Summary of Towards Efficient Disaster Response Via Cost-effective Unbiased Class Rate Estimation Through Neyman Allocation Stratified Sampling Active Learning, by Yanbing Bai et al.
Towards Efficient Disaster Response via Cost-effective Unbiased Class Rate Estimation through Neyman Allocation Stratified Sampling Active Learning
by Yanbing Bai, Xinyi Wu, Lai Xu, Jihan Pei, Erick Mas, Shunichi Koshimura
First submitted to arxiv on: 28 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Applications (stat.AP)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel algorithm is proposed for constructing Neyman stratified random sampling trees for binary and multiclass classification problems, particularly useful for satellite remote sensing data. The approach surpasses passive and conventional active learning techniques in class rate estimation and model enhancement with reduced annotation costs (30-60%). This addresses the ‘sampling bias’ challenge in traditional active learning strategies and mitigates the ‘cold start’ dilemma. The method’s effectiveness is demonstrated through extensive experimentation on various datasets and model structures, as well as application to disaster evaluation tasks using Xview2 Satellite imagery. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary A new way to use machine learning with satellite data is presented. This helps make sense of big amounts of unlabeled data, which can be hard to work with. The approach is good at classifying images into different categories and estimating how well it will do without needing as much labeled data (30-60% less). This makes it useful for tasks like disaster response, where fast decision-making is important. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Active learning » Classification » Machine learning
