From the reviews: "There are many techniques available for machine learning from data ... . the problem is: given a set of data, which of the learning systems should one use? The goal of this book is to initiate a study of this problem. ... The mixture of detailed description and overview is well managed. The reader is able to see how the authors' ideas and work fit into a larger framework. Graduate students looking for thesis topics should read this book." (J. P. E. Hodgson, ACM Computing Reviews, May, 2009)
Metalearning is the study of principled methods that exploit metaknowledge to obtain efficient models and solutions by adapting machine learning and data mining processes.