Paper introduces Normalized Wasserstein measure for better handling of imbalanced mixture distributions.
problem Wasserstein distance fails for mixture distributions with imbalanced proportions.
method Introduce mixture proportions as optimization variables to normalize Wasserstein formulation.
result Normalized Wasserstein measure leads to significant performance gains for mixture distributions.
learn2mix trains neural nets faster by adjusting class proportions dynamically.
problem Training neural nets efficiently with limited resources and imbalanced classes.
method Adaptive class proportion adjustment during training.
result Neural nets trained with learn2mix converge faster than static methods.
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.
New metrics improve performance in imbalanced classification problems.
problem Established metrics favor classifiers ignoring minority classes.
method Introduce robust modifications of F-score and MCC.
result TPR is bounded away from 0 in imbalanced settings.
The paper corrects bias in synthetic data for imbalanced learning.
problem Challenges in balancing false positive and negative rates in imbalanced data.
method Proposes a bias correction procedure to generate synthetic data for minority groups.
result Enhances prediction accuracy while avoiding overfitting.
The paper shows how variable discretization and cost-sensitive logistic regression improve credit scoring models on imbalanced data.
problem Bias in classification models on imbalanced datasets.
method Variable discretization and cost-sensitive logistic regression.
result Improves model performance on imbalanced credit scoring data and other domains.
Estimates non-parametric logistic model using case-control data and external summary info.
problem Imbalanced binary data in case-control studies.
method Two-step estimation procedure with deep neural network for functional approximation.
result Proposed estimator achieves optimal convergence rate in non-parametric regression.
Model for detecting rare labels in imbalanced crowdsourcing data.
problem Detecting rare labels in imbalanced crowdsourcing data.
method Generative aggregation model combining item difficulty and class-dependent annotator competence.
result Our model achieves the highest minority recall while maintaining competitive balanced accuracy.
robROSE tackles imbalanced fraud data by creating synthetic samples and detecting outliers.
problem Detecting fraud in imbalanced data sets where fraud is a minority class.
method Combines oversampling techniques with robust statistics to handle anomalies.
result robROSE enhances fraud detection while ignoring anomalies.
Proposes a method to improve rare event prediction in healthcare.
problem Rare event classification in healthcare with low prevalence labels.
method Variational disentanglement approach to semi-parametric learning.
result Outperforms existing alternatives in mortality prediction on COVID-19 cohort.
Random forest is widely exploited as an ensemble learning method. In many practical applications, however, there is still a significant challenge to learn from imbalanced data. To alleviate this limitation, we propose a deep dynamic boosted forest (DDBF), a novel ensemble algorithm that incorporates the notion of hard …
A novel resampling technique addresses class imbalance in imbalanced datasets.
problem Class imbalance in real-world datasets, especially in rare event detection.
method Developed two oversampling algorithms: G1Nos 1-Nearest Neighbour.
result Our oversampling algorithms outperform state-of-the-art methods in all metrics.
Study compares under-bagging with other methods for imbalanced data.
problem Comparing under-bagging with other methods for imbalanced data.
method Replica analysis of under-bagging, comparing with under-sampling and simple weighting.
result Under-bagging improves performance by increasing the majority class size.
A method for logistic regression inference using both internal and external data.
problem Inability to estimate intercept and marginal case proportion in case-control logistic regression.
method Empirical likelihood approach integrating internal and external data.
result Intercept parameter becomes identifiable with external information, and all parameters are estimable consistently.
The paper tackles imbalanced classification under operational constraints, proposing a framework to maximize sensitivity.
problem Detecting minority class observations under severe class imbalance and operational constraints.
method Formal classification framework under capacity constraints, maximizing sensitivity while respecting a user-defined label limit.
result The optimal classifier under capacity constraints is equivalent to the Bayes classifier with reweighted prior probabilities.
Paper improves fraud detection in imbalanced financial data.
problem Detecting fraud in imbalanced financial datasets.
method Uses time-varying Poisson processes for fraud prediction.
result Method outperforms baseline in imbalanced data.
Study on W2S generalization with spurious correlations, proposing remedies.
problem Understanding and improving W2S generalization with spurious correlations.
method Theoretical analysis and algorithmic remedies for W2S fine-tuning.
result W2S always happens with sufficient pseudolabels when group fractions match, but may fail otherwise.
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 predicts high school dropout risk in Louisiana using imbalanced learning techniques.
problem Predicting high school dropout risk in Louisiana.
method Applied imbalanced learning techniques including resampling, case weighting, and cost-sensitive learning.
result Imbalanced learning techniques improve recall but decrease precision.
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.
Bayesian framework improves minority class performance in class-imbalanced data.
problem Class imbalance in predictive toxicology models.
method Weighted likelihood approach modifying likelihood function weights inversely proportional to class proportions.
result Improves balanced accuracy and sensitivity for minority class (toxic compounds).
Improved BN for better performance in imbalanced data.
problem Improving classification accuracy in imbalanced datasets.
method Combining weighted loss function with modified batch normalization.
result Modified batch normalization improves classification accuracy in imbalanced datasets.
Deep reinforcement learning improves classification accuracy for imbalanced datasets.
problem Imbalanced datasets challenge conventional classification algorithms.
method Formulated as a sequential decision-making process, solved using deep Q-learning network.
result Proposed model outperforms other imbalanced classification algorithms.
GenSample uses genetic algorithms to improve minority class classification in imbalanced datasets.
problem Poor classification performance on minority class in imbalanced datasets.
method GenSample uses genetic algorithms to oversample minority class, considering difficulty and performance improvement.
result GenSample achieved the highest F-Score on 8 out of 9 real-world imbalanced datasets.
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.
Paper tackles class-imbalanced semi-supervised learning, improving performance.
problem Class imbalance in semi-supervised learning datasets.
method Proposes Suppressed Consistency Loss (SCL) to handle class imbalance.
result Method shows better performance in class-imbalanced semi-supervised learning environments.
A new BN method corrects size mismatch in WLF for imbalanced data.
problem Learning from imbalanced datasets in neural networks.
method Proposes weighted batch normalization (WBN) to correct size mismatch between BN and WLF.
result WBN corrects size mismatch and improves classification performance in imbalanced datasets.
Language models allocate information storage, not collapsing into uniform representations.
problem Incomplete neural collapse in language model representations.
method Analyzing variance and information sharing across 14 models, proving an information floor.
result Within-class variance is allocated information storage, not collapsed into uniform representations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CRCEN neural network tackles imbalanced classification.
problem Challenges in training conventional classifiers on imbalanced datasets.
method CRCEN neural network with a novel weighted cross entropy loss function.
result CRCEN outperforms baseline models on benchmark datasets.
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.
New method improves safety analytics by addressing imbalanced data issues.
problem Imbalanced safety datasets lead to inaccurate predictions and management problems.
method Extended accident triangle theory and three oversampling methods.
result Robust improvements in machine learning algorithms for safety analytics.
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.
New framework for learning from imbalanced data with theoretical guarantees.
problem Class imbalance in machine learning, especially in multi-class problems.
method Theoretical framework and new margin loss function for imbalanced classification.
result Proves strong H-consistency of the proposed margin loss function. Elastic-InfoGAN learns object identity in class-imbalanced data.
problem Learning disentangled representations in class-imbalanced data.
method Invariance to identity-preserving transformations to learn object identity.
result Effectiveness in disentangling object identity in imbalanced datasets.
Study tackles imbalanced data in car insurance claims prediction.
problem Predicting rare events (claims) in car insurance with imbalanced data.
method Various machine learning techniques (logistic-regression, decision tree, random forest, xgBoost, feed-forward network) applied to imbalanced dataset.
result Comparison of machine learning algorithms' performance in claim occurrence prediction.