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'''John Ross Quinlan''',<br/>
an Australian computer scientist and researcher in [[Learning|machine learning]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining data mining], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_theory decision theory] along with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-order_logic first-order logic] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_logic_programming inductive logic programming].
He runs his company ''RuleQuest Research'' <ref>[https://www.rulequest.com/ RuleQuest Research - Data Mining Tools]</ref>, and was affiliated with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Sydney University of Sydney], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Technology_Sydney University of Technology Sydney], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_New_South_Wales University Of New South Wales] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_Corporation RAND Corporation].
Based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_learning concept learning] <ref>[http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~billw/mldict.html#CLS The Machine Learning Dictionary - CLS]</ref>
by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_B._Hunt Earl B. Hunt] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_B._Hunt Earl B. Hunt] ('''1962'''). ''[https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2008-13026-000 Concept Learning: An Information Processing Problem]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_(publisher) Wiley]</ref>
as used in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_tree_learning decision tree learning], Ross Quinlan invented the tree induction algorithms [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID3_algorithm Iterative Dichotomiser 3] (ID3)
<ref>[https://www.cise.ufl.edu/~ddd/cap6635/Fall-97/Short-papers/2.htm The ID3 Algorithm]</ref>
and their successors [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4.5_algorithm C4.5], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4.5_algorithm#Improvements_in_C5.0/See5_algorithm C5.0] <ref>[https://www.rulequest.com/see5-info.html Information on See5/C5.0]</ref> <ref>[https://www.rulequest.com/see5-comparison.html Is C5.0 Better Than C4.5?]</ref>.
and further introduced the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-order_inductive_learner first-order inductive learner] (FOIL). One application of these algorithms is to discover classifications rules for [[Endgame|chess endgames]], as shown with KRKN and ID3 in ''Learning Efficient Classification Procedures and Their Application to Chess End Games'' <ref>[[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1983'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-12405-5_15 Learning Efficient Classification Procedures and Their Application to Chess End Games]''. in [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-662-12405-5 Machine Learning: An Artificial Intelligence Approach]</ref> .
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/q/Quinlan:J=_Ross.html DBLP: J. Ross Quinlan]</ref> <ref>[https://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref>
==1968 ...==
* [[Ross Quinlan]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_B._Hunt Earl B. Hunt] ('''1968'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=321487 A Formal Deductive Problem-Solving System]''. [[ACM#Journal|Journal of the ACM]], Vol. 15, No. 4
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1969'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1624583 A Task-Independent Experience-Gathering Scheme for a Problem Solver]''. [[Conferences#IJCAI1969|IJCAI 1969]]
==1970 ...==
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1975'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1624682 Predicting The Length Of Solutions To Problems]''. [[Conferences#IJCAI1975|IJCAI 1975]], [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f911/ee5dc4a9257db825fb6cfdc38ef73e16f898.pdf pdf]
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1979'''). ''[https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Discovering-rules-by-induction-from-large-of-Quinlan/8cbd784e446ba37de088766534520380b07f9cb1 Discovering Rules by Induction from Large Collections of Examples]''. [https://www.zvab.com/buch-suchen/isbn/9780852243817/ Expert Systems in the Micro-electronic Age] (Introducing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID3_algorithm ID3])
==1980 ...==
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1980'''). ''An Introduction to Knowledge-Based Expert Systems''. [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/journals/acj/acj12.html Australian Computer Journal, Vol. 12], No. 2, [https://50years.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/50-years/journals/acj/ACJ-V12-N02-198005.pdf#page=16 pdf]
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1982'''). ''[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292173657_SEMI-AUTONOMOUS_ACQUISITION_OF_PATTERN-BASED_KNOWLEDGE Semi-Autonomous Acquisition of Pattern-Based Knowledge]''. [https://archive.org/details/introductoryread0000mich Introductory Readings in Expert Systems]
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1983'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-12405-5_15 Learning Efficient Classification Procedures and Their Application to Chess End Games]''. in [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-662-12405-5 Machine Learning: An Artificial Intelligence Approach]
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1986'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00116251 Induction of Decision Trees]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Learning_(journal) Machine Learning], Vol. 1, No. 1
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1986'''). ''The Effect of Noise on Concept Learning''. [https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=21934 Machine Learning: An Artificial Intelligence Approach, Vol. 2]
==1990 ...==
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1990'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1022699322624 Learning Logical Definitions from Relations]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Learning_(journal) Machine Learning], Vol. 5, No. 3
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1993'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=152181 C4.5: Programs for Machine Learning]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Kaufmann_Publishers Morgan Kaufmann]
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1996'''). ''Improved Use of Continuous Attributes in C4.5''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Artificial_Intelligence_Research Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research], Vol. 4, [https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/9603103 arXiv:cs/9603103]
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1996'''). ''Learning First-Order Definitions of Functions''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Artificial_Intelligence_Research Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research], Vol. 5, [https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/9610102 arXiv:cs/9610102]
* [[Mathematician#RKohavi|Ron Kohavi]], [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1999'''). ''Decision Tree Discovery''. [http://ai.stanford.edu/~ronnyk/treesHB.pdf pdf]
=External Links=
* [https://www.rulequest.com/Personal/ Ross Quinlan's personal homepage]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Quinlan Ross Quinlan from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.gabormelli.com/RKB/J._Ross_Quinlan J. Ross Quinlan] from [http://www.gabormelli.com/RKB/HomePage Gabor Melli's Research Knowledge Base]
=References=
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'''John Ross Quinlan''',<br/>
an Australian computer scientist and researcher in [[Learning|machine learning]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining data mining], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_theory decision theory] along with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-order_logic first-order logic] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_logic_programming inductive logic programming].
He runs his company ''RuleQuest Research'' <ref>[https://www.rulequest.com/ RuleQuest Research - Data Mining Tools]</ref>, and was affiliated with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Sydney University of Sydney], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Technology_Sydney University of Technology Sydney], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_New_South_Wales University Of New South Wales] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_Corporation RAND Corporation].
Based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_learning concept learning] <ref>[http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~billw/mldict.html#CLS The Machine Learning Dictionary - CLS]</ref>
by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_B._Hunt Earl B. Hunt] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_B._Hunt Earl B. Hunt] ('''1962'''). ''[https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2008-13026-000 Concept Learning: An Information Processing Problem]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_(publisher) Wiley]</ref>
as used in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_tree_learning decision tree learning], Ross Quinlan invented the tree induction algorithms [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID3_algorithm Iterative Dichotomiser 3] (ID3)
<ref>[https://www.cise.ufl.edu/~ddd/cap6635/Fall-97/Short-papers/2.htm The ID3 Algorithm]</ref>
and their successors [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4.5_algorithm C4.5], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4.5_algorithm#Improvements_in_C5.0/See5_algorithm C5.0] <ref>[https://www.rulequest.com/see5-info.html Information on See5/C5.0]</ref> <ref>[https://www.rulequest.com/see5-comparison.html Is C5.0 Better Than C4.5?]</ref>.
and further introduced the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-order_inductive_learner first-order inductive learner] (FOIL). One application of these algorithms is to discover classifications rules for [[Endgame|chess endgames]], as shown with KRKN and ID3 in ''Learning Efficient Classification Procedures and Their Application to Chess End Games'' <ref>[[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1983'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-12405-5_15 Learning Efficient Classification Procedures and Their Application to Chess End Games]''. in [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-662-12405-5 Machine Learning: An Artificial Intelligence Approach]</ref> .
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/q/Quinlan:J=_Ross.html DBLP: J. Ross Quinlan]</ref> <ref>[https://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref>
==1968 ...==
* [[Ross Quinlan]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_B._Hunt Earl B. Hunt] ('''1968'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=321487 A Formal Deductive Problem-Solving System]''. [[ACM#Journal|Journal of the ACM]], Vol. 15, No. 4
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1969'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1624583 A Task-Independent Experience-Gathering Scheme for a Problem Solver]''. [[Conferences#IJCAI1969|IJCAI 1969]]
==1970 ...==
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1975'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1624682 Predicting The Length Of Solutions To Problems]''. [[Conferences#IJCAI1975|IJCAI 1975]], [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f911/ee5dc4a9257db825fb6cfdc38ef73e16f898.pdf pdf]
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1979'''). ''[https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Discovering-rules-by-induction-from-large-of-Quinlan/8cbd784e446ba37de088766534520380b07f9cb1 Discovering Rules by Induction from Large Collections of Examples]''. [https://www.zvab.com/buch-suchen/isbn/9780852243817/ Expert Systems in the Micro-electronic Age] (Introducing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID3_algorithm ID3])
==1980 ...==
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1980'''). ''An Introduction to Knowledge-Based Expert Systems''. [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/journals/acj/acj12.html Australian Computer Journal, Vol. 12], No. 2, [https://50years.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/50-years/journals/acj/ACJ-V12-N02-198005.pdf#page=16 pdf]
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1982'''). ''[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292173657_SEMI-AUTONOMOUS_ACQUISITION_OF_PATTERN-BASED_KNOWLEDGE Semi-Autonomous Acquisition of Pattern-Based Knowledge]''. [https://archive.org/details/introductoryread0000mich Introductory Readings in Expert Systems]
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1983'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-12405-5_15 Learning Efficient Classification Procedures and Their Application to Chess End Games]''. in [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-662-12405-5 Machine Learning: An Artificial Intelligence Approach]
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1986'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00116251 Induction of Decision Trees]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Learning_(journal) Machine Learning], Vol. 1, No. 1
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1986'''). ''The Effect of Noise on Concept Learning''. [https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=21934 Machine Learning: An Artificial Intelligence Approach, Vol. 2]
==1990 ...==
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1990'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1022699322624 Learning Logical Definitions from Relations]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Learning_(journal) Machine Learning], Vol. 5, No. 3
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1993'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=152181 C4.5: Programs for Machine Learning]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Kaufmann_Publishers Morgan Kaufmann]
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1996'''). ''Improved Use of Continuous Attributes in C4.5''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Artificial_Intelligence_Research Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research], Vol. 4, [https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/9603103 arXiv:cs/9603103]
* [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1996'''). ''Learning First-Order Definitions of Functions''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Artificial_Intelligence_Research Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research], Vol. 5, [https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/9610102 arXiv:cs/9610102]
* [[Mathematician#RKohavi|Ron Kohavi]], [[Ross Quinlan]] ('''1999'''). ''Decision Tree Discovery''. [http://ai.stanford.edu/~ronnyk/treesHB.pdf pdf]
=External Links=
* [https://www.rulequest.com/Personal/ Ross Quinlan's personal homepage]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Quinlan Ross Quinlan from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.gabormelli.com/RKB/J._Ross_Quinlan J. Ross Quinlan] from [http://www.gabormelli.com/RKB/HomePage Gabor Melli's Research Knowledge Base]
=References=
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