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Re: [ontolog-forum] ID3 and other decision trees

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From: Philip Jackson <philipcjacksonjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 06:40:40 -0400
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Suggesting a new title for this thread, since Rich's first question
 
> >> Has anyone used ID3 to identify classes in clustering analysis?
was about a more narrow topic that human-level AI. 
 
Thanks to Chris Mungall for the link to a summary of differences between decision trees.
 
Phil
> From: cjmungall@xxxxxxx
> To: ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 18:22:33 -0700
> Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Toward Human-Level AI
>
> A good summary:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9979461/different-decision-tree-algorithms-with-comparison-of-complexity-or-performance
>
>
> On 3 Jun 2014, at 17:56, Rich Cooper wrote:
>
> > After reading C4.5, it seems nearly identical to
> > ID3. What exactly is the difference?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Rich Cooper
> > EnglishLogicKernel.com
> > Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
> > 9 4 9 \ 5 2 5 - 5 7 1 2
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Jack Park
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:11 PM
> > To: [ontolog-forum]
> > Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Toward Human-Level AI
> >
> > FWIW, I implemented ID3 in Forth back in around
> > 1984 to support a
> > friend's thesis research; it was used to evaluate
> > comments made by
> > manufacturing engineers on process control.
> >
> > An issue it raised, which has been mentioned in
> > the literature, is
> > that it grew rather complex, bushy decision trees.
> > I think that might
> > be a part of the reason for migration to C4.5
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4.5_algorithm
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Rich Cooper
> > <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Here is a link to the ID3 algorithm by Ross
> > Quinlan:
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID3_algorithm
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The algorithm iteratively divides the elements
> > of S based on all attribute
> >> values of all objects, which are said elements
> > of S. So it picks the group
> >> of features and weights that make the most
> > "efficient" split. That
> >> separates S into S0 and S1. Its use of the
> > "entropy" analogy to evaluate
> >> efficiency of the split seems a bit of
> > anthropopathy.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Has anyone used ID3 to identify classes in
> > clustering analysis?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -Rich
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >>
> >> Rich Cooper
> >>
> >> EnglishLogicKernel.com
> >>
> >> Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
> >>
> >> 9 4 9 \ 5 2 5 - 5 7 1 2
> >>
> >>
> >>
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