Comparing information-theoretic attribute selection measures: A statistical approach

AI Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-100

  Lopez De Mantaras, Ramon ^a   Cerquides, Jesus ^a   Garcia, Pere ^a  

^a ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IIIA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attribute selection; Decision trees; Experimental methodology; Statistical tests

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SELECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FORMAL LOGIC; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

ATTRIBUTE SELECTION; DATASETS; DECISION TREES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; INFORMATION-THEORETIC ATTRIBUTE SELECTION MEASURES;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 10244229065     PISSN: 09217126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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