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Model Validation: A statistical-based criterium of hypotheses acceptance in numerical reasoning

Model Validation: A statistical-based criterium of hypotheses acceptance in numerical reasoning
Model Validation: A statistical-based criterium of hypotheses acceptance in numerical reasoning
Current ILP systems that perform numerical reasoning, select the best hypothesis using exclusively the scored value of the cost function. The cost function, by itself, cannot guarantee the goodness-offit of the induced hypotheses in numerical domains. Consequently the induced theory may not capture the overall structure of the underlying process that generated data. This paper proposes a statistical-based criterion for hypotheses acceptance, called model validation, that assess the goodness-of-fit of the induced hypotheses in numerical domains. We have found this extension essential to improve on results over ML and statistical-based algorithms used in the empirical evaluation study.
Couto Alves, Alexessander
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Camacho, Rui
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Oliveira, Eugenio E.
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Couto Alves, Alexessander
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Camacho, Rui
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Oliveira, Eugenio E.
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Couto Alves, Alexessander, Camacho, Rui and Oliveira, Eugenio E. (2004) Model Validation: A statistical-based criterium of hypotheses acceptance in numerical reasoning. In Proc. 14th Int. Conf. Inductive Logic Program. 6 pp .

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Current ILP systems that perform numerical reasoning, select the best hypothesis using exclusively the scored value of the cost function. The cost function, by itself, cannot guarantee the goodness-offit of the induced hypotheses in numerical domains. Consequently the induced theory may not capture the overall structure of the underlying process that generated data. This paper proposes a statistical-based criterion for hypotheses acceptance, called model validation, that assess the goodness-of-fit of the induced hypotheses in numerical domains. We have found this extension essential to improve on results over ML and statistical-based algorithms used in the empirical evaluation study.

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Published date: 6 September 2004
Venue - Dates: 14th International Conference, Inductive Logic Programmig ILP 2004, Porto, Portugal, September 6-8, 2004, Procee, Porto, Porto, Portugal, 2004-09-06 - 2004-09-08

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Local EPrints ID: 494915
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/494915
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ORCID for Alexessander Couto Alves: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8519-7356

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Author: Alexessander Couto Alves ORCID iD
Author: Rui Camacho
Author: Eugenio E. Oliveira

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