Seeking Knowledge in the Deluge of Facts

  • Authors:
  • Ryszard S. Michalski

  • Affiliations:
  • George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and, Institute for Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. michalski@gmu.edu

  • Venue:
  • Fundamenta Informaticae
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

An enormous proliferation of computer technology in modern societies has produced a severe information overload. The navigation through the masses of available information in order to derive desired knowledge is becoming increasingly difficult. This creates a demand for intelligent systems capable of assisting data analysts in extracting goal-oriented knowledge from large volumes of data. This paper presents a multistrategy methodology and a system, INLEN, for knowledge discovery in large relational databases. The system integrates data base, knowledge base and machine learning technologies. It offers a data analyst an integrated interface and a wide range of knowledge generation operators, as described in the Inferential Theory of Learning. Presented ideas are illustrated by results from experiments with INLEN.