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Selecting Multiple Biomarker Subsets with Similarly Effective Binary Classification Performances

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Voting among virtually generated versions of a classification problem.

Aboozar Hosseinzadeh¹, Ali M Reza

¹Department of Electrical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. aboozar@aut.ac.ir

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a Publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society

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A new classifier combining strategy, virtual voting by random projection (VVRP), enhances discriminant analysis accuracy. This method virtually generates training sets to prevent overfitting and improve classification performance across various data sizes.

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Area of Science:

Machine Learning
Statistical Classification
Pattern Recognition

Background:

Existing classifier combining strategies often fail with stable classifiers like discriminant analysis (DA).
Discriminant analysis (DA) is a powerful but sensitive classification technique.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel classifier combining strategy, virtual voting by random projection (VVRP).
To improve the accuracy of stable classifiers, particularly DA, in classification tasks.

Main Methods:

VVRP utilizes random projection to introduce bounded distortion, virtually generating diverse training sets.
Base learners are trained on these virtual datasets, and a majority voting scheme combines their predictions.
The method requires determining an appropriate dimensionality for the projected data.

Main Results:

VVRP demonstrates improved accuracy over state-of-the-art DA algorithms on both small and large sample size problems.
The strategy effectively prevents overfitting by creating varied training sets without additional data.
VVRP exhibits stability across a wide range of parameter settings (dimensionality and number of versions).

Conclusions:

Virtual voting by random projection (VVRP) is a simple yet effective strategy for enhancing classifier performance.
VVRP offers a robust solution for improving discriminant analysis and other stable classifiers.
The method shows significant potential for applications in diverse classification fields.