How to specialize by theory refinement
Claire Nédellec · 1992
Abstract. * Over-generalization is a well-known problem in empirical learning. Incremental and cautious generalization may limit it, but the concept description language may be incomplete or incorrect. In this case, over-generalization may indicate that the language must be improved. This paper presents an interactive incremental learning method with a "smallest generalization steps" strategy such that whenever a learned concept is over-general, the method specializes it and efficiently helps a user to identify the insufficiencies of the concept language and in improving it if necessary. 1