Variable selection for discrimination of more than two classes where data are sparse
G Szepannek, C Weihs - From Data and Information Analysis to …, 2006 - Springer
From Data and Information Analysis to Knowledge Engineering: Proceedings of …, 2006•Springer
In classification, with an increasing number of variables, the required number of
observations grows drastically. In this paper we present an approach to put into effect the
maximal possible variable selection, by splitting a K class classification problem into
pairwise problems. The principle makes use of the possibility that a variable that
discriminates two classes will not necessarily do so for all such class pairs. We further
present the construction of a classification rule based on the pairwise solutions by the …
observations grows drastically. In this paper we present an approach to put into effect the
maximal possible variable selection, by splitting a K class classification problem into
pairwise problems. The principle makes use of the possibility that a variable that
discriminates two classes will not necessarily do so for all such class pairs. We further
present the construction of a classification rule based on the pairwise solutions by the …
Abstract
In classification, with an increasing number of variables, the required number of observations grows drastically. In this paper we present an approach to put into effect the maximal possible variable selection, by splitting a K class classification problem into pairwise problems. The principle makes use of the possibility that a variable that discriminates two classes will not necessarily do so for all such class pairs.
We further present the construction of a classification rule based on the pairwise solutions by the Pairwise Coupling algorithm according to Hastie and Tibshirani (1998). The suggested proceedure can be applied to any classification method. Finally, situations with lack of data in multidimensional spaces are investigated on different simulated data sets to illustrate the problem and the possible gain. The principle is compared to the classical approach of linear and quadratic discriminant analysis.
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