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We present a soft computing approach to text processing and propose a constraint theoretic approach for machine learning called learning by constraint relaxation (LCR). Words do not convey exact meanings but act as soft constraints over possible meanings. LCR is based on this principle: a failure to recognize is an opportunity to learn. A rule-making language, RML, has been implemented to facilitate problem representation and experimentation with constraint relaxation problems. LCR has been used to extract knowledge from texts containing medical descriptions and informatics codes.
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Day, J. (2003). Learning by Constraint Relaxation. In: Rutkowski, L., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Neural Networks and Soft Computing. Advances in Soft Computing, vol 19. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1902-1_91
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