Creating comprehensible regression models - Inductive learning and optimization of fuzzy regression trees using comprehensible fuzzy predicates
In this paper we will present a novel approach to data-driven fuzzy modeling which aims to create highly accurate but also easily comprehensible models. This is achieved by a three-stage approach which separates the definition of the underlying fuzzy sets, the learning of the initial fuzzy model, and finally a local or global optimization of the resulting model. The benefit of this approach is that it allows to use a language comprising of comprehensible fuzzy predicates and to incorporate expert knowledge by defining problem specific fuzzy predicates. Furthermore, we achieve highly accurate results by applying a regularized optimization technique.
inductive learning fuzzy regression trees regularization interpretability