Decision tree search methods in fuzzy modeling and classification

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-123

  Mendonca L F ^a,b   Vieira, S M ^a   Sousa, J M C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b Escola Nautica Infante D Henrique   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bottom up approach; Decision trees; Fuzzy modeling; Input selection; Top down approach

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BOTTOM UP APPROACH; DECISION TREES; INPUT SELECTION; TOP DOWN APPROACH;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 33751261099     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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