1 | |Date: Tue, 15 Nov 88 15:44:08 EST |
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2 | |From: stan <stan@csi2.UofO.EDU> |
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3 | |Message-Id: <8811152044.AA23067@csih.UofO.EDU> |
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4 | |To: aha@ICS.UCI.EDU |
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6 | |1. Title: Final settlements in labor negotitions in Canadian industry |
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7 | | |
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8 | |2. Source Information |
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9 | | -- Creators: Collective Barganing Review, montly publication, |
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10 | | Labour Canada, Industrial Relations Information Service, |
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11 | | Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0J2, Canada, (819) 997-3117 |
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12 | | The data includes all collective agreements reached |
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13 | | in the business and personal services sector for locals |
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14 | | with at least 500 members (teachers, nurses, university |
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15 | | staff, police, etc) in Canada in 87 and first quarter of 88. |
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16 | | -- Donor: Stan Matwin, Computer Science Dept, University of Ottawa, |
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17 | | 34 Somerset East, K1N 9B4, (stan@uotcsi2.bitnet) |
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18 | | -- Date: November 1988 |
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19 | | |
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20 | |3. Past Usage: |
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21 | | -- testing concept learning software, in particular |
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22 | | an experimental method to learn two-tiered concept descriptions. |
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23 | | The data was used to learn the description of an acceptable |
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24 | | and unacceptable contract. |
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25 | | The unacceptable contracts were either obtained by interviewing |
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26 | | experts, or by inventing near misses. |
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27 | | Examples of use are described in: |
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28 | | Bergadano, F., Matwin, S., Michalski, R., |
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29 | | Zhang, J., Measuring Quality of Concept Descriptions, |
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30 | | Procs. of the 3rd European Working Sessions on Learning, |
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31 | | Glasgow, October 1988. |
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32 | | Bergadano, F., Matwin, S., Michalski, R., Zhang, J., |
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33 | | Representing and Acquiring Imprecise and Context-dependent |
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34 | | Concepts in Knowledge-based Systems, Procs. of ISMIS'88, |
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35 | | North Holland, 1988. |
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36 | |4. Relevant Information: |
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37 | | -- data was used to test 2tier approach with learning |
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38 | |from positive and negative examples |
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39 | | |
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40 | |5. Number of Instances: 57 |
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41 | | |
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42 | |6. Number of Attributes: 16 |
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43 | | |
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44 | |7. Attribute Information: |
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45 | | 1. dur: duration of agreement |
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46 | | [1..7] |
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47 | | 2 wage1.wage : wage increase in first year of contract |
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48 | | [2.0 .. 7.0] |
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49 | | 3 wage2.wage : wage increase in second year of contract |
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50 | | [2.0 .. 7.0] |
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51 | | 4 wage3.wage : wage increase in third year of contract |
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52 | | [2.0 .. 7.0] |
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53 | | 5 cola : cost of living allowance |
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54 | | [none, tcf, tc] |
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55 | | 6 hours.hrs : number of working hours during week |
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56 | | [35 .. 40] |
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57 | | 7 pension : employer contributions to pension plan |
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58 | | [none, ret_allw, empl_contr] |
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59 | | 8 stby_pay : standby pay |
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60 | | [2 .. 25] |
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61 | | 9 shift_diff : shift differencial : supplement for work on II and III shift |
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62 | | [1 .. 25] |
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63 | | 10 educ_allw.boolean : education allowance |
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64 | | [yes no] |
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65 | | 11 holidays : number of statutory holidays |
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66 | | [9 .. 15] |
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67 | | 12 vacation : number of paid vacation days |
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68 | | [ba, avg, gnr] |
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69 | | 13 lngtrm_disabil.boolean : |
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70 | | employer's help during employee longterm disabil |
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71 | | ity [yes , no] |
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72 | | 14 dntl_ins : employers contribution towards the dental plan |
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73 | | [none, half, full] |
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74 | | 15 bereavement.boolean : employer's financial contribution towards the |
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75 | | covering the costs of bereavement |
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76 | | [yes , no] |
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77 | | 16 empl_hplan : employer's contribution towards the health plan |
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78 | | [none, half, full] |
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79 | | |
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80 | |8. Missing Attribute Values: None |
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81 | | |
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82 | |9. Class Distribution: |
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83 | | |
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84 | |10. Exceptions from format instructions: no commas between attribute values. |
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85 | | |
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87 | |
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88 | | Classes |
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89 | | ------- |
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90 | |
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91 | good, bad. |
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92 | |
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93 | | Attributes |
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94 | | ---------- |
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95 | |
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96 | duration: continuous |
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97 | wage increase first year: continuous |
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98 | wage increase second year: continuous |
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99 | wage increase third year: continuous |
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100 | cost of living adjustment: none, tcf, tc |
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101 | working hours: continuous |
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102 | pension: none, ret_allw, empl_contr |
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103 | standby pay: continuous |
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104 | shift differential: continuous |
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105 | education allowance: yes, no |
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106 | statutory holidays: continuous |
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107 | vacation: below average, average, generous |
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108 | longterm disability assistance: yes, no |
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109 | contribution to dental plan: none, half, full |
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110 | bereavement assistance: yes, no |
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111 | contribution to health plan: none, half, full |
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