PROGRAM (Inductive)
Charles François (2004). PROGRAM (Inductive), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2670.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2670 ▶ |
| Object type | Discipline oriented, Methodology or model |
A program using “a purely logical approach to find abstractly defined regularities in the data, irrespective of subject-matter” (M. BODEN, 1990, p.186).
M. BODEN states: “A learning program that uses this logical strategy can structure a ”classification-by-property“ conceptual space in the most economical way, and can find the shortest pathway for locating examples within it… The program defines not only the relevant search-tree but also the most efficient tree-search. It learns to ask the right questions in the right order, so as to decide as quickly as possible”.
This type of programs is now used in expert systems.