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Expression Inference — Genetic Symbolic Classification Integrated with Non-linear Coefficient Optimisation

Andrew HunterContact Information

(6)  Department of Computer Science, University of Durham Science Labs, Durham, UK
Abstract
Expression Inference is a parsimonious, comprehensible alternative to semi-parametric and non-parametric classification techniques such as neural networks, which generates compact symbolic mathematical expressions for classification or regression. This paper introduces a general framework for inferring symbolic classifiers, using the Genetic Programming paradigm with non-linear optimisation of embedded coefficients. An error propagation algorithm is introduced to support the optimisation. A multiobjective variant of Genetic Programming provides a range of models trading off parsimony and classification performance, the latter measured by ROC curve analysis. The technique is shown to develop extremely concise and effective models on a sample real-world problem domain.

Keywords  Symbolic Regression - Classification - Genetic Programming - ROC Curves - Multiobjective Optimisation


Topic  Symbolic Computations for Expert Systems and Machine Learning



Contact Information Andrew Hunter
Email: andrew1.hunter@durham.ac.uk
URL: http://www.durham.ac.uk/andrew1.hunter/index.html
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