Cost-sensitive XCS classifier system addressing imbalance problems

dc.contributor.authorThach, Nguyen Huy
dc.contributor.authorRojanavasu, Porntep
dc.contributor.authorPinngern, Ouen
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-06T09:57:39Z
dc.date.available2026-08-06T09:57:39Z
dc.date.issued2008-12-01
dc.description.abstractThe class imbalance problem has been recognized as a crucial problem in machine learning and data mining. Learning systems tend to be biased towards the majority class and thus have poor generalization for the minority class instances. This paper analyses the imbalance problem in accuracy-based learning classifier systems. In particular, we propose a novel approach based on XCS classifier system and cost-sensitive learning. In our approach, the reward value of correctly identifying the positive (rare) class outweighs the value of correctly identifying the common class. This research provides guidelines to set reward base on the dataset imbalance ratio and a method to calculate reward online base on the information collected by XCS during training is also proposed. Experimental results on synthetic and real-life datasets show that, with appropriate reward settings, XCS is robust to class imbalances. © 2008 IEEE.
dc.identifier.citationProceedings 5th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery Fskd 2008, 2, 132-136, 2008
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/FSKD.2008.391
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-58149147589
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.kmitl.ac.th/handle/123456789/2304
dc.sourceProceedings 5th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery Fskd 2008
dc.subjectClassification
dc.subjectCost-sensitive learning
dc.subjectImbalance problem
dc.subjectLearning classifier system
dc.subjectXCS
dc.titleCost-sensitive XCS classifier system addressing imbalance problems
dc.typeConference Paper

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