Title
A multi-class SVM approach based on the l1-norm minimization of the distances between the reduced convex hulls
Abstract
Multi-class classification is an important pattern recognition task that can be addressed accurately and efficiently by Support Vector Machine (SVM). In this work we present a novel SVM-based multi-class classification approach based on the center of the configuration, a point which is equidistant to all classes. The center of the configuration is obtained from the dual formulation by minimizing the distances between the reduced convex hulls using the l1-norm, while the decision functions are subsequently constructed from this point. This work also extends the ideas of Zhou et al. (2002) [37] to multi-class classification. The use of l1-norm provides a single linear programming formulation, which reduces the complexity and confers scalability compared with other multi-class SVM methods based on quadratic programming formulations. Experiments on benchmark datasets demonstrate the virtues of our approach in terms of classification performance and running times compared with various other multi-class SVM methods. HighlightsNovel linear programming approach for multi-class SVM.A geometrically grounded method based on the concept of reduced convex hulls.Good classification performance is achieved with short running times.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1016/j.patcog.2014.12.006
Pattern Recognition
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Multi-class classification,Support vector machines,Linear programming
Journal
48
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
5
0031-3203
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.43
14
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Miguel Carrasco1214.35
Julio López212413.49
Sebastián Maldonado350832.45