CART system, 77
CASCADE-CORRELATION algorithm,
121-123
Case-based reasoning, 23 1, 240-244, 246,
247
advantages of, 243-244
applications of, 240
other instance-based learning methods,
comparison with, 240
Causal knowledge, representation by
Bayesian belief networks, 187
Central Limit Theorem,
133,
142-143, 167
Checkers learning program, 2-3,5-14, 387
algorithms for, 14
design,
13
as sequential control process, 369
Chemical mass spectroscopy,
CANDIDATE-ELIMINATION algorithm
in, 29
Chess learning program, 308-310
explanation-based learning in, 325
Chunking, 327, 330
CIGOL, 302
Circuit design, genetic programming in,
265-266
'
Circuit layout, genetic algorithms in,
256
Classification problems, 54
CLA~~IFYJAIVEBAYES-TEXT,
182-183
CLAUDIEN, 302
Clauses, 284,
285
CLS. See Concept Learning System
Clustering, 191
CN2 algorithm, 278, 301
choice of attribute-pairs in, 280-281
Complexity, sample.
See Sample
complexity
Computational complexity, 202
Computational complexity theory,
influence on machine learning, 4
Computational learning theory,
201-227
Concept learning, 20-47
algorithms for, 47
Bayes theorem and, 158-163
definition of, 21
genetic algorithms in, 256
ID3 algorithm specialized for,
56
notation for, 22-23
search of hypothesis space, 23-25,
4-7
task design in, 21-22
Concept Learning System, 77
Concepts, partially learned, 38-39
Conditional independence, 185
in Bayesian belief networks,
186-187
Confidence intervals,
133,
138-141, 150,
151
for discrete-valued hypotheses, 13 1-132,
140-141
derivation of, 142-143
one-sided, 144, 145
Conjugate gradient method, 119
Conjunction of boolean literals, PAC
learning of, 21 1-212
Consequent of Horn clause,
285
Consistent learners, 162-163
bound on sample complexity, 207-210,
225
equation for, 209
Constants, in logic, 284,
285
Constraint-based approaches in Bayesian
belief networks, 191
Constructive induction, 292
Continuous functions, representation
by feedforward networks,
105-106
Continuous-valued hypotheses, training
error of, 89-90
Continuous-valued target function, 197
maximum likelihood (ML) hypothesis
for, 164-167
Control theory, influence on machine
learning, 4
Convergence of
Q
learning algorithm:
in deterministic environments, 377-380,
386
in nondeterministic environments,
382-383, 386
Credit assignment, 5
Critic, 12, 13
Cross entropy, 170
minimization of, 1 18
Cross-validation, 11 1-1 12
for comparison of learning algorithms,
145-151
k-fold.
See k-fold cross-validation
in k-NEAREST NEIGHBOR algorithm, 235