Assessing the Multi-labelness of Multi-label Data

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Abstract

Before constructing a classifier, we should examine the data to gain an understanding of the relationships between the variables, to assist with the design of the classifier. Using multi-label data requires us to examine the association between labels: its multi-labelness. We cannot directly measure association between two labels, since the labels’ relationships are confounded with the set of observation variables. A better approach is to fit an analytical model to a label with respect to the observations and remaining labels, but this might present false relationships due to the problem of multicollinearity between the observations and labels. In this article, we examine the utility of regularised logistic regression and a new form of split logistic regression for assessing the multi-labelness of data. We find that a split analytical model using regularisation is able to provide fewer label relationships when no relationships exist, or if the labels can be partitioned. We also find that if label relationships do exist, logistic regression with l1 regularisation provides the better measurement of multi-labelness.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMachine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases - European Conference, ECML PKDD 2019, Proceedings
EditorsUlf Brefeld, Elisa Fromont, Andreas Hotho, Arno Knobbe, Marloes Maathuis, Céline Robardet
PublisherSpringer
Pages164-179
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783030461461
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2020
EventEuropean Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2019 - Wurzburg, Germany
Duration: 16 Sept 201920 Sept 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11907 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceEuropean Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2019
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityWurzburg
Period16/09/1920/09/19

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