Improving learning accuracy of fuzzy decision trees by hybrid neural networks

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 601-614

  Tsang, E C C ^a   Wang, X Z ^a   Yeung, D S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE REASONING; FUZZY DECISION TREES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 0034294201     PISSN: 10636706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/91.873583     Document Type: Article

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