Review Article

Rule-Based Classification Based on Ant Colony Optimization: A Comprehensive Review

Table 3

Definitions of commonly used parameters in AntMiner algorithms.

ParameterDefinition

Maximum uncovered cases (max_uncovered_cases)The maximum number of cases in the training data that can be left out without being covered by any rule
Minimum cases per rule (min_cases_rule)The minimum number of cases that must be covered by a rule when a new term is added to the rule
Number of iterations (max_iteration)The maximum number of ant cycles allowed if other convergence criteria are not met
Number of ants (max_ant)The maximum number of ants representing how many rules are to be constructed in each ant cycle