The application of certainty factors to neural computing for rule discovery

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 647-657

  Fu, Li Min ^a,b   Shortliffe, Edward H ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Certainty factor; Domain rule; Knowledge discovery; Machine learning; Neural network; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA STRUCTURES; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

CERTAINTY FACTORS; DOMAIN RULES; DOMRUL SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 0034187457     PISSN: 10459227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/72.846736     Document Type: Article

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