(The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science 15) Paul E. Utgoff (auth.)-Machine Learning of Inductive Bias-Springer US (1986).pdf

MACHINE LEARNING OF INDUCTIVE BIAS
THE KLUWER INTERNATIONAL SERIES
IN ENGINEERING PUTER SCIENCE
KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION, LEARNING
AND EXPERT SYSTEMS
Consulting Editor
Tom M. Mitchell
MACHINE LEARNING
OF
INDUCTIVE BIAS
by
Paul E. Utgoff
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Utgoff, Paul E., 1951-
Machine learning of inductive bias.
(The Kluwer international series in engineering and
computer science. Knowledge representation, learning
and expert systems)
Includes index.
1. Machine learning. 2. Artificial intelligence•
Data processing. I. Title. II. Title: Inductive bias.
III. Series.
1986 '1 86-10653
ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-9408-5 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-2283-2
DOl: -1-4613-2283-2
Copyright © 1986 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Softcover of the hardcover I st edition 1986
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CONTENTS
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
1 Introduction 1
Machine Learning 1
Learning Concepts from Examples 3
Role of Bias