920 research outputs found
An Overview of Classifier Fusion Methods
A number of classifier fusion methods have been
recently developed opening an alternative approach
leading to a potential improvement in the
classification performance. As there is little theory of
information fusion itself, currently we are faced with
different methods designed for different problems and
producing different results. This paper gives an
overview of classifier fusion methods and attempts to
identify new trends that may dominate this area of
research in future. A taxonomy of fusion methods
trying to bring some order into the existing âpudding
of diversitiesâ is also provided
An Overview of Classifier Fusion Methods
A number of classifier fusion methods have been
recently developed opening an alternative approach
leading to a potential improvement in the
classification performance. As there is little theory of
information fusion itself, currently we are faced with
different methods designed for different problems and
producing different results. This paper gives an
overview of classifier fusion methods and attempts to
identify new trends that may dominate this area of
research in future. A taxonomy of fusion methods
trying to bring some order into the existing âpudding
of diversitiesâ is also provided
Enabling Explainable Fusion in Deep Learning with Fuzzy Integral Neural Networks
Information fusion is an essential part of numerous engineering systems and
biological functions, e.g., human cognition. Fusion occurs at many levels,
ranging from the low-level combination of signals to the high-level aggregation
of heterogeneous decision-making processes. While the last decade has witnessed
an explosion of research in deep learning, fusion in neural networks has not
observed the same revolution. Specifically, most neural fusion approaches are
ad hoc, are not understood, are distributed versus localized, and/or
explainability is low (if present at all). Herein, we prove that the fuzzy
Choquet integral (ChI), a powerful nonlinear aggregation function, can be
represented as a multi-layer network, referred to hereafter as ChIMP. We also
put forth an improved ChIMP (iChIMP) that leads to a stochastic gradient
descent-based optimization in light of the exponential number of ChI inequality
constraints. An additional benefit of ChIMP/iChIMP is that it enables
eXplainable AI (XAI). Synthetic validation experiments are provided and iChIMP
is applied to the fusion of a set of heterogeneous architecture deep models in
remote sensing. We show an improvement in model accuracy and our previously
established XAI indices shed light on the quality of our data, model, and its
decisions.Comment: IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy System
Managing Interacting Criteria: Application to Environmental Evaluation Practices
The need for organizations to evaluate their environmental practices has been recently increasing. This fact has led to the development of many approaches to appraise such practices. In this paper, a novel decision model to evaluate companyâs environmental practices is proposed to improve traditional evaluation process in different facets. Firstly, different reviewersâ collectives related to the companyâs activity are taken into account in the process to increase company internal efficiency and external legitimacy. Secondly, following the standard ISO 14031, two general categories of environmental performance indicators, management and operational, are considered. Thirdly, since the assumption of independence among environmental indicators is rarely verified in environmental context, an aggregation operator to bear in mind the relationship among such indicators in the evaluation results is proposed. Finally, this new model integrates quantitative and qualitative information with different scales using a multi-granular linguistic model that allows to adapt diverse evaluation scales according to appraisersâ knowledge
Ambiguity and Social Interaction
We present a non-technical account of ambiguity in strategic games and show how it may be applied to economics and social sciences. Optimistic and pessimistic responses to ambiguity are formally modelled. We show that pessimism has the effect of increasing (decreasing) equilibrium prices under Cournot (Bertrand) competition. In addition the effects of ambiguity on peace-making are examined. It is shown that ambiguity may select equilibria in coordination games with multiple equilibria. Some comparative statics results are derived for the impact of ambiguity in games with strategic complements
Learning nonlinear monotone classifiers using the Choquet Integral
In der jĂŒngeren Vergangenheit hat das Lernen von Vorhersagemodellen, die eine monotone Beziehung zwischen Ein- und Ausgabevariablen garantieren, wachsende Aufmerksamkeit im Bereich des maschinellen Lernens erlangt. Besonders fĂŒr flexible nichtlineare Modelle stellt die GewĂ€hrleistung der Monotonie eine groĂe Herausforderung fĂŒr die Umsetzung dar. Die vorgelegte Arbeit nutzt das Choquet Integral als mathematische Grundlage fĂŒr die Entwicklung neuer Modelle fĂŒr nichtlineare Klassifikationsaufgaben. Neben den bekannten Einsatzgebieten des Choquet-Integrals als flexible Aggregationsfunktion in multi-kriteriellen Entscheidungsverfahren, findet der Formalismus damit Eingang als wichtiges Werkzeug fĂŒr Modelle des maschinellen Lernens. Neben dem Vorteil, Monotonie und FlexibilitĂ€t auf elegante Weise mathematisch vereinbar zu machen, bietet das Choquet-Integral Möglichkeiten zur Quantifizierung von Wechselwirkungen zwischen Gruppen von Attributen der Eingabedaten, wodurch interpretierbare Modelle gewonnen werden können. In der Arbeit werden konkrete Methoden fĂŒr das Lernen mit dem Choquet Integral entwickelt, welche zwei unterschiedliche AnsĂ€tze nutzen, die Maximum-Likelihood-SchĂ€tzung und die strukturelle Risikominimierung. WĂ€hrend der erste Ansatz zu einer Verallgemeinerung der logistischen Regression fĂŒhrt, wird der zweite mit Hilfe von Support-Vektor-Maschinen realisiert. In beiden FĂ€llen wird das Lernproblem imWesentlichen auf die Parameter-Identifikation von Fuzzy-MaĂen fĂŒr das Choquet Integral zurĂŒckgefĂŒhrt. Die exponentielle Anzahl von Freiheitsgraden zur Modellierung aller Attribut-Teilmengen stellt dabei besondere Herausforderungen im Hinblick auf LaufzeitkomplexitĂ€t und Generalisierungsleistung. Vor deren Hintergrund werden die beiden AnsĂ€tze praktisch bewertet und auch theoretisch analysiert. Zudem werden auch geeignete Verfahren zur KomplexitĂ€tsreduktion und Modellregularisierung vorgeschlagen und untersucht. Die experimentellen Ergebnisse sind auch fĂŒr anspruchsvolle Referenzprobleme im Vergleich mit aktuellen Verfahren sehr gut und heben die NĂŒtzlichkeit der Kombination aus Monotonie und FlexibilitĂ€t des Choquet Integrals in verschiedenen AnsĂ€tzen des maschinellen Lernens hervor
Handling Uncertainty in Social Lending Credit Risk Prediction with a Choquet Fuzzy Integral Model
As one of the main business models in the financial technology field,
peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has disrupted traditional financial services by
providing an online platform for lending money that has remarkably reduced
financial costs. However, the inherent uncertainty in P2P loans can result in
huge financial losses for P2P platforms. Therefore, accurate risk prediction is
critical to the success of P2P lending platforms. Indeed, even a small
improvement in credit risk prediction would be of benefit to P2P lending
platforms. This paper proposes an innovative credit risk prediction framework
that fuses base classifiers based on a Choquet fuzzy integral. Choquet integral
fusion improves creditworthiness evaluations by synthesizing the prediction
results of multiple classifiers and finding the largest consistency between
outcomes among conflicting and consistent results. The proposed model was
validated through experimental analysis on a real- world dataset from a
well-known P2P lending marketplace. The empirical results indicate that the
combination of multiple classifiers based on fuzzy Choquet integrals
outperforms the best base classifiers used in credit risk prediction to date.
In addition, the proposed methodology is superior to some conventional
combination techniques
A Choquet Fuzzy Integral Vertical Bagging Classifier for Mobile Telematics Data Analysis
© 2019 IEEE. Mobile app development in recent years has resulted in new products and features to improve human life. Mobile telematics is one such development that encompasses multidisciplinary fields for transportation safety. The application of mobile telematics has been explored in many areas, such as insurance and road safety. However, to the best of our knowledge, its application in gender detection has not been explored. This paper proposes a Choquet fuzzy integral vertical bagging classifier that detects gender through mobile telematics. In this model, different random forest classifiers are trained by randomly generated features with rough set theory, and the top three classifiers are fused using the Choquet fuzzy integral. The model is implemented and evaluated on a real dataset. The empirical results indicate that the Choquet fuzzy integral vertical bagging classifier outperforms other classifiers
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