Cost-sensitive boosting for classification of imbalanced data

Yanmin Sun; Mohamed S. Kamel; Andrew K. C. Wong; Yang Wang

doi:10.1016/j.patcog.2007.04.009

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Boosting (machine learning)TackingAdaBoostMachine learningArtificial intelligenceWeightingComputer scienceClassifier (UML)Statistical classificationData mining

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Year: 2007
Type: article
Volume: 40
Issue: 12
Pages: 3358-3378
Citations: 1397
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                                    Yanmin Sun, 
                                
                                    Mohamed S. Kamel, 
                                
                                    Andrew K. C. Wong
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2007). 
                            Cost-sensitive boosting for classification of imbalanced data. 
                            Pattern Recognition
                            , 40
                            (12)
                            , 3358-3378.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2007.04.009
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2007.04.009