Optimizing Classifier Performance via an Approximation to the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney Statistic

Proceedings, Twentieth International Conference on Machine Learning

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 848-855

  Yan, Lian ^a   Dodier, Robert ^a   Mozer, Michael C ^b   Wolniewicz, Richard ^a  

^a CSG Systems Inc   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION PROBLEMS; COST FUNCTIONS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS (ROC); WILCOXON-MANN WHITNEY STATISTICS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ENTROPY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 1942451946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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