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_S_p_a_c_e _S_h_u_t_t_l_e _A_u_t_o_l_a_n_d_e_r _P_r_o_b_l_e_m

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The 'shuttle' data frame has 256 rows and 7 columns. The first six
     columns are categorical variables giving example conditions; the
     seventh is the decision.  The first 253 rows are the training set,
     the last 3 the test conditions.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     shuttle

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following factor columns:

     '_s_t_a_b_i_l_i_t_y' stable positioning or not ('stab' / 'xstab').

     '_e_r_r_o_r' size of error ('MM' / 'SS' / 'LX' / 'XL').

     '_s_i_g_n' sign of error, positive or negative ('pp' / 'nn').

     '_w_i_n_d' wind sign ('head' / 'tail').

     '_m_a_g_n' wind strength ('Light' / 'Medium' / 'Strong' / 'Out of
          Range').

     '_v_i_s' visibility ('yes' / 'no').

     '_u_s_e' use the autolander or not. ('auto' / 'noauto'.)


_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     D. Michie (1989) Problems of computer-aided concept formation. In
     _Applications of Expert Systems 2_, ed. J. R. Quinlan, Turing
     Institute Press / Addison-Wesley, pp. 310-333.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002) _Modern Applied
     Statistics with S._ Fourth edition.  Springer.