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On Minimizing the Position Error in Label Ranking

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On Minimizing the Position Error in Label Ranking
Conventional classification learning allows a classifier to make a one shot decision in order to identify the correct label. However, in many practical applications, the problem is not to give a single estimation, but to make repeated suggestions until the correct target label has been identified. Thus, the learner has to deliver a label ranking, that is, a ranking of all possible alternatives. In this paper, we discuss a loss function, called the position error, which is suitable for evaluating the performance of a label ranking algorithm in this setting. Moreover, we introduce “ranking through iterated choice”, a general strategy for extending any multi-class classifier to this scenario, and propose an efficient implementation of this method by means of pairwise decomposition techniques.
Eyke Hüllermeier, Johannes Fürnkranz
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Type Conference
Year 2007
Where ECML
Authors Eyke Hüllermeier, Johannes Fürnkranz
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