Title
Multiple convergence: an approach to disjunctive concept acquisition
Abstract
Multiple convergence is proposed as a method for acquiring disjunctive concept descriptions. Disjunctive descriptions are necessary when the concept representation language is insufficiently expressive to satisfy the completeness and consistency requirements of inductive learning with a single conjunction of generalized features. Multiple convergence overcomes this insufficiency by allowing the disjuncts of a complex concept to be acquired independently. By summarizing correlations among features in the training data, disjunctive concepts can provide rich extensions to the representation language which may enhance subsequent learning. This paper presents the benefits of disjunctive concept descriptions and advocates multiple convergence as an approach to their acquisition. Multiple convergence has been implemented in the learning system HYDRA, and a detailed example of its execution is presented.
Year
Venue
Keywords
1987
IJCAI
concept representation language,advocates multiple convergence,concept acquisition,inductive learning,disjunctive concept description,complex concept,multiple convergence,disjunctive description,representation language,subsequent learning,disjunctive concept,satisfiability
Field
DocType
Citations 
Convergence (routing),Training set,Computer science,Theoretical computer science,Artificial intelligence,Representation language,Completeness (statistics),Machine learning
Conference
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.77
2
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kenneth S. Murray17813.86