This paper provides new insight into maximizing F1 scores in the context of binary classification and also in the context of multilabel classification. The harmonic mean of precision and recall, F1 score is widely used to measure the success of a binary classifier when one class is rare. Micro average, macro average, a…
Communities in social networks or graphs are sets of well-connected, overlapping vertices. The effectiveness of a community detection algorithm is determined by accuracy in finding the ground-truth communities and ability to scale with the size of the data. In this work, we provide three contributions. First, we show t…
New scoring rules improve probabilistic classification model evaluation.
problem Traditional scoring rules misalign with the preference for correct classifications.
method Introduces Penalized Brier Score (PBS) and Penalized Logarithmic Loss (PLL) to modify proper scoring rules.
result PBS and PLL better identify optimal checkpoints and early stopping points, leading to superior F1 scores.
In predictive maintenance, model performance is usually assessed by means of precision, recall, and F1-score. However, employing the model with best performance, e.g. highest F1-score, does not necessarily result in minimum maintenance cost, but can instead lead to additional expenses. Thus, we propose to perform model…
Enhances multi-tag classification using low-dimensional vector representations and virtual data.
problem Improving the performance of multi-tag classifiers.
method Embedding raw data into a low-dimensional feature space, then generating virtual data from linear operations on these vectors, to train multi-tag classifiers.
result Significant improvement in F1 scores (up to 224%) compared to training directly with raw data.
Proposes BA method for unbiased time series anomaly detection evaluation.
problem Anomalies in time series data are rare, making F1-score unreliable.
method Introduces Balanced Point Adjustment (BA) to address F1-score bias.
result BA provides fairer evaluation of time series anomaly detectors.
Paper classifies Brazilian music genres using song lyrics with BLSTM network.
problem Classifying Brazilian music genres from lyrics.
method Used BLSTM network combined with SVM, Random Forest, and word embeddings.
result BLSTM outperforms other models with an F1-score of 0.48.
GWN improves multimodal data fusion accuracy for chronic pain patients.
problem Dynamic and unspecified uncertainties in multimodal data fusion.
method Inspired by Global Workspace Theory, GWN is a neural network architecture that dynamically attends to multiple modalities.
result GWN achieved higher F1 scores (0.92 and 0.75) for multimodal discrimination and classification tasks.
To address Task 5 in the Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE) 2018 challenge, in this paper, we propose an ensemble learning system. The proposed system consists of three different models, based on convolutional neural network and long short memory recurrent neural network. With extracted …
For technology (like serious games) that aims to deliver interactive learning, it is important to address relevant mental experiences such as reflective thinking during problem solving. To facilitate research in this direction, we present the weDraw-1 Movement Dataset of body movement sensor data and reflective thinkin…
Proposes sigmoidF1 loss for multilabel classification, improving performance metrics.
problem Lack of smooth, tractable loss functions for multilabel classification.
method Introduces sigmoidF1, a smooth F1 score surrogate loss function.
result sigmoidF1 outperforms other loss functions on various datasets and metrics.
This study improves early prediction of CPAP therapy compliance.
problem Predicting early compliance with CPAP therapy to improve patient outcomes.
method Built classifiers for compliance at three CPAP therapy follow-up points.
result Month 3 classifier achieved highest f1-score of 87% in cross-validation and test.
Pronoun resolution is part of coreference resolution, the task of pairing an expression to its referring entity. This is an important task for natural language understanding and a necessary component of machine translation systems, chat bots and assistants. Neural machine learning systems perform far from ideally in th…
Transformer models improve malware classification, especially for imbalanced datasets.
problem Imbalanced multiclass malware classification.
method Bagging-based random transformer forest (RTF) ensemble of pre-trained transformer models (BERT or CANINE).
result Ensemble of pre-trained transformer models achieves state-of-the-art F1-score of 0.6149 on a benchmark dataset.
The Synthetic Minority Oversampling TEchnique (SMOTE) is widely-used for the analysis of imbalanced datasets. It is known that SMOTE frequently over-generalizes the minority class, leading to misclassifications for the majority class, and effecting the overall balance of the model. In this article, we present an approa…
BERTino is a lightweight Italian DistilBERT model for NLP tasks.
problem High computational and memory demands of large language models.
method Developed a DistilBERT model tailored for Italian language.
result F1 scores comparable to BERTBASE with significant speed improvements.
We study the performance of data-driven, a priori and random approaches to label space partitioning for multi-label classification with a Gaussian Naive Bayes classifier. Experiments were performed on 12 benchmark data sets and evaluated on 5 established measures of classification quality: micro and macro averaged F1 s…
Improved race prediction model outperforms existing methods.
problem Improving race prediction using voter registration data.
method Trained BiLSTM model on voter registration data and created an ensemble.
result Achieved up to 36.8% higher OOS F1 scores than previous models.
OT domain adaptation improves aphasia detection across languages.
problem Detecting aphasia in low-resource languages with limited data.
method Utilized OT domain adaptation to map linguistic features across multiple languages.
result OT domain adaptation significantly improved F1 scores for French and Mandarin aphasia detection.
Quantum Support Vector Classifier outperforms other QML models in finance fraud detection.
problem Detecting financial fraud using Quantum Machine Learning.
method Comparative study of four QML models: Quantum Support Vector Classifier, Variational Quantum Classifier, Estimator QNN, and Sampler QNN.
result Quantum Support Vector Classifier achieved the highest F1 scores (0.98) for fraud and non-fraud classes.
Improved multiclass classification with class-weighted nearest neighbors.
problem Multiclass classification with large or imbalanced classes.
method Class-weighted k-nearest neighbors algorithm, derived bounds on accuracy and risk.
result Optimized classification metrics like F1 score or Matthew's Correlation Coefficient.
A method uses ITD and XGBoost for precise power transformer fault diagnosis.
problem Fault diagnosis of power transformers using DGA data.
method Ranking DGA parameters by skewness, extracting ITD features, and using an XGBoost classifier.
result The method achieves over 95% accuracy in classification.
Gestalt combines two models to improve SQuAD2.0 performance.
problem Improving the accuracy of answering questions in context paragraphs.
method A stacking ensemble of ALBERT and RoBERTa models, combined with a CNN-based meta-model.
result Best ensemble achieved 87.117 EM and 90.306 F1 scores, improving baseline by 0.55% and 0.61% respectively.
Improved performance in shape identification tasks using elastic metrics in t-SNE and UMAP.
problem Improper metrics in dimensionality reduction techniques lead to poor performance in machine learning applications.
method Incorporating elastic metrics into t-SNE and UMAP for functional data.
result Improved F1 scores on shape identification tasks for three benchmark datasets.
Supervised machine learning (ML) algorithms are aimed at maximizing classification performance under available energy and storage constraints. They try to map the training data to the corresponding labels while ensuring generalizability to unseen data. However, they do not integrate meaning-based relationships among la…
Proposes a new undersampling method for imbalanced data classification.
problem Challenges of oversampling and undersampling in imbalanced data.
method Bilevel optimization framework for identifying optimal subset of majority training data.
result Improves F1 scores by up to 10% compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Study evaluates three class imbalance techniques across diverse datasets.
problem Class imbalance in binary classification tasks.
method Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique (SMOTE), Class Weights tuning, Decision Threshold Calibration.
result Decision Threshold Calibration is the most consistently effective technique.
Knowledge about frequency and location of snow avalanche activity is essential for forecasting and mapping of snow avalanche hazard. Traditional field monitoring of avalanche activity has limitations, especially when surveying large and remote areas. In recent years, avalanche detection in Sentinel-1 radar satellite im…
Efficient and precise classification of histological cell nuclei is of utmost importance due to its potential applications in the field of medical image analysis. It would facilitate the medical practitioners to better understand and explore various factors for cancer treatment. The classification of histological cell …
Occupant behavior (OB) and in particular window openings need to be considered in building performance simulation (BPS), in order to realistically model the indoor climate and energy consumption for heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC). However, the proposed OB window opening models are often biased towards …
ETHGamDet detects crypto gambling contracts and addresses.
problem Identifying crypto gambling contracts and addresses.
method Multi-modal retrieval methods, LightGBM model with memory components.
result ETHGamDet achieves high F1-scores in address and contract classification.
In this paper, we present our approach for the 2018 Medico Task classifying diseases in the gastrointestinal tract. We have proposed a system based on global features and deep neural networks. The best approach combines two neural networks, and the reproducible experimental results signify the efficiency of the propose…
Novel algorithm optimizes decision trees for nonlinear metrics.
problem Optimizing decision trees for nonlinear metrics like F1-score.
method Bi-objective optimisation approach to find optimal trees on Pareto frontier.
result The optimal tree for nonlinear metrics lies on the Pareto frontier.
T2IVAE detects anomalies in time series data with high accuracy.
problem Detecting anomalies in noisy, complex time series data.
method Unsupervised model based on NVAE and GANs, transforming 1D to 2D images.
result T2IVAE outperforms other models on various datasets.
Paper improves transaction-based Ponzi detection on Ethereum.
problem Low accuracy of current transaction-based Ponzi detection models.
method Employ time-series features to improve accuracy.
result Up to 30% higher F1-scores achieved with new features.
Study develops and improves risk models using machine learning methods.
problem Classifying business delinquency using machine learning.
method Exploring several machine learning methods including regularization, hyper-parameter optimization, and model ensembling.
result Bagging on KNN with K=9 is the optimal model for risk classification.
Machine learning models show intermarket data can predict stock market performance better than expected.
problem Evaluating the semi-strong form of the Efficient Market Hypothesis.
method Used machine learning techniques on various intermarket data sets to predict stock market performance.
result Intermarket data significantly outperforms baselines in predicting stock market movement, contradicting the semi-strong EMH.
The paper benchmarks data stream classifiers for human activity recognition on connected devices.
problem Challenges in human activity recognition on connected devices, particularly high memory consumption and low F1 scores.
method Evaluation of five stream classification algorithms on real and synthetic datasets, measuring both performance and resource consumption.
result HT and MF classifiers show superior performance and resilience to concept drift compared to other algorithms.
DeepCapture detects image spam emails using CNN and data augmentation.
problem Detecting new image spam emails with overfitting.
method CNN-XGBoost framework with data augmentation.
result DeepCapture achieves an F1-score of 88%.
GraphEraser improves unlearning efficiency for graph data.
problem Improving unlearning efficiency for graph data.
method Two novel graph partition algorithms and a learning-based aggregation method.
result Achieves up to 35.94× unlearning time improvement on large datasets.
Patient summarization is essential for clinicians to provide coordinated care and practice effective communication. Automated summarization has the potential to save time, standardize notes, aid clinical decision making, and reduce medical errors. Here we provide an upper bound on extractive summarization of discharge …
Paper fine-tunes a language model to predict long-term stock buy signals.
problem Predicting long-term stock price movements with narrative text.
method Fine-tuning a small language model on 10-K reports for buy/sell decisions.
result Buy signals generated from 10-K text are most precise at 6 and 9 months, providing 4.8-9% improvement over random selection.
Deep learning predicts heart failure readmission from clinical notes.
problem Predicting and preventing heart failure readmission.
method Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) trained on clinical notes.
result Deep learning models outperform traditional machine learning methods in readmission prediction.
Automates defect detection using autoencoders on normal images only.
problem Manual defect detection is slow, tedious, and prone to human biases.
method Convolutional auto-encoder trained on normal images only, detects defects in residual masks.
result Achieved an impressive average F1 score of 0.885 on test images.
We present in this paper experiments on Table Recognition in hand-written registry books. We first explain how the problem of row and column detection is modeled, and then compare two Machine Learning approaches (Conditional Random Field and Graph Convolutional Network) for detecting these table elements. Evaluation wa…
HiJoD detects misinformation using multiple aspects and outperforms state-of-the-art methods.
problem Detecting misinformation with limited labeled data.
method Hierarchical Joint Decomposition framework combining content, context, and domain features.
result HiJoD achieves F1-scores of 74% and 81% on Twitter and Politifact datasets respectively, and is faster than similar approaches.
Paper introduces IAD for detecting anomalous VMMs in cloud without VMM access.
problem Anomalous VMMs in cloud-based environments without direct access.
method IAD: Indirect Anomalous VMMs Detection algorithm using VM resource utilization data.
result IAD algorithm outperforms other methods with an average F1-score of 83.7%.
RDLI integrates domain logic and context grounding to detect crypto anomalies under scarce labels.
problem Extreme label scarcity and evasion strategies in crypto networks.
method Relational Domain Logic Integration (RDLI) with Retrieval Grounded Context (RGC).
result RDLI outperforms GNN baselines by 28.9% in F1 score under 0.01% label scarcity.