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cs.LG2023

A post-selection algorithm for improving dynamic ensemble selection methods

Paulo R. G. Cordeiro, George D. C. Cavalcanti, Rafael M. O. Cruz

Dynamic Ensemble Selection (DES) is a Multiple Classifier Systems (MCS) approach that aims to select an ensemble for each query sample during the selection phase. Even with the pro…

cs.LG2022★ 374 cited

The choice of scaling technique matters for classification performance

Lucas B. V. de Amorim, George D. C. Cavalcanti, Rafael M. O. Cruz

Dataset scaling, also known as normalization, is an essential preprocessing step in a machine learning pipeline. It is aimed at adjusting attributes scales in a way that they all v…

cs.LG2022

Local overlap reduction procedure for dynamic ensemble selection

Mariana A. Souza, Robert Sabourin, George D. C. Cavalcanti +1

Class imbalance is a characteristic known for making learning more challenging for classification models as they may end up biased towards the majority class. A promising approach…

cs.LG2021★ 5 cited

Label noise detection under the Noise at Random model with ensemble filters

Kecia G. Moura, Ricardo B. C. Prudêncio, George D. C. Cavalcanti

Label noise detection has been widely studied in Machine Learning because of its importance in improving training data quality. Satisfactory noise detection has been achieved by ad…

cs.LG2020

Multi-label learning for dynamic model type recommendation

Mariana A. Souza, Robert Sabourin, George D. C. Cavalcanti +1

Dynamic selection techniques aim at selecting the local experts around each test sample in particular for performing its classification. While generating the classifier on a local…

cs.LG2019

Evaluating Competence Measures for Dynamic Regressor Selection

Thiago J. M. Moura, George D. C. Cavalcanti, Luiz S. Oliveira

Dynamic regressor selection (DRS) systems work by selecting the most competent regressors from an ensemble to estimate the target value of a given test pattern. This competence is…

cs.LG2018

ICPRAI 2018 SI: On dynamic ensemble selection and data preprocessing for multi-class imbalance learning

Rafael M. O. Cruz, Mariana A. Souza, Robert Sabourin +1

Class-imbalance refers to classification problems in which many more instances are available for certain classes than for others. Such imbalanced datasets require special attention…

cs.LG2018★ 15 cited

On Meta-Learning for Dynamic Ensemble Selection

Rafael M. O. Cruz, Robert Sabourin, George D. C. Cavalcanti

In this paper, we propose a novel dynamic ensemble selection framework using meta-learning. The framework is divided into three steps. In the first step, the pool of classifiers is…

cs.LG2018

META-DES.H: a dynamic ensemble selection technique using meta-learning and a dynamic weighting approach

Rafael M. O. Cruz, Robert Sabourin, George D. C. Cavalcanti

In Dynamic Ensemble Selection (DES) techniques, only the most competent classifiers are selected to classify a given query sample. Hence, the key issue in DES is how to estimate th…

cs.LG2018★ 13 cited

Analyzing different prototype selection techniques for dynamic classifier and ensemble selection

Rafael M. O. Cruz, Robert Sabourin, George D. C. Cavalcanti

In dynamic selection (DS) techniques, only the most competent classifiers, for the classification of a specific test sample are selected to predict the sample's class labels. The m…

cs.LG2018★ 27 cited

A Method For Dynamic Ensemble Selection Based on a Filter and an Adaptive Distance to Improve the Quality of the Regions of Competence

Rafael M. O. Cruz, George D. C. Cavalcanti, Tsang Ing Ren

Dynamic classifier selection systems aim to select a group of classifiers that is most adequate for a specific query pattern. This is done by defining a region around the query pat…

cs.LG2018★ 89 cited

META-DES.Oracle: Meta-learning and feature selection for ensemble selection

Rafael M. O Cruz, Robert Sabourin, George D. C. Cavalcanti

The key issue in Dynamic Ensemble Selection (DES) is defining a suitable criterion for calculating the classifiers' competence. There are several criteria available to measure the…

cs.LG2018★ 58 cited

FIRE-DES++: Enhanced Online Pruning of Base Classifiers for Dynamic Ensemble Selection

Rafael M. O. Cruz, Dayvid V. R. Oliveira, George D. C. Cavalcanti +1

Despite being very effective in several classification tasks, Dynamic Ensemble Selection (DES) techniques can select classifiers that classify all samples in the region of competen…

cs.LG2018★ 249 cited

META-DES: A Dynamic Ensemble Selection Framework using Meta-Learning

Rafael M. O. Cruz, Robert Sabourin, George D. C. Cavalcanti +1

Dynamic ensemble selection systems work by estimating the level of competence of each classifier from a pool of classifiers. Only the most competent ones are selected to classify a…

cs.LG2018★ 1 cited

Online local pool generation for dynamic classifier selection: an extended version

Mariana A. Souza, George D. C. Cavalcanti, Rafael M. O. Cruz +1

Dynamic Classifier Selection (DCS) techniques have difficulty in selecting the most competent classifier in a pool, even when its presence is assured. Since the DCS techniques rely…

cs.LG2018★ 16 cited

An Ensemble Generation Method Based on Instance Hardness

Felipe N. Walmsley, George D. C. Cavalcanti, Dayvid V. R. Oliveira +2

In Machine Learning, ensemble methods have been receiving a great deal of attention. Techniques such as Bagging and Boosting have been successfully applied to a variety of problems…

cs.LG2018★ 12 cited

K-Nearest Oracles Borderline Dynamic Classifier Ensemble Selection

Dayvid V. R. Oliveira, George D. C. Cavalcanti, Thyago N. Porpino +2

Dynamic Ensemble Selection (DES) techniques aim to select locally competent classifiers for the classification of each new test sample. Most DES techniques estimate the competence…

cs.LG2018★ 75 cited

DESlib: A Dynamic ensemble selection library in Python

Rafael M. O. Cruz, Luiz G. Hafemann, Robert Sabourin +1

DESlib is an open-source python library providing the implementation of several dynamic selection techniques. The library is divided into three modules: (i) \emph{dcs}, containing…

cs.LG2015★ 15 cited

A DEEP analysis of the META-DES framework for dynamic selection of ensemble of classifiers

Rafael M. O. Cruz, Robert Sabourin, George D. C. Cavalcanti

Dynamic ensemble selection (DES) techniques work by estimating the level of competence of each classifier from a pool of classifiers. Only the most competent ones are selected to c…