@Article{QR89,
  author = 	 { J. Ross Quinlan and Ronald L. Rivest },
  title = 	 { Inferring decision trees using the {Minimum Description Length} principle },
  journal = 	 { Information and Computation },
  issn =         { 0890-5401 },
  OPTyear = 	 { 1989 },
  OPTmonth = 	 { March },
  date =         { 1989-03 },                  
  volume = 	 { 80 },
  number = 	 { 3 },
  pages = 	 { 227--248 },
  doi =          { 10.1016/0890-5401(89)90010-2 },
  url =          { http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0890540189900102 },
  abstract =     {
         We explore the use of Rissanen's minimum description length principle for the
         construction of decision trees.  Empirical results comparing this approach to
         other methods are given.                  
                 },
}