Class2Simi reduces noise in noisy label learning by transforming noisy class labels into noisy similarity labels.
problem Learning with noisy labels in supervised and unsupervised settings.
method Transforming noisy class labels into noisy similarity labels, training DNNs from noisy data pairs.
result The noise rate reduction is theoretically guaranteed, making it easier to handle noisy similarity labels.
Paper tackles noisy similarity labels for multi-class classification.
problem Learning multi-class classifiers from noisy similarity-labeled data.
method Proposes a method using a noise transition matrix to learn from noisy data.
result Demonstrates superior performance compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Vote-boosting uses weighted training data to build accurate and robust ensembles.
problem Generating accurate and robust ensemble classifiers.
method Sequential ensemble learning with weighted training data and emphasis on instances with high disagreement.
result Vote-boosting is effective for generating accurate and robust ensembles, especially when noise levels are low.
KFHE uses Kalman filters to improve ensemble classification accuracy.
problem Improving multi-class ensemble classification accuracy.
method KFHE treats ensemble training as a state estimation problem using Kalman filters.
result KFHE outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms in noisy and clean datasets.
SNS-GAN integrates class labels into generative models for images and time series.
problem Effective integration of class labels in generative models without network modifications.
method Embeds class conditions within the generator's noise space.
result Superior performance in time series generation compared to baseline models.
Paper tackles noisy S-D data for classification.
problem Learning from noisy Similar (S) and Dissimilar (D) pairs.
method Proposes two algorithms to learn from noisy S-D data under two noise models.
result Noise-informed algorithms outperform noise-blind baselines.
A new PLL method uses class activation values to improve robustness.
problem Weakly supervised learning with noisy data and adversarial perturbations.
method Subjective logic with class activation values for uncertainty representation and label weight re-distribution.
result More robust predictions under high noise levels, out-of-distribution examples, and adversarial perturbations.
A novel supervised visualization technique for data exploration.
problem Lack of supervised dimensionality reduction methods considering class labels.
method Random forest proximities and diffusion-based dimensionality reduction.
result Retains local and global structures in data, emphasizing important variables.
Method reweights instances and classes to improve robustness in noisy data.
problem Improving deep learning performance in the presence of label noise.
method Formulates constrained optimization problems to assign importance weights to instances and class labels.
result Significant performance gains observed in benchmark datasets with label noise.
Zero-shot audio classification using class label embeddings.
problem Classifying audio without labeled data.
method Bilinear model with audio feature embeddings and class label embeddings.
result Achieved accuracy up to 39.7% for natural audio categories.
Bayesian approach improves neural network classification accuracy and uncertainty.
problem Overconfidence and lack of uncertainty in softmax for classification tasks.
method Model categorical probability using a random variable with a prior distribution.
result Consistent gains in generalization performance across multiple tasks.
New framework for learning with class-conditional multi-label noise.
problem Class labels corrupted with conditional probabilities for multiple labels.
method Formalized as CCMN framework, established unbiased estimators, proved consistency with multi-label loss functions, implemented partial multi-label learning method.
result Effectiveness validated on multiple datasets and metrics.
New GANs learn clean labels from noisy data.
problem Training GANs with noisy labels.
method Incorporating a noise transition model to learn clean label distributions.
result rGANs can learn clean label distributions from noisy labels.
New model handles noisy labels in semi-supervised classification.
problem Noisy class labels in classification tasks.
method M-VAE: A semi-supervised deep generative model that explicitly models noisy labels.
result M-VAE performs better than models ignoring label noise.
Method corrects bias in regression using simulated data and real-world gene expression data.
problem Bias in estimated effect parameters due to misclassification of class labels.
method Simulation and extrapolation method to correct bias.
result Corrected bias in estimated effect parameters.
A new learning method using hyperbolic geometry for class labels.
problem Class label representation and learning in machine learning.
method Hyperbolic Prototype Learning with a new loss function based on hyperbolic geometry.
result Hyperbolic Prototype Learning is equivalent to logistic regression in the one-dimensional case.
New particle-based method improves semi-supervised learning robustness to label noise.
problem Label noise degrades semi-supervised learning accuracy.
method Particle competition and cooperation algorithm for robust semi-supervised learning.
result Improved robustness to label noise compared to existing methods.
Enhances GANs with class labels to improve sample quality.
problem Improving sample quality in GANs using class labels.
method Mathematical analysis of GANs with class labels, proposing AM-GAN.
result AM-GAN outperforms other GANs on metrics like Inception Score and AM Score.
In many real-world classification problems, the labels of training examples are randomly corrupted. Most previous theoretical work on classification with label noise assumes that the two classes are separable, that the label noise is independent of the true class label, or that the noise proportions for each class are …
We consider the problem of learning a measure of distance among vectors in a feature space and propose a hybrid method that simultaneously learns from similarity ratings assigned to pairs of vectors and class labels assigned to individual vectors. Our method is based on a generative model in which class labels can prov…
In this paper we propose a measure of clustering quality or accuracy that is appropriate in situations where it is desirable to evaluate a clustering algorithm by somehow comparing the clusters it produces with ``ground truth' consisting of classes assigned to the patterns by manual means or some other means in whose v…
Locally private Naive Bayes works for personal data.
problem Training Naive Bayes on personal data with privacy concerns.
method Local differential privacy, dimensionality reduction, and perturbation techniques.
result Naive Bayes accuracy maintained under local differential privacy.
Nodes in real world networks often have class labels, or underlying attributes, that are related to the way in which they connect to other nodes. Sometimes this relationship is simple, for instance nodes of the same class are may be more likely to be connected. In other cases, however, this is not true, and the way tha…
A new method clusters covariates considering class labels for better classification.
problem Clustering covariates independently of class labels can lead to poor results.
method Formulates as convex optimization, uses ADMM for solving, and selects model via marginal likelihood.
result Proposed method offers a unique global minimum and improves classification.
Ward2ICU dataset protects patient privacy while generating synthetic ICU transitions data.
problem Protecting patient privacy while creating synthetic ICU transition data.
method Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) to generate synthetic data, class label balancing.
result Quality of synthetic data generation assessed through binary classification task.
A fast method for discrete OT with group-sparse regularization for class label preservation.
problem Efficiently measuring the distance between two discrete distributions with class labels.
method Fast discrete OT with group-sparse regularizers using gradient-based algorithms.
result Up to 8.6 times faster than original method without degrading accuracy.
Two modifications improve classifier chains for multi-label classification.
problem Discrepancy between training and testing feature spaces in classifier chains.
method Proposed modifications to address attribute noise.
result Improved prediction performance in challenging cases.
Paper proposes MVAE for semi-blind source separation using CVAE.
problem Semi-blind source separation in multichannel mixtures.
method Multichannel variational autoencoder (MVAE) with conditional VAE (CVAE).
result MVAE outperforms baseline method in separation performance.
In this paper, a novel feature selection method is presented, which is based on Class-Separability (CS) strategy and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). To better capture the relationship between features and the class, class labels are separated into individual variables and relevance and redundancy are explicitly handle…
New methods lift weak supervision to structured prediction, providing robustness guarantees.
problem Applying weak supervision techniques to structured prediction problems.
method Introducing pseudo-Euclidean embeddings, tensor decompositions, and invariants for consistent noise rate estimation.
result Generalization guarantees nearly identical to those for models trained on clean data.
No multi-class labels needed for multi-class classification.
problem Multi-class classification without requiring class-specific labels.
method Meta classification learning using pairwise similarity prediction.
result The method learns a multi-class classifier from binary classifier for pairwise similarity.
Sparse coding approximates the data sample as a sparse linear combination of some basic codewords and uses the sparse codes as new presentations. In this paper, we investigate learning discriminative sparse codes by sparse coding in a semi-supervised manner, where only a few training samples are labeled. By using the m…
Majority Vote is optimal for reliable data labeling under certain conditions.
problem Reliable data labeling requires aggregating multiple annotators' labels, but the optimality of Majority Vote is not well understood.
method Characterized conditions under which Majority Vote achieves the optimal label estimation error.
result Majority Vote optimally recovers labels for a given class distribution under tolerable annotation noise limits.
New approach for semi-supervised learning in relational networks with different link patterns.
problem Semi-supervised learning in relational networks with heterogeneous link patterns.
method Two scalable approaches for graph-based semi-supervised learning.
result Better classification performance without prior knowledge of class interactions.
This manuscript presents some new impossibility results on adversarial robustness in machine learning, a very important yet largely open problem. We show that if conditioned on a class label the data distribution satisfies the W2 Talagrand transportation-cost inequality (for example, this condition is satisfied if t…
Proposes a new model for flood extent mapping.
problem Noise, obstacles, heterogeneity, and spatial dependency issues in traditional classification methods.
method Geographical hidden Markov tree, incorporating anisotropic spatial dependency.
result Outperforms multiple baselines in flood mapping.
DR technique helps deep models learn faster and better.
problem Vanishing gradients and local minima in deep model training.
method DR technique applies penalties on hidden units to improve learning.
result DR improves convergence and generalization in deep neural networks.
VAEs struggle with surjective multimodal data, especially class labels describing images.
problem VAEs struggle to capture variability in surjective multimodal data.
method Theoretical and empirical demonstration of VAEs with a mixture of experts posterior.
result VAEs with a mixture of experts posterior can disregard variation in surjective multimodal data.
New method uses graph generative models for graph classification.
problem Graph classification for non-relational i.i.d. data.
method Derive classification formulas from GGM, train generative graph auto-encoder model.
result New conditional ELBO for training graph auto-encoder model.
Detects object edges and assigns class labels without pixel-level annotations.
problem Semantic boundary and edge detection with image-level labels.
method Proposes a novel strategy to perform edge detection and class assignment using whole image neural nets and backpropagation.
result High pixel-wise scores indicate semantic boundary locations, suggesting edge labels are not needed during training.
Study compares BERT and XLNet for multi-class categorization of product descriptions.
problem Robustness of multi-class categorization using pre-trained contextualized language models.
method Fine-tuning BERT and XLNet on Amazon product data for multi-class classification.
result Performance decreases linearly with the number of class labels, with BERT consistently outperforming XLNet.
MPNNs struggle with class-bottlenecks and heterophily, leading to performance limitations.
problem Performance limitations of MPNNs under heterophily and structural bottlenecks.
method A statistical framework decomposing model performance into SNR components and proving bounds on sensitivity.
result Optimal graph structures for maximizing higher-order homophily are disjoint unions of single-class and two-class-bipartite clusters.
Paper tackles leveraging unlabeled data for PU classification and robust generation.
problem Scarcity of labeled data in machine learning problems.
method Introduces a novel training framework that simultaneously targets PU classification and conditional generation using extra unlabeled data.
result Proves the effectiveness of a Classifier-Noise-Invariant Conditional GAN (CNI-CGAN) that enhances PU classifier performance and leverages extra data.
Prototype selection improves DS techniques' accuracy and reduces computational cost.
problem Improving the performance of dynamic selection techniques.
method Prototype selection techniques that edit validation data to remove noise and redundant instances.
result Improves DS techniques' classification accuracy and reduces computational cost.
Method transfers label function spectrum between graphs.
problem Domain adaptation with abrupt label function variations.
method Learning aligned graph bases to transfer label function spectrum.
result Improved classification performance compared to existing methods.
Paper proposes a method to train robust neural networks without labeled data.
problem Training robust neural networks without class labels.
method Adversarial contrastive learning framework using unlabeled data.
result Robust Contrastive Learning (RoCL) achieves comparable robust accuracy to supervised methods and significantly improved robustness.
Classify & Count can estimate prevalence without adjustments if optimised for quantification.
problem Estimating prevalence without adjustments using a classifier optimised for quantification.
method Classify & Count approach, optimised for quantification, local Bayes optimality.
result Optimised Classify & Count can estimate prevalence without adjustments in the binormal model.
Improves classifier accuracy in ambiguous data settings.
problem Training classifiers with partially labeled data.
method Incremental pruning of candidate labels using conformal prediction.
result Significantly improves test set accuracies of PLL classifiers.