Abstract
In machine learning problems, differences in prior class probabilities -- or class imbalances -- have been reported to hinder the performance of some standard classifiers, such as decision trees. This paper presents a systematic study aimed at answer
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- 2002
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- article
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 429-449
- Citations
- 3155
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Nathalie Japkowicz,
Shaju Stephen
(2002).
The class imbalance problem: A systematic study1.
Intelligent Data Analysis
, 6
(5)
, 429-449.
https://doi.org/10.3233/ida-2002-6504
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- DOI
- 10.3233/ida-2002-6504