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48 results for classification measures

Develops a new minimax probability machine for imbalanced classification tasks.

problem Imbalanced classification tasks with non-decomposable performance measures.
method Derives an equivalent form of the MPMF model for solving linear and nonlinear classifiers.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of the new model on real-world datasets.

The volume of a credal set correlates with epistemic uncertainty in binary classification but not in multi-class.

problem Representing and quantifying epistemic uncertainty in machine learning.
method Examined the geometric representation of credal sets as dd-dimensional polytopes and their volume as a measure of uncertainty.
result The volume of a credal set is a meaningful measure of epistemic uncertainty in binary classification but not in multi-class.

New model combines shape and feature-based measures for better time series classification.

problem Limited approaches in time series classification lead to poor results for some classes.
method Proposes a new model that automatically decides between shape and feature-based measures.
result Improves classification accuracy statistically significantly on real-world datasets.

New measure of feature influence in classification problems considering feature dependencies.

problem Measuring the influence of features in classification problems with dependencies.
method Developed a new measure based on cooperative game theory, providing axiomatic characterization and demonstrating its equivalence to the Banzhaf-Owen value.
result The proposed influence measure effectively characterizes feature importance in classification problems with feature dependencies.

Study graph products of groups, classifying them up to measure equivalence and rigidity.

problem Classifying graph products of groups up to measure equivalence and rigidity.
method Measure-theoretic and structural properties of von Neumann algebras, rigidity theorems.
result Quantified measure equivalence classification and rigidity theorems for graph products.

A new weighted MCC measure improves classifier performance evaluation.

problem Lack of measures sensitive to observation weights in multiclass classification.
method Proposes weighted versions of Pearson-Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC) for binary and multiclass classification.
result Weighted MCC values are higher for classifiers that perform better on highly weighted observations.

StaPLR improves Alzheimer's disease classification by identifying important MRI scan types and measures.

problem Classifying Alzheimer's disease using multi-source MRI data.
method Stacked penalized logistic regression (StaPLR) with hierarchical multi-view structure and new view importance measure.
result StaPLR identifies the most important MRI scan types and measures for Alzheimer's disease classification.

Paper proposes a new efficient transport-based dissimilarity measure for time series classification.

problem Classifying time series with warping distortions.
method Defining a problem statement, proposing an Optimal Transport-based dissimilarity measure.
result The proposed method can solve the time series classification problem with reduced computational cost.

The paper tackles binary classification with measure data using topological descriptors.

problem Binary classification with measure data.
method Develops classifiers for measure data using topological descriptors (persistence diagrams).
result Upper and lower bounds on the Rademacher complexity of classifiers on measures.

Paper introduces variance-based measures for second-order uncertainty quantification in classification problems.

problem Uncertainty in machine learning predictions and decision-making.
method Second-order uncertainty quantification using variance-based measures.
result Variance-based measures effectively quantify uncertainty on a class-based level and are competitive with entropy-based measures.

Complex performance measures, beyond the popular measure of accuracy, are increasingly being used in the context of binary classification. These complex performance measures are typically not even decomposable, that is, the loss evaluated on a batch of samples cannot typically be expressed as a sum or average of losses…

2018-06-02abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we consider an information theoretic approach for the accounting classification process. We propose a matrix formalism and an algorithm for calculations of information theoretic measures associated to accounting classification. The formalism may be useful for further generalizations and computer-based imp…

2014-01-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian framework improves ML classification models' uncertainty estimates.

problem Ensuring trustworthy AI predictions with explicit uncertainty quantification.
method Proposes a Bayesian framework for generative ML classification models that accounts for input measurement uncertainty.
result The BQDA model outperforms other models in terms of interpretability, explicit uncertainty modeling, and computational efficiency.

Improved 3D LiDAR data classification using product coefficients.

problem Enhancing accuracy in 3D LiDAR data classification.
method Introducing product coefficients derived from measure theory as additional features in the classification process, alongside PCA.
result Significant improvement in classification accuracy with product coefficients.

Paper assesses how features influence classification of COVID-19 patients.

problem Evaluating the influence of features on classification problems.
method Introduced a measure of feature influence using Shapley value of cooperative games, with axiomatic characterisation.
result Validated the performance of the measure through experiments on COVID-19 patients.

Develops methods for fair classification under linear disparity constraints.

problem Disparate impacts of machine learning algorithms on protected groups.
method Bayes-optimal fair classification methods via pre-, in-, and post-processing.
result Explicit forms of Bayes-optimal fair classifiers under linear disparity measures.

Defines a similarity measure for classification distributions.

problem Measuring similarity between classification distributions.
method Proposes task similarity, a novel measure quantifying performance of source distributions on target distributions.
result Empirical task similarity correlates with transfer efficiency and semantic similarity of source distributions.

In safety-critical applications a probabilistic model is usually required to be calibrated, i.e., to capture the uncertainty of its predictions accurately. In multi-class classification, calibration of the most confident predictions only is often not sufficient. We propose and study calibration measures for multi-class…

2019-10-24abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a selective sampling method designed to accelerate the training of deep neural networks. To this end, we introduce a novel measurement, the minimal margin score (MMS), which measures the minimal amount of displacement an input should take until its predicted classification is switched. For multi-class linear…

2019-11-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The study evaluates AI model performance measures for medical use.

problem Selecting appropriate performance measures for AI models in medical practice.
method Assessed 32 performance measures across five domains for binary outcomes.
result 17 measures are both proper and reflect decision-analytic performance.

DeepBDC improves few-shot classification by measuring joint distributions of image features.

problem Few-shot classification with limited training data.
method DeepBDC method using deep learning and Brownian Distance Covariance.
result DeepBDC significantly outperforms existing methods on various benchmarks.

Study proposes a differentiable surrogate loss function for optimizing FβF_β score in binary classification with imbalanced data.

problem Non-differentiability of FβF_β score makes it unsuitable for optimization by gradient-based learning.
method Investigated relationship between FβF_β score and loss functions, proposed a differentiable surrogate loss function.
result Gradient paths of the proposed surrogate FβF_β loss function approximate the gradient paths of the FβF_β score.

This paper analyzes the conflict between Hamming loss and subset accuracy in multi-label classification.

problem The conflict between Hamming loss and subset accuracy in multi-label classification.
method The paper analyzes the learning guarantees of algorithms optimizing Hamming loss and subset accuracy, providing theoretical bounds and experimental support.
result Optimizing Hamming loss with its surrogate loss can lead to good performance on subset accuracy in small label spaces, contrary to theoretical expectations.

We propose a method to visualize class similarity in large-scale classifiers.

problem Analyzing hierarchical structures and relationships in large-scale classification.
method Compute class similarity based on prediction scores and visualize the class similarity matrix.
result Visualizing class similarity matrices reveals hierarchical structures and relationships.

Paper introduces a new performance metric for class imbalance datasets.

problem Challenges in selecting and comparing models for imbalanced datasets.
method Proposes a new performance measure based on the harmonic mean of Recall and Selectivity normalized in class labels.
result The proposed measure is less sensitive to changes in the majority class and more sensitive to changes in the minority class.

Early time series classification (eTSC) is the problem of classifying a time series after as few measurements as possible with the highest possible accuracy. The most critical issue of any eTSC method is to decide when enough data of a time series has been seen to take a decision: Waiting for more data points usually m…

2019-08-09abs ↗pdf ↗

The area under the ROC curve is widely used as a measure of performance of classification rules. However, it has recently been shown that the measure is fundamentally incoherent, in the sense that it treats the relative severities of misclassifications differently when different classifiers are used. To overcome this, …

2012-02-12abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithms optimize metrics for binary classification with class imbalance.

problem Optimizing metrics like Fβ, AM, Jaccard for imbalanced classes.
method Reformulates metric optimization as cost-sensitive learning, using surrogate loss functions.
result METRO algorithms provide strong theoretical guarantees and outperform baselines.

A new kernel measures brain network similarities, improving disease classification.

problem Lack of edge weight information in existing graph kernels for brain connectivity networks.
method Ordinal pattern kernel for weighted brain connectivity networks.
result The ordinal pattern kernel achieves better classification performance than state-of-the-art graph kernels.

The study connects fairness constraints with optimal transport to derive new insights in classification.

problem Ensuring fairness in classification models without sacrificing performance.
method Using Wasserstein barycenters and optimal transport, the study characterizes optimal classification functions under fairness constraints.
result Maximizing fairness under demographic parity is equivalent to solving a regression problem.