Incremental Class Dictionary Learning and Optimization

We have previously shown how the discovery of classes from objects can be automated, and how the resulting class organization can be e ciently optimized in the case where the optimum is a single inheritance class hierarchy. This paper extends our previous work by showing how an optimal class dictionary can be learned incrementally. The ability to expand a class organization incrementally as new object examples are presented is an important consideration in software engineering.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1991
• Where: ECOOP
• Authors: Paul L. Bergstein, Karl J. Lieberherr
• Keywords: Class Organization, ECOOP 1991, Inheritance Class Hierarchy, Optimal Class Dictionary, Programming Languages