Re: [Scikit-learn-general] Cascade Classifiers for Multiclass Problems in scikit-learn

2014-01-15 Thread Joel Nothman
As I understand it, Olivier is talking about another type of cascade there. There, the initial and secondary decisions are into the same set of labels. I've tried building such a generic elimination cascade, but I think the training regime could go a few different ways. For a heirarchical label ca

[Scikit-learn-general] Cascade Classifiers for Multiclass Problems in scikit-learn

2014-01-15 Thread Louis Tiao
Say I have a classification problem that is multiclass and characteristically hierarchical, e.g. 'edible', 'nutritious' and '~nutritious' - so it can be represented like so ├── edible│ ├── nutritious│ └── ~nutritious└── ~edible While one can get reasonable performance with classifiers that su