Machine Learning Group

Selected articles

1. F. Bergadano, A. Giordana and L. Saitta: "Automated Concept Acquisition in Noisy Environments" in IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence vol.PAMI-10, 1988, pp 555-578.

2. F. Bergadano, A. Giordana and L. Saitta: "Concept Acquisition in an Integrated EBL and SBL Environment" in Proc. European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI-88), 1988, pp 363-368.

3. M. Botta and L. Saitta: "Improving Knowledge Based System Performances by Experience" in Proc. of the 3rd European Working Session on Learning (EWSL-88), Glascow, UK, 1988, pp 15-23.

4. F. Bergadano and L. Saitta: "On the Error Probability of Boolean Concept Descriptions" in Proc. 4th European Working Session on Learning EWSL-89, 1989, pp 25-36.

5. M. Botta, A. Giordana and L. Saitta: "Knowledge Refinement in Diagnostic Expert Systems" in Z. Ras and M. Zemankova ed. Intelligent Systems: State of the Art and Future Directions, 1990, pp 337-356. Abstract available.

6. F. Bergadano and A. Giordana: "A Knowledge Intensive Approach to Concept Induction" in R. Michalski and Y. Kodratoff ed. Machine Learning: an Artificial Intelligence Approach vol.III, 1990.

7. A. Giordana and L. Saitta: "Abstraction: A General Framework for Learning" in Working Notes of AAAI Workshop on Automatic Generation of Approximations and Abstractions, 1990, pp 245-256.

8. M. Botta and A. Giordana: "Learning Quantitative Features in a Symbolic Environment" in Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence LNAI 542, 1991, pp 296-305.

9. F. Bergadano, A. Giordana, L. Saitta, D. De Marchi and F. Brancadori: "Integrated Learning in a Real Domain" in G. Piatetsky-Shapiro and W. Frawley ed. Knowledge Discovery in Databases, 1991, pp 277-288.

10. R. Gemello, F. Mana and L. Saitta: "RIGEL - An Inductive Learning System" in Machine Learning vol.6, 1991, pp 7-36.

11. F. Bergadano, A. Giordana and L. Saitta: "Machine Learning: A General Framework and its Applications" , 1991.

12. A. Giordana, D. Roverso and L. Saitta: "Abstracting Background Knowledge for Concept Learning" in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 482, 1991, pp 1-13.

13. A. Giordana, L. Saitta and D. Roverso: "Abstracting Concepts with Inverse Resolution" in Proc. 8th Int. Workshop on Machine Learning, 1991, pp 142-146.

14. M. Botta, A. Giordana, S. Ravotto, L. Saitta and S. B. Sperotto: "Improving Learning Using Causality and Abduction" in Proc. of the Eight International Machine Learning Conference, 1991, pp 480-484.

15. M. Botta, F. Brancadori, S. Ravotto, L. Saitta and S. B. Sperotto: "Use of Causal Model to Learn Diagnostic Knowledge in a Real Domain" in Proc. of the 2nd Congress of AI*IA, LNAI 549, 1991, pp 228-237.

16. M. Botta, S. Ravotto, L. Saitta and S. B. Sperotto: "Improving Learning By Using Deep Models" in Proc. of the first International Workshop on MultiStrategy Learning, 1991, pp 131-143. Abstract available.

17. A. Giordana and C. Sale: "Learning Structured Concepts Using Genetic Algorithms" in Proc. of the 9th Int. Conference on Machine Learning, 1992, pp 169-178.

18. M. Botta, S. Ravotto and L. Saitta: "Use of Causal Models and Abduction in Learning Diagnostic Knowledge" in Int. Journal of Man-Machine Studies vol.36, 1992, pp 289-307. .

19. M. Botta, A. Giordana and L. Saitta: "Comparison of Search Strategies in Learning Relations" in Proc. of the ECAI-92, 1992, pp 451-455. .

20. C. Baroglio, A. Giordana and L. Saitta: "Learning Relations: An Evaluation of Search Strategies" in J. of Intelligent Information Systems vol.1, 1992, pp 159-176.

21. M. Botta, L. Saitta, F. brancadori, D. De Marchi and S. Radicchi: "Automatic Construction of Second Generation Diagnostic Expert Systems" in Int. J. of Expert Systems vol.4, 1992, pp 389-400.

22. Giordana, L. Saitta, F. Bergadano, F. Brancadori and D. De Marchi: "ENIGMA: A System that Learns Diagnostic Knowledge" in IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering vol.TKDE-5, 1993, pp 15-28.

23. F. Neri and L. Saitta: "Exploiting Sample Selection and Ordering to Speed Up Learning" in Proc. AAAI Spring Symposium on "Order Effects in Incremental Learning", March 1993, pp 54-69. .

24. A. Giordana, L. Saitta and C. Baroglio: "Learning Simple Recursive Theories" in J. Komorowsky and Z.W. Ras ed. Proc. ISMIS-93 vol.LNAI-689, 1993, pp 425-434.

25. A. Giordana, L. Saitta, M.E. Campidoglio and F. Lo Bello: "Learning Relations using Genetic Algorithms" in P. Torasso ed. Advances in Artificial Intelligence vol.LNAI-728, 1993, pp 218-229. .

26. A. Giordana and L. Saitta: "REGAL: An Integrated System for Learning Relations Using Genetic Algorithms" in Proc. 2nd Workshop on Multistrategy Learning, 1993, pp 234-249. .

27. L. Saitta and F. Bergadano: "Pattern Recognition and Valiant's Learning Framework" in IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence vol.PAMI-15, 1993, pp 145-155.

28. C. Faure, S. Frediani and L. Saitta: "A Semi-Automated Methodology for Knowledge Elicitation" in IEEE Trans. Systems, Man and Cybernetics vol.SMC-23, 1993, pp 346-356.

29. M. Botta and A. Giordana: "Smart+: A MultiStrategy Learning Tool" in Proc. of the IJCAI-93, 1993, pp 937-943. Abstract available. .

30. L. Saitta, M. Botta and F. Neri: "Multi-Strategy Learning and Theory Revision" in Machine Learning Journal vol.11, 1993, pp 153-172. .

31. A. Giordana, G. Lo Bello and L. Saitta: "Abstraction in Propositional Calculus" in Proc. Workshop on Knowledge Compilation and Speed Up Learning, 1993, pp 56-64.

32. C. Baroglio, M. Botta and L. Saitta: "WHY: a system that learns using causal models and examples" in Y. Kodratoff and G. Tecuci ed. Machine Learning: an Artificial Intelligence Approach (vol IV), 1994, pp 319-347. .

33. F. Neri and L. Saitta: "Knowledge Representation in Machine Learning" Invited paper at ECML-94 in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence vol.784, 1994, pp 20-27.

34. A. Giordana, L. Saitta and F. Zini: "Learning Disjunctive Concepts by Means of Genetic Algorithms" in Proc. Int. Conf. on Machine Learning, July 1994, pp 96-104. .

35. A. Giordana, F. Neri and L. Saitta: "Formal Models of Selection in Genetic Algorithm" in Proc. of ISMIS 1994 vol.LNAI-869, 1994. .

36. A. Giordana, L. Saitta and F. Zini: "Learning Disjunctive Concepts with Distributed Genetic Algorithms" in Proc. First IEEE Conf. on Evolutionary Computation, June 1994, pp 115-119. .

37. A. Giordana, L. Saitta and F. Zini: "Learning Disjunctive Concepts using Genetic Algorithms" in Proc. 11th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1994, pp 483-486. .

38. L. Saitta: "ILP: An Alternative View" Invited Talk at Fourth International Workshop on Inductive Logic Programming , 1994, pp 5-6. .

39. G. Lechiara and L. Saitta: "Using Fractals To Learn Image Descriptions by means of Artificial Neural Network" in Proc. IEEE Conf. on Neural Network, June 1994, pp 2952-2956.

40. L. Saitta et al.: "Knowledge Representation Changes in Humans and Machines" in P. Reimann and H. Spada ed. Learning in Humans and Machines: Towards an Interdisciplinary Learning Science, 1995.

41. L. Saitta, A. Giordana and F. Neri: "What is the "Real World"?" in D. Aha and P. J. Riddle ed. Proc. of Workshop on Applying Machine Learning in Practice, 1995, pp 34-40.

42. E. Blanzieri and A. Giordana: "Mapping Symbolic Knowledge into Locally Receptive Field Networks" in M. Gori and G. Soda ed. Topics in Artificial Intelligence vol.LNAI 992, October 1995. .

43. C. Baroglio and M. Botta: "Multiple Predicate Learning with RTL" in M. Gori and G. Soda ed. Topics in Artificial Intelligence vol.LNAI 992, October 1995. .

44. A. Giordana and F. Neri: "Search-Intensive Concept Induction" in Evolutionary Computation vol.3 n.4, 1995, pp 375-416. .

45. F. Neri and L. Saitta: "Universal Suffrage Selection Operator for Concept Learning" in Evolutionary Computation vol.4 n.1, 1996, pp 89-109. .

46. C. Baroglio, A. Giordana, M. kaiser, M. Nuttin, R. Piola: "Learning Controllers for Industrial Robots" in Machine Learning Journal vol.23 n.2/3, May/June 1996, pp 221-249. .

47. A. Giordana, F. Neri and L. Saitta: "Automated Learning: an Application to Industrial Diagnosis" in P. Langley and Y. Kodratoff ed. Machine Learning Applications, 1996. To appear; .

48. F. Neri and L. Saitta: "Exploring the power of Genetic Search in Learning Symbolic Classifiers" in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analisys and Machine Intelligence, 1996. To appear.

49. M. Botta, A. Giordana, R. Piola: "FONN: Combining First Order Logic with Connectionist Learning" in Proceedings of the $14^th$ International Conference on Machine Learning ICML-97, jul 1997, pp 46-56. .

50. M. Botta, A. Giordana, R. Piola: "Refining First Order Theories with Neural Networks" in Z.B. Ras and A. Skowron ed. ISMIS'97: Foundations of Intelligent Systems, Proceedings vol.LNAI-1325, oct 1997, pp 84-93. .

51. M. Botta, A. Giordana, R. Piola: "Refining Numerical Terms in Horn Clauses" in M. Lenzerini ed. AI*IA 97: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings vol.LNAI-1321, September 1997, pp 13-23. .