Inferring Decision Trees Using the Minimum Description Length Principle
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Author(s) •
Quinlan, L. Ross
Rivest, Ronald L.
Date Issued
September 1987
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MIT-LCS-TM-339
Abstract
We explore the use of Rissanen's Minimum Description Length Principle for the construction of decision trees. Empirical results comparing this approach to other methods are given.
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