Summary of Learning Confidence Bounds For Classification with Imbalanced Data, by Matt Clifford et al.
Learning Confidence Bounds for Classification with Imbalanced Data
by Matt Clifford, Jonathan Erskine, Alexander Hepburn, Raúl Santos-Rodríguez, Dario Garcia-Garcia
First submitted to arxiv on: 16 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper proposes a novel framework to address the challenge of class imbalance in classification tasks. Traditional approaches often lead to biased models and unreliable predictions, but undersampling and oversampling techniques have their own limitations. The proposed framework leverages learning theory and concentration inequalities to overcome these shortcomings. It focuses on understanding uncertainty in a class-dependent manner, using confidence bounds embedded into the learning process. This approach adapts to varying degrees of imbalance across different classes, resulting in more robust and reliable classification outcomes. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps solve a big problem in making predictions. When there are lots of things that don’t fit what we’re looking for, it’s hard to make good predictions. Traditional ways of dealing with this, like removing data or adding fake examples, have their own problems. The new approach uses math and statistics to understand how uncertain our predictions are, depending on what we’re trying to predict. This makes the predictions more reliable and trustworthy. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Classification
