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Evaluating importance for numbers of bins in discretised learning and test sets

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Abstract

The paper presents research on the influence of the numbers of bins, found for attributes in supervised discretisation for input sets, on classifiers performance. Firstly, the variables were divided into categories defined by numbers of bins, and for these categories several decision systems were tested. Secondly, for features with single bins, unsupervised discretisation was executed and the resulting performance studied. The experiments show usefulness of characterisation of variables by numbers of bins, and cases of improvement of solutions by combining supervised with unsupervised discretisation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Decision Technologies 2017 - Proceedings of the 9th KES International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies, KES-IDT 2017
EditorsRobert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain, Lakhmi C. Jain, Ireneusz Czarnowski, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages159-169
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783319594200
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event9th KES International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies, KES-IDT 2017 - Vilamoura, Portugal
Duration: 21 Jun 201723 Jun 2017

Publication series

NameSmart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume72
ISSN (Print)2190-3018
ISSN (Electronic)2190-3026

Conference

Conference9th KES International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies, KES-IDT 2017
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityVilamoura
Period21/06/1723/06/17

Keywords

  • Attribute
  • Bin
  • Classification
  • Supervised discretisation
  • Unsupervised discretisation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Decision Sciences
  • General Computer Science

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