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Rule Based Systems for Big Data

A Machine Learning Approach

  • Presents a novel theory of rule based systems in machine learning context
  • Introduces ways of big data processing by rule learning algorithms for knowledge discovery and predictive modelling in classification tasks
  • Focuses on introducing effective ways to address the issues relating to predictive accuracy, computational complexity and interpretability of rule based systems for classification
  • Some popular methods and techniques, which can be used as components of the framework, are described and justified in detail
  • Explores explicitly the connections between rule based systems and machine learning in a conceptual context
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Studies in Big Data (SBD, volume 13)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction

    • Han Liu, Alexander Gegov, Mihaela Cocea
    Pages 1-9
  3. Theoretical Preliminaries

    • Han Liu, Alexander Gegov, Mihaela Cocea
    Pages 11-27
  4. Generation of Classification Rules

    • Han Liu, Alexander Gegov, Mihaela Cocea
    Pages 29-42
  5. Simplification of Classification Rules

    • Han Liu, Alexander Gegov, Mihaela Cocea
    Pages 43-50
  6. Representation of Classification Rules

    • Han Liu, Alexander Gegov, Mihaela Cocea
    Pages 51-62
  7. Ensemble Learning Approaches

    • Han Liu, Alexander Gegov, Mihaela Cocea
    Pages 63-73
  8. Interpretability Analysis

    • Han Liu, Alexander Gegov, Mihaela Cocea
    Pages 75-80
  9. Case Studies

    • Han Liu, Alexander Gegov, Mihaela Cocea
    Pages 81-95
  10. Conclusion

    • Han Liu, Alexander Gegov, Mihaela Cocea
    Pages 97-114
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 115-121

About this book

The ideas introduced in this book explore the relationships among rule based systems, machine learning and big data. Rule based systems are seen as a special type of expert systems, which can be built by using expert knowledge or learning from real data.

The book focuses on the development and evaluation of rule based systems in terms of accuracy, efficiency and interpretability. In particular, a unified framework for building rule based systems, which consists of the operations of rule generation, rule simplification and rule representation, is presented. Each of these operations is detailed using specific methods or techniques. In addition, this book also presents some ensemble learning frameworks for building ensemble rule based systems.

Reviews

“The text is easily readable and nicely organized, deploying gradually the most important aspects encountered in the theory and practice of rule-based systems. … the book is recommended to researchers and practitioners who wish to apply sound methods for understanding and exploiting their big data, and for those who plan to direct their research toward rule-based methodologies.” (Lefteris Angelis, Computing Reviews, computingreviews.com, May, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Computing, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    Han Liu, Alexander Gegov, Mihaela Cocea

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rule Based Systems for Big Data

  • Book Subtitle: A Machine Learning Approach

  • Authors: Han Liu, Alexander Gegov, Mihaela Cocea

  • Series Title: Studies in Big Data

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23696-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-23695-7Published: 17 September 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37027-9Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-23696-4Published: 09 September 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2197-6503

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-6511

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 121

  • Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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