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Frank McQuillan commented on MADLIB-1168:
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[~ssoni]
The answer to your question depends on what the parameter 'output_table_size'
is set to.
Sometimes the rest of the classes are left as is, sometimes they are resampled
uniformly.
In the table on page 7 at the end of the 'Interface' section, please see rows
7-11 which describe how to handle the rest of the classes:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12900943/MADlib_Balance_Datasets_Requirements_v2.pdf
Frank
> Balance datasets
> ----------------
>
> Key: MADLIB-1168
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MADLIB-1168
> Project: Apache MADlib
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Module: Sampling
> Reporter: Frank McQuillan
> Assignee: ssoni
> Fix For: v1.14
>
> Attachments: MADlib Balance Datasets Requirements.pdf,
> MADlib_Balance_Datasets_Requirements_v2.pdf
>
>
> From [1] here is the motivation behind balancing datasets:
> “Most classification algorithms will only perform optimally when the number
> of samples of each class is roughly the same. Highly skewed datasets, where
> the minority is heavily outnumbered by one or more classes, have proven to be
> a challenge while at the same time becoming more and more common.
> One way of addressing this issue is by re-sampling the dataset as to offset
> this imbalance with the hope of arriving at a more robust and fair decision
> boundary than you would otherwise.
> Re-sampling techniques can be divided in these categories:
> * Under-sampling the majority class(es).
> * Over-sampling the minority class.
> * Combining over- and under-sampling.
> * Create ensemble balanced sets.”
> There is an extensive literature on balancing datasets. The plan for MADlib
> in the initial phase is to offer basic functionality that can be extended in
> later phases based on feedback from users.
> Please see attached document for proposed scope of this story.
> References
> [1] imbalance-learn Python project
> http://contrib.scikit-learn.org/imbalanced-learn/stable/index.html
> https://github.com/scikit-learn-contrib/imbalanced-learn
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