Title
A Characterization of the Combined Effects of Overlap and Imbalance on the SVM Classifier
Abstract
In this paper we demonstrate that two common problems in Machine Learning---imbalanced and overlapping data distributions---do not have independent effects on the performance of SVM classifiers. This result is notable since it shows that a model of either of these factors must account for the presence of the other. Our study of the relationship between these problems has lead to the discovery of a previously unreported form of "covert" overfitting which is resilient to commonly used empirical regularization techniques. We demonstrate the existance of this covert phenomenon through several methods based around the parametric regularization of trained SVMs. Our findings in this area suggest a possible approach to quantifying overlap in real world data sets.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2011
CoRR
artificial intelligent,machine learning
Field
DocType
Volume
Data mining,Data set,Pattern recognition,Computer science,Support vector machine,Covert,Regularization (mathematics),Parametric statistics,Artificial intelligence,Svm classifier,Overfitting,Machine learning
Journal
abs/1109.3532
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
9
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Misha Denil139726.18
Thomas P. Trappenberg28218.17