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Classification for accuracy and insight: A weighted sum approach
Quinn, A., Stranieri, A. and Yearwood, J.
This research presents a classifier that aims to provide insight into a dataset in addition to achieving classification accuracies comparable to other algorithms. The classifier called, Automated Weighted Sum (AWSum) uses a weighted sum approach where feature values are assigned weights that are summed and compared to a threshold in order to classify an example. Though naive, this approach is scalable, achieves accurate classifications on standard datasets and also provides a degree of insight. By insight we mean that the technique provides an appreciation of the influence a feature value has on class values, relative to each other. AWSum provides a focus on the feature value space that allows the technique to identify feature values and combinations of feature values that are sensitive and important for a classification.
This is particularly useful in fields such as medicine where this sort of micro-focus and understanding is critical in classification. |
Cite as: Quinn, A., Stranieri, A. and Yearwood, J. (2007). Classification for accuracy and insight: A weighted sum approach. In Proc. Sixth Australasian Data Mining Conference (AusDM 2007), Gold Coast, Australia. CRPIT, 70. Christen, P., Kennedy, P. J., Li, J., Kolyshkina, I. and Williams, G. J., Eds. ACS. 203-208. |
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