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A Unifying Version-Space Representation

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In this paper we consider the open problem how to unify version-space representations. We present a first solution to this problem, namely a new version-space representation called adaptable boundary sets (ABSs). We show that a version space can have a space of ABSs representations. We demonstrate that this space includes the boundary-set representation and the instance-based boundary-set representation; i.e., the ABSs unify these two representations.

We consider the task of learning ABSs as a task of identifying a proper representation within the space of ABSs depending on the applicability requirements given. This is demonstrated in a series of examples where ABSs are used to overcome the complexity problem of the boundary sets.

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    E.N. Smirnov, H.J. van den Herik & I.G. Sprinkhuizen-Kuyper

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Smirnov, E., van den Herik, H. & Sprinkhuizen-Kuyper, I. A Unifying Version-Space Representation. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence 41, 47–76 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:AMAI.0000018576.88552.df

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