Machine Learning

Abstract

Mitchell covers the field of machine learning, the study of algorithms that allow computer programs to automatically improve through experience and that automatically infer general laws from specific data. 1. Introduction -- 2. Concept Learning and the General-to-Specific Ordering -- 3. Decision Tree Learning -- 4. Artificial Neural Networks -- 5. Evaluating Hypotheses -- 6. Bayesian Learning -- 7. Computational Learning Theory -- 8. Instance-Based Learning -- 9. Genetic Algorithms -- 10. Learning Sets of Rules -- 11. Analytical Learning -- 12. Combining Inductive and Analytical Learning -- 13. Reinforcement Learning.