A Composite Likelihood View for Multi-Label Classification

Yi Zhang, Jeff Schneider
Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, PMLR 22:1407-1415, 2012.

Abstract

Given limited training samples, learning to classify multiple labels is challenging. Problem decomposition is widely used in this case, where the original problem is decomposed into a set of easier-to-learn subproblems, and predictions from subproblems are combined to make the final decision. In this paper we show the connection between composite likelihoods and many multi-label decomposition methods, e.g., one-vs-all, one-vs-one, calibrated label ranking, probabilistic classifier chain. This connection holds promise for improving problem decomposition in both the choice of subproblems and the combination of subproblem decisions. As an attempt to exploit this connection, we design a composite marginal method that improves pairwise decomposition. Pairwise label comparisons, which seem to be a natural choice for subproblems, are replaced by bivariate label densities, which are more informative and natural components in a composite likelihood. For combining subproblem decisions, we propose a new mean-field approximation that minimizes the notion of composite divergence and is potentially more robust to inaccurate estimations in subproblems. Empirical studies on five data sets show that, given limited training samples, the proposed method outperforms many alternatives.

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@InProceedings{pmlr-v22-zhang12b, title = {A Composite Likelihood View for Multi-Label Classification}, author = {Zhang, Yi and Schneider, Jeff}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics}, pages = {1407--1415}, year = {2012}, editor = {Lawrence, Neil D. and Girolami, Mark}, volume = {22}, series = {Proceedings of Machine Learning Research}, address = {La Palma, Canary Islands}, month = {21--23 Apr}, publisher = {PMLR}, pdf = {http://proceedings.mlr.press/v22/zhang12b/zhang12b.pdf}, url = {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v22/zhang12b.html}, abstract = {Given limited training samples, learning to classify multiple labels is challenging. Problem decomposition is widely used in this case, where the original problem is decomposed into a set of easier-to-learn subproblems, and predictions from subproblems are combined to make the final decision. In this paper we show the connection between composite likelihoods and many multi-label decomposition methods, e.g., one-vs-all, one-vs-one, calibrated label ranking, probabilistic classifier chain. This connection holds promise for improving problem decomposition in both the choice of subproblems and the combination of subproblem decisions. As an attempt to exploit this connection, we design a composite marginal method that improves pairwise decomposition. Pairwise label comparisons, which seem to be a natural choice for subproblems, are replaced by bivariate label densities, which are more informative and natural components in a composite likelihood. For combining subproblem decisions, we propose a new mean-field approximation that minimizes the notion of composite divergence and is potentially more robust to inaccurate estimations in subproblems. Empirical studies on five data sets show that, given limited training samples, the proposed method outperforms many alternatives.} }
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%0 Conference Paper %T A Composite Likelihood View for Multi-Label Classification %A Yi Zhang %A Jeff Schneider %B Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics %C Proceedings of Machine Learning Research %D 2012 %E Neil D. Lawrence %E Mark Girolami %F pmlr-v22-zhang12b %I PMLR %P 1407--1415 %U https://proceedings.mlr.press/v22/zhang12b.html %V 22 %X Given limited training samples, learning to classify multiple labels is challenging. Problem decomposition is widely used in this case, where the original problem is decomposed into a set of easier-to-learn subproblems, and predictions from subproblems are combined to make the final decision. In this paper we show the connection between composite likelihoods and many multi-label decomposition methods, e.g., one-vs-all, one-vs-one, calibrated label ranking, probabilistic classifier chain. This connection holds promise for improving problem decomposition in both the choice of subproblems and the combination of subproblem decisions. As an attempt to exploit this connection, we design a composite marginal method that improves pairwise decomposition. Pairwise label comparisons, which seem to be a natural choice for subproblems, are replaced by bivariate label densities, which are more informative and natural components in a composite likelihood. For combining subproblem decisions, we propose a new mean-field approximation that minimizes the notion of composite divergence and is potentially more robust to inaccurate estimations in subproblems. Empirical studies on five data sets show that, given limited training samples, the proposed method outperforms many alternatives.
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TY - CPAPER TI - A Composite Likelihood View for Multi-Label Classification AU - Yi Zhang AU - Jeff Schneider BT - Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics DA - 2012/03/21 ED - Neil D. Lawrence ED - Mark Girolami ID - pmlr-v22-zhang12b PB - PMLR DP - Proceedings of Machine Learning Research VL - 22 SP - 1407 EP - 1415 L1 - http://proceedings.mlr.press/v22/zhang12b/zhang12b.pdf UR - https://proceedings.mlr.press/v22/zhang12b.html AB - Given limited training samples, learning to classify multiple labels is challenging. Problem decomposition is widely used in this case, where the original problem is decomposed into a set of easier-to-learn subproblems, and predictions from subproblems are combined to make the final decision. In this paper we show the connection between composite likelihoods and many multi-label decomposition methods, e.g., one-vs-all, one-vs-one, calibrated label ranking, probabilistic classifier chain. This connection holds promise for improving problem decomposition in both the choice of subproblems and the combination of subproblem decisions. As an attempt to exploit this connection, we design a composite marginal method that improves pairwise decomposition. Pairwise label comparisons, which seem to be a natural choice for subproblems, are replaced by bivariate label densities, which are more informative and natural components in a composite likelihood. For combining subproblem decisions, we propose a new mean-field approximation that minimizes the notion of composite divergence and is potentially more robust to inaccurate estimations in subproblems. Empirical studies on five data sets show that, given limited training samples, the proposed method outperforms many alternatives. ER -
APA
Zhang, Y. & Schneider, J.. (2012). A Composite Likelihood View for Multi-Label Classification. Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, in Proceedings of Machine Learning Research 22:1407-1415 Available from https://proceedings.mlr.press/v22/zhang12b.html.

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