Qualitative test-cost sensitive classification

M Cebe, C Gunduz-Demir - Pattern recognition letters, 2010 - Elsevier
Pattern recognition letters, 2010Elsevier
This paper reports a new framework for test-cost sensitive classification. It introduces a new
loss function definition, in which misclassification cost and cost of feature extraction are
combined qualitatively and the loss is conditioned with current and estimated decisions as
well as their consistency. This loss function definition is motivated with the following issues.
First, for many applications, the relation between different types of costs can be expressed
roughly and usually only in terms of ordinal relations, but not as a precise quantitative …
This paper reports a new framework for test-cost sensitive classification. It introduces a new loss function definition, in which misclassification cost and cost of feature extraction are combined qualitatively and the loss is conditioned with current and estimated decisions as well as their consistency. This loss function definition is motivated with the following issues. First, for many applications, the relation between different types of costs can be expressed roughly and usually only in terms of ordinal relations, but not as a precise quantitative number. Second, the redundancy between features can be used to decrease the cost; it is possible not to consider a new feature if it is consistent with the existing ones. In this paper, we show the feasibility of the proposed framework for medical diagnosis problems. Our experiments demonstrate that this framework is efficient to significantly decrease feature extraction cost without decreasing accuracy.
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