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- OFAI-TR-2000-30 (
118kB PDF file)Timing, Sequencing, and Quantum of Life Course Events: a Machine Learning Approach
- Francesco C. Billari, Johannes Fürnkranz, Alexia Prskawetz
- In this methodological paper we discuss and apply machine learning
techniques, a core research area in the artificial intelligence literature,
to analyse simultaneously timing, sequencing, and quantum of life course
events
from a comparative perspective. We outline the need for techniques which
allow the adoption of a holistic approach to the analysis of life courses,
illustrating the specific case of the transition to adulthood. We briefly
introduce machine learning algorithms to build decision trees and rule sets
and then apply such algorithms to delineate the key features which
distinguish Austrian and Italian pathways to adulthood, using Fertility and
Family Survey data. The key role of sequencing and synchronisation between
events emerges clearly from the methodology used.
Keywords: life course, event history, data mining, machine learning, transition to adulthood
- In this methodological paper we discuss and apply machine learning
techniques, a core research area in the artificial intelligence literature,
to analyse simultaneously timing, sequencing, and quantum of life course
events
from a comparative perspective. We outline the need for techniques which
allow the adoption of a holistic approach to the analysis of life courses,
illustrating the specific case of the transition to adulthood. We briefly
introduce machine learning algorithms to build decision trees and rule sets
and then apply such algorithms to delineate the key features which
distinguish Austrian and Italian pathways to adulthood, using Fertility and
Family Survey data. The key role of sequencing and synchronisation between
events emerges clearly from the methodology used.