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Main Author: Tasche, Dirk
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.16666
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contents The purpose of class distribution estimation (also known as quantification) is to determine the values of the prior class probabilities in a test dataset without class label observations. A variety of methods to achieve this have been proposed in the literature, most of them based on the assumption that the distributions of the training and test data are related through prior probability shift (also known as label shift). Among these methods, Friedman's method has recently been found to perform relatively well both for binary and multi-class quantification. We discuss the properties of Friedman's method and another approach mentioned by Friedman (called DeBias method in the literature) in the context of a general framework for designing linear equation systems for class distribution estimation.
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spellingShingle Comments on Friedman's Method for Class Distribution Estimation
Tasche, Dirk
Machine Learning
62F10, 62P30
The purpose of class distribution estimation (also known as quantification) is to determine the values of the prior class probabilities in a test dataset without class label observations. A variety of methods to achieve this have been proposed in the literature, most of them based on the assumption that the distributions of the training and test data are related through prior probability shift (also known as label shift). Among these methods, Friedman's method has recently been found to perform relatively well both for binary and multi-class quantification. We discuss the properties of Friedman's method and another approach mentioned by Friedman (called DeBias method in the literature) in the context of a general framework for designing linear equation systems for class distribution estimation.
title Comments on Friedman's Method for Class Distribution Estimation
topic Machine Learning
62F10, 62P30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.16666