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Main Authors: Luo, Wenya, Li, Hua, Bai, Zhidong, Liu, Zhijun
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13582
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author Luo, Wenya
Li, Hua
Bai, Zhidong
Liu, Zhijun
author_facet Luo, Wenya
Li, Hua
Bai, Zhidong
Liu, Zhijun
contents Quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA) is a widely used method for classification problems, particularly preferable over Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) for heterogeneous data. However, QDA loses its effectiveness in high-dimensional settings, where the data dimension and sample size tend to infinity. To address this issue, we propose a novel QDA method utilizing spectral correction and regularization techniques, termed SR-QDA. The regularization parameters in our method are selected by maximizing the Fisher-discriminant ratio. We compare SR-QDA with QDA, regularized quadratic discriminant analysis (R-QDA), and several other competitors. The results indicate that SR-QDA performs exceptionally well, especially in moderate and high-dimensional situations. Empirical experiments across diverse datasets further support this conclusion.
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spellingShingle Spectrally-Corrected and Regularized QDA Classifier for Spiked Covariance Model
Luo, Wenya
Li, Hua
Bai, Zhidong
Liu, Zhijun
Machine Learning
Statistics Theory
Quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA) is a widely used method for classification problems, particularly preferable over Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) for heterogeneous data. However, QDA loses its effectiveness in high-dimensional settings, where the data dimension and sample size tend to infinity. To address this issue, we propose a novel QDA method utilizing spectral correction and regularization techniques, termed SR-QDA. The regularization parameters in our method are selected by maximizing the Fisher-discriminant ratio. We compare SR-QDA with QDA, regularized quadratic discriminant analysis (R-QDA), and several other competitors. The results indicate that SR-QDA performs exceptionally well, especially in moderate and high-dimensional situations. Empirical experiments across diverse datasets further support this conclusion.
title Spectrally-Corrected and Regularized QDA Classifier for Spiked Covariance Model
topic Machine Learning
Statistics Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13582