Algorithmic learning theory. 7th international workshop, ALT '96, Sydney, Australia, October 23--25, 1996. Proceedings (Q2565396)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. The 3rd workshop (1992) has been reviewed (see Zbl 0797.00022). Indexed articles: \textit{Takimoto, Eiji; Sakai, Yoshifumi; Maruoka, Akira}, Learnability of exclusive-or expansion based on monotone DNF formulas, 12-25 [Zbl 1184.68296] \textit{Long, Philip M.}, Improved bounds about on-line learning of smooth functions of a single variable, 26-36 [Zbl 1184.68289] \textit{Nakamura, Atsuyoshi}, Query learning of bounded-width OBDDs, 37-50 [Zbl 1184.68292] \textit{Kleine Büning, Hans; Lettmann, Theodor}, Learning a representation for optimizable formulas, 51-58 [Zbl 1184.68286] \textit{Oliveira, Arlindo L.; Edwards, Stephen}, Limits of exact algorithms for inference of minimum size finite state machines, 59-66 [Zbl 1184.68293] \textit{Vitányi, Paul}, Genetic fitness optimization using rapidly mixing Markov chains, 67-82 [Zbl 1184.68430] \textit{Baxter, Rohan A.; Oliver, Jonathan J.}, The kindest cut: Minimum message length segmentation, 83-90 [Zbl 1184.68580] \textit{Pearson, R. A.; Smith, E. K. T.}, Reducing complexity of decision trees with two variable tests, 91-99 [Zbl 1184.68476] \textit{Arvind, V.; Vinodchandran, N. V.}, The complexity of exactly learning algebraic concepts, 100-112 [Zbl 1184.68279] \textit{Fahmy, Amr F.; Roos, Robert S.}, Efficient learning of real time two-counter automata, 113-126 [Zbl 1184.68282] \textit{Lavrač, Nada; Gamberger, Dragan; Turney, Peter}, Cost-sensitive feature reduction applied to a hybrid genetic algorithm, 127-134 [Zbl 1184.68407] \textit{Piramuthu, Selwyn}, Effects of feature selection with `blurring' on neurofuzzy systems, 135-142 [Zbl 1184.68422] \textit{Quinlan, J. R.}, Boosting first-order learning, 143-155 [Zbl 1184.68423] \textit{Bārzdiņš, Jānis; Sarkans, Ugis}, Incorporating hypothetical knowledge into the process of inductive synthesis, 156-168 [Zbl 1184.68280] \textit{Martin, Lionel; Vrain, Christel}, Induction of constraint logic programs, 169-176 [Zbl 1184.68291] \textit{Sugimoto, Noriko; Hirata, Kouichi; Ishizaka, Hiroki}, Constructive learning of translations based on dictionaries, 177-184 [Zbl 1184.68295] \textit{Lu, Jianguo; Arima, Jun}, Inductive logic programming beyond logical implication, 185-198 [Zbl 1184.68290] \textit{Gamberger, Dragan; Lavrač, Nada; Džeroski, Sašo}, Noise elimination in inductive concept learning: A case study in medical diagnosis, 199-212 [Zbl 1184.68283] \textit{Dowe, David L.; Oliver, Jonathan J.; Wallace, Chris S.}, MML estimation of the parameters of the spherical Fisher distribution, 213-227 [Zbl 1184.62085] \textit{Lange, Steffen; Wiehagen, Rolf; Zeugmann, Thomas}, Learning by erasing, 228-241 [Zbl 1184.68288] \textit{Jain, Sanjay; Kinber, Efim; Wiehagen, Rolf}, On learning and co-learning of minimal programs, 242-255 [Zbl 1184.68285] \textit{Shinohara, Takeshi; Arimura, Hiroki}, Inductive inference of unbounded unions of pattern languages from positive data, 256-271 [Zbl 1184.68294] \textit{Krishna Rao, M. R. K.}, A class of Prolog programs inferable from positive data, 272-284 [Zbl 1184.68287] \textit{Case, John; Jain, Sanjay; Stephan, Frank}, Vacillatory and BC learning on noisy data, 285-298 [Zbl 1184.68281] \textit{Ambainis, Andris; Freivalds, Rūsiņs}, Transformations that preserve learnability, 299-311 [Zbl 1184.68278] \textit{Vīksna, Juris}, Probabilistic limit identification up to ``small'' sets, 312-324 [Zbl 1184.68297] \textit{Grieser, Gunter}, Reflecting inductive inference machines and its improvement by therapy, 325-336 [Zbl 1184.68284]