Multi-class classification using a new sigmoid loss function for Minimum Classification Error (MCE)

Proceedings - 9th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, ICMLA 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 84-89

  Ratnagiri, Madhavi V ^a   Rabiner, Lawrence ^a   Juang, Biing Hwang ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes risk; Component; Minimum classification error; Savage loss; Sigmoid loss

Indexed keywords

BAYES RISK; COMPONENT; MINIMUM CLASSIFICATION ERROR; SAVAGE LOSS; SIGMOID LOSS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79952402521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMLA.2010.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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