An oversampling method for multi-class imbalanced data based on composite weights.

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Title: An oversampling method for multi-class imbalanced data based on composite weights.
Authors: Mingyang Deng, Yingshi Guo, Chang Wang, Fuwei Wu
Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0259227 (2021)
Publisher Information: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
Subject Terms: Medicine, Science
More Details: To solve the oversampling problem of multi-class small samples and to improve their classification accuracy, we develop an oversampling method based on classification ranking and weight setting. The designed oversampling algorithm sorts the data within each class of dataset according to the distance from original data to the hyperplane. Furthermore, iterative sampling is performed within the class and inter-class sampling is adopted at the boundaries of adjacent classes according to the sampling weight composed of data density and data sorting. Finally, information assignment is performed on all newly generated sampling data. The training and testing experiments of the algorithm are conducted by using the UCI imbalanced datasets, and the established composite metrics are used to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm and other algorithms in comprehensive evaluation method. The results show that the proposed algorithm makes the multi-class imbalanced data balanced in terms of quantity, and the newly generated data maintain the distribution characteristics and information properties of the original samples. Moreover, compared with other algorithms such as SMOTE and SVMOM, the proposed algorithm has reached a higher classification accuracy of about 90%. It is concluded that this algorithm has high practicability and general characteristics for imbalanced multi-class samples.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1932-6203
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259227
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/3ec3e187b3304496a3249da02548897d
Accession Number: edsdoj.3ec3e187b3304496a3249da02548897d
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0259227
Published in:PLoS ONE
Language:English