An integer support vector machine

Maryanne Domm, Andrew Engel, Péguy Pierre-Louis, Jeff Goldberg

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

Data mining is a technique to discover patterns and trends in data and can be used to create a model to predict those patterns and trends. This is particularly useful for data sets that are not amenable to traditional statistical analysis. One particular data mining task is classification, predicting a quantity that can only take on a finite number of values. An important class of binary classifiers are Support Vector Machines (SVMs). Traditional SVMs use constrained optimization to find a separating hyperplane. A new data point is classified based on which side of the separating hyperplane it happens to fall on. All SVMs try to minimize the number of potential errors the classifier will make by minimizing a sum of distances from the hyperplane. However, the actual task of classification does not place any importance on a distance. In order to model this more closely, we propose the Integer Support Vector Machine Classifier (ISVM). ISVM uses binary indicator error variables to directly minimize the number of potential errors the classifier can make.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - Sixth Int. Conf. on Softw. Eng., Artif. Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing and First ACIS Int. Workshop on Self-Assembling Wireless Networks, SNPD/SAWN 2005
Pages144-149
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Event6th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing and 1st ACIS International Workshop on Self-Assembling Wireless Networks, SNPD/SAWN 2005 - Towson, MD, United States
Duration: May 23 2005May 25 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings - Sixth Int. Conf. on Softw. Eng., Artificial Intelligence, Netw. and Parallel/Distributed Computing and First ACIS Int. Workshop on Self-Assembling Wireless Netw., SNPD/SAWN 2005
Volume2005

Other

Other6th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing and 1st ACIS International Workshop on Self-Assembling Wireless Networks, SNPD/SAWN 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityTowson, MD
Period5/23/055/25/05

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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