The Aleph Manual

Version 4 and above

• Introduction
• How to obtain Aleph
• How to use this manual
• The basic Aleph algorithm
• Getting started with Aleph
• Loading Aleph
• Background knowledge file
• Mode declarations
• Type specifications
• Determinations
• Positive examples file
• Negative examples file
• Read all input files
• Construct a theory
• Save a theory
• Evaluate a theory
• Some simple examples
• Advanced use of Aleph
• Setting Aleph parameters
• Altering the search
• Search strategies
• Evaluation functions
• Built-in and user-defined pruning
• User-defined cost specification
• User-defined constraints
• User-defined refinement
• Specific-to-general search
• Randomised search methods
• Incremental construction of theories
• Theory-level search
• Tree-based theories
• Constraint learning
• Mode learning
• Abductive learning
• Feature Construction
• Other commands
• Related versions and programs
• Notes
• On the appropriateness of Aleph
• On predicate-name clashes with Aleph
• On the role of the bottom clause
• On using Aleph interactively.
• On different ways of constructing a theory
• On a categorisation of parameters
• On how the single-clause search is implemented
• On how to reduce the search space
• On how to use fewer examples
• On a user-defined view of hypotheses and search
• On numerical reasoning with Aleph
• On applications of Aleph
• On using Aleph with other techniques
• On performing closed-world specialisation with Aleph
• On some basic ideas relevant to ILP
• Change Logs
• Changes in Version 1
• Changes in Version 2
• Changes in Version 3
• Changes in Version 4
• Changes in Version 5
• Commands and Parameters Index
• Concept Index

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