An analysis of two probabilistic model induction techniques |
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Authors: | Stuart L Crawford Robert M Fung |
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Institution: | (1) Advanced Decision Systems, 1500 Plymouth Street, 94043-1230 Mountain View, California, USA |
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Abstract: | Two probabilistic model induction techniques, cart and constructor, are compared, via a series of experiments, in terms of their ability to induce models that are both interpretable and predictive. The experiments show that, although both algorithms are able to deliver classifiers with predictive performance close to that of the optimal Bayes rule,constructor is able to generate a probabilistic model that is more easily interpretable than the cart model. On the other hand, cart is a more mature algorithm and is capable of handling many more situations (e.g., real-valued training sets) thanconstructor. A variety of characteristics of both algorithms are compared, and suggestions for future research are made. |
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Keywords: | Probabilistic networks model induction classification trees |
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