Human-Readable Neuro-Fuzzy Networks from Frequent Yet Discernible Patterns in Reward-Based Environments

Hostetter, John Wesley; Saha, Adittya Soukarjya; Islam, Md Mirajul; Barnes, Tiffany; Chi, Min

doi:10.24963/ijcai.2025/505

Human-Readable Neuro-Fuzzy Networks from Frequent Yet Discernible Patterns in Reward-Based Environments

John Wesley Hostetter, Adittya Soukarjya Saha, Md Mirajul Islam, Tiffany Barnes, Min Chi

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Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Main Track. Pages 4535-4543.

https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2025/505

Keywords

Humans and AI: HAI: Computer-aided education
Data Mining: DM: Frequent pattern mining
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning: KRR: Learning and reasoning
Machine Learning: ML: Neuro-symbolic methods/Abductive Learning

Abstract

We propose self-organizing and simplifying neuro-fuzzy networks (NFNs) to yield transparent human-readable policies by exploiting fuzzy information granulation and graph theory. Deriving from social network analysis, we retain only the frequent-yet-discernible (FYD) patterns in NFNs and apply them to reward-based scenarios. The effectiveness of NFNs from FYD patterns is shown in classic control and a real-world classroom using an intelligent tutoring system to teach students.

John Wesley Hostetter, Adittya Soukarjya Saha, Md Mirajul Islam, Tiffany Barnes, and Min Chi. 2025. Human-Readable Neuro-Fuzzy Networks from Frequent Yet Discernible Patterns in Reward-Based Environments. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI-25. IJCAI, 4535–4543. https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2025/505

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  author    = {Hostetter, John Wesley and Saha, Adittya Soukarjya and Islam, Md Mirajul and Barnes, Tiffany and Chi, Min},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Joint Conference on
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