Kenneth A ^a   Michalski, Ryszard S ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA MINING; DECISION THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DECISION RULE; LEXICOGRAPHICAL EVALUATION FUNCTIONAL; PATTERN DISCOVERY; RULE QUALITY CRITERION;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 0034156963     PISSN: 09259902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008787919756     Document Type: Article

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