Network of experts: Learning from evolving data streams through network-based ensembles

Heitor Murilo Gomes, Albert Bifet, Philippe Fournier-Viger, Jones Granatyr, Jesse Read

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Abstract

Ensemble classifiers are a promising approach for data stream classification. Though, diversity influences the performance of ensemble classifiers, current studies do not take advantage of relations between component classifiers to improve their performance. This paper addresses this issue by proposing a new kind of ensemble learner for data stream classification, which explicitly defines relations between component classifiers. These relations are then used in various ways, e.g., to combine the decisions of component models. The hypothesis is that an ensemble learner can yield accurate predictions in a streaming environment based on a structural analysis of a weighted network of its component models. Implications, limitations and benefits of this assumption, are discussed. A formal description of a network-based ensemble for data streams is presented, and an algorithm that implements it, named Network of Experts (NetEx). Empirical experiments show that NetEx’s accuracy and processing time are competitive with state-of-the-art ensembles.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNeural Information Processing - 26th International Conference, ICONIP 2019, Proceedings
EditorsTom Gedeon, Kok Wai Wong, Minho Lee
PublisherSpringer
Pages704-716
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783030367077
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019
Event26th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2019 - Sydney, Australia
Duration: 12 Dec 201915 Dec 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11953 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference26th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2019
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period12/12/1915/12/19

Keywords

  • Classification
  • Data stream
  • Ensemble learning

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