An analysis of refinement operators in inductive logic programming
By: Patrick van der Laag.
Series: Tinbergen Institute research series -- no. 102.
Publisher: Thesis Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: [Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Logic programming.
Description: This thesis develops a classification theory for search operators employed in incremental learning systems. It characterizes specialization and generalization operators in terms of their effectiveness and efficiency, and investigates the problems of combining these desirable properties. Applying this theory to the relational, first-order representations of Inductive Logic Programming (ILP), it provides positive and negative results concerning effective and efficient learning in practical ILP-systems.
Notes: Includes summary in Dutch.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-154) and index.