Error-Based and Entropy-Based Discretization of Continuous Features Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:677027, abstract = {We present a comparison of error-based and entropybased methods for discretization of continuous features. Our study includes both an extensive empirical comparison as well as an analysis of scenarios where error minimization may be an inappropriate discretization criterion. We present a discretization method based on the C4.5 decision tree algorithm and compare it to an existing entropy-based discretization algorithm, which employs the Minimum Description Length Principle, and a recently...}, author = {Kohavi, Ron and Sahami, Mehran}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining}, citeulike-article-id = {677027}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.47.5132}, keywords = {extraction, feature}, pages = {114--119}, posted-at = {2006-05-31 05:10:24}, priority = {0}, title = {Error-Based and Entropy-Based Discretization of Continuous Features}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.47.5132}, year = {1996} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:677027 L3 - citeulike-article-id:677027 N2 - We present a comparison of error-based and entropybased methods for discretization of continuous features. Our study includes both an extensive empirical comparison as well as an analysis of scenarios where error minimization may be an inappropriate discretization criterion. We present a discretization method based on the C4.5 decision tree algorithm and compare it to an existing entropy-based discretization algorithm, which employs the Minimum Description Length Principle, and a recently... EP - 119 TI - Error-Based and Entropy-Based Discretization of Continuous Features T2 - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining SP - 114 KW - extraction KW - feature AU - Kohavi, Ron AU - Sahami, Mehran PY - 1996/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.47.5132 ER -