PET-TURTLE improves clustering accuracy for imbalanced data.
problem Imbalanced data causes clustering errors.
method Generalizes cost function and introduces sparse logits.
result PET-TURTLE enhances overall clustering accuracy for imbalanced data.
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PROTOCOL tackles imbalanced multi-view clustering by enhancing contrastive learning.
problem Class imbalance in real-world multi-view data.
method PROTOCOL uses partial optimal transport to perceive and mitigate imbalance, enhancing contrastive learning.
result PROTOCOL significantly improves clustering performance on imbalanced multi-view data.
EKM addresses imbalanced data clustering by repelling centroids in large clusters.
problem Imbalanced data leads to biased clustering of large clusters.
method EKM introduces a novel centroid repulsion mechanism based on the Boltzmann operator.
result EKM outperforms benchmark algorithms on imbalanced data.
Spectral clustering methods which are frequently used in clustering and community detection applications are sensitive to the specific graph constructions particularly when imbalanced clusters are present. We show that ratio cut (RCut) or normalized cut (NCut) objectives are not tailored to imbalanced cluster sizes sin…
A new hybrid fuzzy-crisp clustering algorithm addresses imbalanced cluster sizes.
problem Imbalanced influence in fuzzy c-means clustering for large vs. small clusters.
method Hybrid fuzzy-crisp algorithm combining linear and quadratic membership functions, setting exact zero membership for sufficiently distant points.
result The hybrid algorithm outperforms conventional fuzzy and crisp clustering methods on imbalanced datasets.
New unsupervised feature selection method for imbalanced datasets.
problem Feature selection challenges in imbalanced multi-class datasets.
method Distance Rank Score using Spearman's Rank Correlation.
result Outperforms existing methods on clustering problems.
Spectral clustering is sensitive to how graphs are constructed from data particularly when proximal and imbalanced clusters are present. We show that Ratio-Cut (RCut) or normalized cut (NCut) objectives are not tailored to imbalanced data since they tend to emphasize cut sizes over cut values. We propose a graph partit…
A learning classifier must outperform a trivial solution, in case of imbalanced data, this condition usually does not hold true. To overcome this problem, we propose a novel data level resampling method - Clustering Based Oversampling for improved learning from class imbalanced datasets. The essential idea behind the p…
This study proposes a method to predict ICU infections from imbalanced data using clustering-based undersampling and ensemble classifiers.
problem Predicting healthcare-associated infections in ICU patients from imbalanced data.
method Clustering-based undersampling strategy combined with ensemble classifiers.
result The proposed method outperforms other resampling techniques in predicting ICU infections.
Class imbalance classification is a challenging research problem in data mining and machine learning, as most of the real-life datasets are often imbalanced in nature. Existing learning algorithms maximise the classification accuracy by correctly classifying the majority class, but misclassify the minority class. Howev…
Unsupervised domain adaptation seeks to learn an invariant and discriminative representation for an unlabeled target domain by leveraging the information of a labeled source dataset. We propose to improve the discriminative ability of the target domain representation by simultaneously learning tightly clustered target …
A new method for imbalanced binary classification without resampling.
problem Imbalanced binary classification tasks where majority class under-representation leads to information loss.
method Layered learning approach with two stages: clustering and classification.
result The method outperforms state-of-the-art methods in 100 benchmark data sets.
A new asymmetric contrastive loss improves performance on imbalanced datasets.
problem Improving performance on imbalanced datasets using contrastive learning.
method Introducing an asymmetric contrastive loss (ACL) and asymmetric focal contrastive loss (AFCL).
result AFCL outperforms CL and FCL in terms of weighted and unweighted classification accuracies on imbalanced datasets.
Paper tackles imbalanced time series classification with a novel oversampling method.
problem Imbalanced time series classification challenges due to high dimensionality and correlation.
method Density-ratio based clustering followed by shrinkage technique for covariance estimation, then generating synthetic samples.
result OHIT outperforms state-of-the-art methods in F1, G-mean, and AUC metrics.
SLOGAN improves GANs' conditional generation by balancing latent attribute distributions.
problem Imbalanced latent attribute distributions in GANs.
method Stein latent optimization with a Gaussian mixture prior and contrastive loss.
result SLOGAN achieves state-of-the-art unsupervised conditional generation performance.
Proposes GMOTE for better handling imbalanced data.
problem Classification of imbalanced data.
method Generates minority class instances using Gaussian Mixture Model, considering outliers through Mahalanobis distance.
result Shows better accuracy and F1-Score when combined with CART or SVM.
Although many convex relaxations of clustering have been proposed in the past decade, current formulations remain restricted to spherical Gaussian or discriminative models and are susceptible to imbalanced clusters. To address these shortcomings, we propose a new class of convex relaxations that can be flexibly applied…
Differences in data size per class, also known as imbalanced data distribution, have become a common problem affecting data quality. Big Data scenarios pose a new challenge to traditional imbalanced classification algorithms, since they are not prepared to work with such amount of data. Split data strategies and lack o…
Learning from class-imbalanced data continues to be a common and challenging problem in supervised learning as standard classification algorithms are designed to handle balanced class distributions. While different strategies exist to tackle this problem, methods which generate artificial data to achieve a balanced cla…
Understanding proper distance measures between distributions is at the core of several learning tasks such as generative models, domain adaptation, clustering, etc. In this work, we focus on mixture distributions that arise naturally in several application domains where the data contains different sub-populations. For …
Data augmentation is rapidly gaining attention in machine learning. Synthetic data can be generated by simple transformations or through the data distribution. In the latter case, the main challenge is to estimate the label associated to new synthetic patterns. This paper studies the effect of generating synthetic data…
This paper surveys various data balancing methods for imbalanced datasets.
problem Imbalanced datasets bias predictions and degrade classifier performance.
method Extensive review of oversampling, undersampling, adaptive, generative, combination, and ensemble methods.
result No single method universally outperforms others; selection depends on dataset characteristics.
A new method clusters mixed-type data efficiently.
problem Clustering mixed-type data with continuous and categorical variables.
method Extends Information Bottleneck principle to heterogeneous data using generalised product kernels.
result DIBmix outperforms four established methods in various scenarios.
The real-time crash likelihood prediction has been an important research topic. Various classifiers, such as support vector machine (SVM) and tree-based boosting algorithms, have been proposed in traffic safety studies. However, few research focuses on the missing data imputation in real-time crash likelihood predictio…
POTA improves short text clustering by generating reliable pseudo-labels.
problem Limited discriminative representations in short texts.
method POTA uses instance-level attention and optimal transport for semantic consistency and cluster structure.
result POTA outperforms state-of-the-art methods in short text clustering.
We aim at developing and improving the imbalanced business risk modeling via jointly using proper evaluation criteria, resampling, cross-validation, classifier regularization, and ensembling techniques. Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (AUC of ROC) is used for model comparison based on 10-fold cro…
DeepDPM clusters images without knowing the number of clusters.
problem Clustering images with an unknown number of clusters.
method Deep learning with a split/merge framework, dynamic architecture, and a novel loss function.
result DeepDPM outperforms existing methods in clustering images without knowing the number of clusters.
VIR model improves regression accuracy and uncertainty estimation for imbalanced data.
problem Imbalanced regression datasets lead to poor model accuracy and uncertainty estimation.
method VIR model uses probabilistic smoothing and reweighting to estimate latent representations and uncertainty.
result VIR model outperforms state-of-the-art models in accuracy and uncertainty estimation.
Classifiers trained on data sets possessing an imbalanced class distribution are known to exhibit poor generalisation performance. This is known as the imbalanced learning problem. The problem becomes particularly acute when we consider incremental classifiers operating on imbalanced data streams, especially when the l…
Study shows imbalanced labels can be beneficial but not always in class-imbalanced learning.
problem Challenges in class-imbalanced learning with heavy label bias.
method Systematic investigation of semi-supervised and self-supervised approaches to leverage imbalanced labels.
result Imbalanced labels are valuable in semi-supervised learning but not always in self-supervised learning.
Private business schools in India face a common problem of selecting quality students for their MBA programs to achieve the desired placement percentage. Generally, such data sets are biased towards one class, i.e., imbalanced in nature. And learning from the imbalanced dataset is a difficult proposition. This paper pr…
Unsupervised learning on imbalanced data is challenging because, when given imbalanced data, current model is often dominated by the major category and ignores the categories with small amount of data. We develop a latent variable model that can cope with imbalanced data by dividing the latent space into a shared space…
Optimal downsampling improves GLM performance in imbalanced classification.
problem Improving GLM performance in imbalanced classification.
method Proposed a pseudo maximum likelihood estimator for optimal downsampling.
result The introduced estimator outperforms existing alternatives in both synthetic and empirical data.
When the training data in a two-class classification problem is overwhelmed by one class, most classification techniques fail to correctly identify the data points belonging to the underrepresented class. We propose Similarity-based Imbalanced Classification (SBIC) that learns patterns in the training data based on an …
Proposes a new data augmentation method for imbalanced datasets in both classification and regression.
problem Imbalanced datasets in supervised learning, especially in regression.
method GOLIATH algorithm based on kernel density estimates for classification and regression.
result Significant improvement over existing state-of-the-art techniques in imbalanced regression.
This study is motivated by the magnitude of the problem of Louisiana high school dropout and its negative impacts on individual and public well-being. Our goal is to predict students who are at risk of high school dropout, by examining Louisiana administrative dataset. Due to the imbalanced nature of the dataset, imbal…
Mix-IRLS solves imbalanced mixed linear regression problems efficiently.
problem Imbalanced mixed linear regression problems.
method Sequential robust regression approach.
result Mix-IRLS outperforms other methods on imbalanced mixtures and real-world datasets.
Paper reviews and compares methods for handling imbalanced data.
problem Handling imbalanced data sets in financial industry.
method Reviewed and compared under-sampling/over-sampling methodologies.
result Performance analysis of class-imbalance methods, modeling algorithms, and grid search criteria.
Paper introduces a new method to improve learning on imbalanced regression problems.
problem Imbalanced distribution learning in predictive modeling reduces standard algorithms' performance.
method The paper proposes a novel method using disentangled VAEs and Smoothed Bootstrap in the latent space.
result The method improves learning on tabular data within the Imbalanced Regression framework.
Study challenges the necessity of data augmentation for improving predictions on imbalanced text datasets.
problem Improving predictions on imbalanced text datasets.
method Comparing classifier cutoff adjustments to data augmentation techniques.
result Classifier cutoff adjustments can produce similar results to data augmentation without the need for additional data.
LDAO addresses imbalanced regression by learning local distribution structures.
problem Imbalanced regression with sparse target regions difficult for models.
method LDAO learns local distribution structures, models and samples from each, then merges.
result LDAO outperforms state-of-the-art methods on 45 imbalanced datasets.
SkewPNN uses probabilistic neural networks with skew-normal kernels to improve classification of imbalanced data.
problem Imbalanced data distribution leading to biased predictions for minority classes.
method Probabilistic neural networks with skew-normal kernel function and Bat optimization algorithm for hyperparameter tuning.
result SkewPNN and BA-SkewPNN outperform other methods in both balanced and imbalanced datasets.
Improves comparison of F-measures for imbalanced datasets.
problem Comparing F-measures for classification algorithms on imbalanced data.
method Two improvements to existing F-measure comparison methods.
result Enhanced accuracy in comparing F-measures for classification.
A new method for handling imbalanced data in regression models.
problem Imbalanced data in regression models with continuous or discrete covariates.
method Combines weighted resampling and data augmentation procedures.
result Improves the accuracy of model estimates by addressing imbalanced data.
Study investigates how preprocessing, feature selection, and model selection affect performance on imbalanced genetic data.
problem Challenges in using machine learning on imbalanced genetic datasets.
method Comparative analysis of data preprocessing, feature selection techniques, and machine learning models on imbalanced genetic data.
result Class-imbalanced target variables and skewed predictors have little to no impact on classification performance.
Data in real-world application often exhibit skewed class distribution which poses an intense challenge for machine learning. Conventional classification algorithms are not effective in the case of imbalanced data distribution, and may fail when the data distribution is highly imbalanced. To address this issue, we prop…
Imbalanced datasets are ubiquitous. Classification performance on imbalanced datasets is generally poor for the minority class as the classifier cannot learn decision boundaries well. However, in sensitive applications like fraud detection, medical diagnosis, and spam identification, it is extremely important to classi…
Classification and clustering algorithms have been proved to be successful individually in different contexts. Both of them have their own advantages and limitations. For instance, although classification algorithms are more powerful than clustering methods in predicting class labels of objects, they do not perform wel…