Extraction of classification rules characterized by ellipsoidal regions using soft-computing techniques

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 969-980

  Wang, Dianhui ^a   Dillon, T S ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data mining; Evolutionary strategy; Multilayer classification systems; Regularization; Rule extraction; Self organizing mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871619666     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207720600891489     Document Type: Article

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