This volume contains the revised versions of selected papers presented at the 27th
International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP 2017).
... [Show More] ILP 2017 was
held in Orléans, France, during September 4–6, 2017.
Inductive logic programming (ILP) is a subfield of machine learning, which originally
relied on logic programming as a uniform representation language for expressing
examples, background knowledge, and hypotheses. Due to its strong representation
formalism, based on first-order logic, ILP provides an excellent means for
multi-relational learning and data mining, and more generally for learning from
structured data. The ILP conference series, started in 1991, is the premier international
forum for learning from structured or semi-structured relational data. Originally
focusing on the induction of logic programs, over the years it has expanded its research
horizon significantly and welcomes contributions to all aspects of learning in logic,
including exploring intersections with probabilistic approaches.
Three kinds of papers were submitted, and the reviewing process was quite
complicated:
1. Regular papers describing original mature work representing a self-contained theoretical
contribution and/or supported by appropriate experimental evaluation. In
all, 17 regular papers were submitted. These papers were reviewed by at least three
members of the Program Committee. Seven papers were rejected. Ten papers were
accepted for presentation at the conference. Although four were directly accepted
for publication in the proceedings, only three are published in these proceedings.
Six were invited to submit a revised version. After a second round of reviewing,
four were accepted.
2. Late-breaking papers describing original work in progress, brief accounts of original
ideas without conclusive experimental evaluation, and other relevant work of
potentially high scientific interest but not yet qualifying for the regular paper category.
In total, 14 late-breaking papers were accepted/rejected by the PC chairs, on
the grounds of relevance, to be presented at the conference. Each late-breaking
paper was reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee taking
also into account the oral presentation. This allowed us to nominate candidates for
the most promising student late-breaking paper. Ten out of 14 late-breaking papers
were invited to submit an extended version, which was evaluated a second time by
three reviewers. Five of them were selected to be included in these proceedings.
3. Recently published papers. Five papers relevant to the conference topics and
recently published or accepted for publication in a first-class conference were
presented at the conference. These papers do not appear in this Springer LNAI
conference proceedings. [Show Less]