1. A Novel Oversampling Method for Imbalanced Datasets Based on Density Peaks Clustering
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Jie Cao and Yong Shi
- Subjects
classification ,density peaks clustering ,imbalanced datasets ,over sampling ,Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,TA1-2040 - Abstract
Imbalanced data classification is a major challenge in the field of data mining and machine learning, and oversampling algorithms are a widespread technique for re-sampling imbalanced data. To address the problems that existing oversampling methods tend to introduce noise points and generate overlapping instances, in this paper, we propose a novel oversampling method based on density peaks clustering. Firstly, density peaks clustering algorithm is used to cluster minority instances while screening outlier points. Secondly, sampling weights are assigned according to the size of clustered sub-clusters, and new instances are synthesized by interpolating between cluster cores and other instances of the same sub-cluster. Finally, comparative experiments are conducted on both the artificial data and KEEL datasets. The experiments validate the feasibility and effectiveness of the algorithm and improve the classification accuracy of the imbalanced data.
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- 2021
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