Metalearning Applications to Data Mining

Metalearning is the study of principled methods that exploit metaknowledge to obtain efficient models and solutions by adapting machine learning and data mining processes. While the variety of machine learning and data mining techniques now available can,

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Pavel Brazdil · Christophe Giraud-Carrier Carlos Soares · Ricardo Vilalta

Metalearning Applications to Data Mining

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Prof. Pavel Brazdil LIAAD Universidade do Porto Fac. Economia Rua de Ceuta 118-6◦ 4050-190 Porto, Portugal [email protected]

Prof. Dov M . Gabbay Augustus De Morgan Professor of Logic Department of Computer Science King’s College London Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK

Dr. Christophe Giraud-Carrier Brigham Young University Department of Computer Science Provo, UT 84602, USA [email protected]

Prof. Dr. Jörg Siekmann Forschungsbereich Deduktions- und Multiagentensysteme, DFKI Stuhlsatzenweg 3, Geb. 43 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany

Dr. Carlos Soares LIAAD Universidade do Porto Fac. Economia Rua de Ceuta 118-6◦ 4050-190 Porto, Portugal [email protected] Dr. Ricardo Vilalta University of Houston Department of Computer Science 501 PGH Building Houston, TX 77204-3010, USA [email protected]

ISBN: 978-3-540-73262-4 e-ISBN: 978-3-540-73263-1 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73263-1 Cognitive Technologies ISSN: 1611-2482 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008937821 ACM Computing Classification (1998): I.2.6, H.2.8 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009  This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: KünkelLopka, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com

Dedication

Pavel to my wife and lifelong companion, F´ atima.

Christophe to my wife and children.

Carlos to Manela, Quica and Manel.