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Programs for Machine Learning

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In his new book, C4.5: Programs for Machine Learning, Quinlan has put together a definitive, much needed description of his complete system, including the latest developments, which will be a welcome addition to the library of many researchers and students.
Abstract
Algorithms for constructing decision trees are among the most well known and widely used of all machine learning methods. Among decision tree algorithms, J. Ross Quinlan's ID3 and its successor, C4.5, are probably the most popular in the machine learning community. These algorithms and variations on them have been the subject of numerous research papers since Quinlan introduced ID3. Until recently, most researchers looking for an introduction to decision trees turned to Quinlan's seminal 1986 Machine Learning journal article [Quinlan, 1986]. In his new book, C4.5: Programs for Machine Learning, Quinlan has put together a definitive, much needed description of his complete system, including the latest developments. As such, this book will be a welcome addition to the library of many researchers and students.

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Do we need hundreds of classifiers to solve real world classification problems

TL;DR: The random forest is clearly the best family of classifiers (3 out of 5 bests classifiers are RF), followed by SVM (4 classifiers in the top-10), neural networks and boosting ensembles (5 and 3 members in theTop-20, respectively).

Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques (2nd edition)

TL;DR: There have been many data mining books published in recent years, including Predictive Data Mining by Weiss and Indurkhya [WI98], Data Mining Solutions: Methods and Tools for Solving Real-World Problems by Westphal and Blaxton [WB98], Mastering Data Mining: The Art and Science of Customer Relationship Management by Berry and Linofi [BL99].
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Ontology Matching

TL;DR: The second edition of Ontology Matching has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the most recent advances in this quickly developing area, which resulted in more than 150 pages of new content.
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Foundations of Machine Learning

TL;DR: This graduate-level textbook introduces fundamental concepts and methods in machine learning, and provides the theoretical underpinnings of these algorithms, and illustrates key aspects for their application.
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A Review On Multi-Label Learning Algorithms

TL;DR: This paper aims to provide a timely review on this area with emphasis on state-of-the-art multi-label learning algorithms with relevant analyses and discussions.
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Induction of Decision Trees

J. R. Quinlan
- 25 Mar 1986 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, an approach to synthesizing decision trees that has been used in a variety of systems, and it describes one such system, ID3, in detail, is described, and a reported shortcoming of the basic algorithm is discussed.
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Classification and regression trees

Leo Breiman
TL;DR: The methodology used to construct tree structured rules is the focus of a monograph as mentioned in this paper, covering the use of trees as a data analysis method, and in a more mathematical framework, proving some of their fundamental properties.
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An Empirical Comparison of Pruning Methods for Decision Tree Induction

TL;DR: This paper compares five methods for pruning decision trees, developed from sets of examples, and shows that three methods—critical value, error complexity and reduced error—perform well, while the other two may cause problems.
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Unknown attribute values in induction

TL;DR: This paper compares the effectiveness of several approaches to the development and use of decision tree classifiers as measured by their performance on a collection of datasets.