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Boosting through optimization of margin distributions.

Chunhua Shen1, Hanxi Li

  • 1NICTA, Canberra Research Laboratory, Canberra, Australia. chunhua.shen@nicta.com.au

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|February 23, 2010
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Margin-distribution boosting (MDBoost) optimizes the margin distribution by maximizing average margin and minimizing margin variance. This new boosting algorithm outperforms AdaBoost and LPBoost on various datasets.

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Area of Science:

  • Machine Learning
  • Data Mining
  • Statistical Learning

Background:

  • Boosting algorithms are popular for classification and regression due to high performance.
  • Boosting success is linked to margin theory, but current methods often ignore margin distribution.
  • Generalization error can be improved by considering the margin distribution of training data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce a novel boosting algorithm, margin-distribution boosting (MDBoost).
  • Directly optimize the margin distribution by simultaneously maximizing average margin and minimizing margin variance.
  • Improve classifier generalization by focusing on margin distribution.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a new boosting algorithm: MDBoost.
  • Proposed a totally corrective optimization algorithm using column generation for MDBoost implementation.
  • Evaluated MDBoost performance on diverse datasets.

Main Results:

  • MDBoost effectively optimizes the margin distribution.
  • Experimental results demonstrate MDBoost's superior performance compared to AdaBoost and LPBoost.
  • The proposed column generation method efficiently implements MDBoost.

Conclusions:

  • MDBoost offers an effective approach to boosting by directly optimizing margin distribution.
  • The algorithm shows improved performance over existing boosting methods like AdaBoost and LPBoost.
  • Margin distribution optimization is a promising direction for enhancing classifier generalization.