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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254842703321

Autore

Aggarwal Charu C

Titolo

Outlier Ensembles : An Introduction / / by Charu C. Aggarwal, Saket Sathe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-54765-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 276 p. 55 illus., 9 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

005.1

Soggetti

Computers

Artificial intelligence

StatisticsĀ 

Information Systems and Communication Service

Artificial Intelligence

Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An Introduction to Outlier Ensembles -- Theory of Outlier Ensembles -- Variance Reduction in Outlier Ensembles -- Bias Reduction in Outlier Ensembles: The Guessing Game -- Model Combination Methods for Outlier Ensembles -- Which Outlier Detection Algorithm Should I Use?

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses a variety of methods for outlier ensembles and organizes them by the specific principles with which accuracy improvements are achieved. In addition, it covers the techniques with which such methods can be made more effective. A formal classification of these methods is provided, and the circumstances in which they work well are examined. The authors cover how outlier ensembles relate (both theoretically and practically) to the ensemble techniques used commonly for other data mining problems like classification. The similarities and (subtle) differences in the ensemble techniques for the classification and outlier detection problems are explored. These subtle differences do impact the design of ensemble algorithms for the latter problem. This book can be used for courses in data mining and related curricula. Many illustrative examples and



exercises are provided in order to facilitate classroom teaching. A familiarity is assumed to the outlier detection problem and also to generic problem of ensemble analysis in classification. This is because many of the ensemble methods discussed in this book are adaptations from their counterparts in the classification domain. Some techniques explained in this book, such as wagging, randomized feature weighting, and geometric subsampling, provide new insights that are not available elsewhere. Also included is an analysis of the performance of various types of base detectors and their relative effectiveness. The book is valuable for researchers and practitioners for leveraging ensemble methods into optimal algorithmic design.