Metalearning: Applications to Data Mining (Cognitive Technologies)

"Metalearning is the study of principled methods that exploit metaknowledge to obtain efficient models and solutions by adapting machine learning and data mining processes. While the variety of machine learning and data mining techniques now available can, in principle, provide good model solutions, a methodology is still needed to guide the search for the most appropriate model in an efficient way. Metalearning provides one such methodology that allows systems to become more effective through experience." "This book discusses several approaches to obtaining knowledge concerning the performance of machine learning and data mining algorithms. It shows how this knowledge can be reused to select, combine, compose and adapt both algorithms and models to yield faster, more effective solutions to data mining problems. It can thus help developers improve their algorithms and also develop learning systems that can improve themselves." "The book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students in the areas of machine learning, data mining and artificial intelligence."--Jacket

Metalearning is the study of principled methods that exploit metaknowledge to obtain efficient models and solutions by adapting machine learning and data mining processes. While the variety of machine learning and data mining techniques now available can, in principle, provide good model solutions, a methodology is still needed to guide the search for the most appropriate model in an efficient way. Metalearning provides one such methodology that allows systems to become more effective through experience.

This book discusses several approaches to obtaining knowledge concerning the performance of machine learning and data mining algorithms. It shows how this knowledge can be reused to select, combine, compose and adapt both algorithms and models to yield faster, more effective solutions to data mining problems. It can thus help developers improve their algorithms and also develop learning systems that can improve themselves.

The book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students in the areas of machine learning, data mining and artificial intelligence.

Front Matter....Pages I-XI Metalearning: Concepts and Systems....Pages 1-10 Metalearning for Algorithm Recommendation: an Introduction....Pages 11-29 Development of Metalearning Systems for Algorithm Recommendation....Pages 31-59 Extending Metalearning to Data Mining and KDD....Pages 61-72 Extending Metalearning to Data Mining and KDD....Pages 73-90 Bias Management in Time-Changing Data Streams....Pages 91-107 Transfer of Metaknowledge Across Tasks....Pages 109-128 Composition of Complex Systems: Role of Domain-Specific Metaknowledge....Pages 129-152 Back Matter....Pages 153-176