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Efficient Induction of Language Models Via Probabilistic Concept Formation
Christopher J. MacLellan, Peter Matsakis, Pat Langley
This paper presents a novel approach to the acquisition of language models from corpora. The framework builds on Cobweb, an early system for constructing taxonomic hierarchies of p…
Induction of Selective Bayesian Classifiers
Pat Langley, Stephanie Sage
In this paper, we examine previous work on the naive Bayesian classifier and review its limitations, which include a sensitivity to correlated features. We respond to this problem…
Estimating Continuous Distributions in Bayesian Classifiers
George H. John, Pat Langley
When modeling a probability distribution with a Bayesian network, we are faced with the problem of how to handle continuous variables. Most previous work has either solved the prob…
A Personalized System for Conversational Recommendations
M. H. Goker, P. Langley, C. A. Thompson
Searching for and making decisions about information is becoming increasingly difficult as the amount of information and number of choices increases. Recommendation systems help us…