Is an ordinal class structure useful in classifier learning?

International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-67

  Hühn, Jens C ^a   Hüllermeier, Eyke ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 77958494866     PISSN: 17591163     EISSN: 17591171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJDMMM.2008.022537     Document Type: Article

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