arXiv Machine Learning

Meta-classification of one-class classification models using ranking correlation and nearest neighbor

arXiv:2606. 17858v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Machine Learning (ML) techniques have been applied to various problems.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 3

Few-Shot Open-Set Audio Classification Using Attention Information-Fused Prototypes

arXiv:2607. 01297v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Most existing audio classification methods suppose that each query (testing) sample belongs to a class of support (training) samples, and misrecognize samples of unseen classes as seen classes (cannot reject samples of unseen classes).

By Yanxiong Li, Jiaxin Tan, Qianqian Li, Guoqing Chen, Sen Huang, Tuomas Virtanen
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 18

Alliance Beats Isolation: Unifying Heterogeneous Allied Datasets Improves Classifier Performance

The paper introduces a method for combining heterogeneous, allied datasets—datasets that share the same class labels but have disjoint objects and largely distinct feature spaces—into a single unified feature space. By applying matrix completion to this merged space, the authors create a unified dataset that enables knowledge transfer between the original datasets. Experiments across multiple dataset pairs and classifiers show that models trained on the unified representation consistently outperform those trained separately on each dataset.

By Girish Keshav Palshikar
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 10

Learning Kernels by Alignment for Multiclass Bayes Classification

The paper introduces a framework that learns the kernel used in kernel methods through alignment, leveraging the Collaborative Learning and Inference (CLaI) approach. It demonstrates that CLaI can be interpreted as a kernel alignment process and that its inference stage is equivalent to kernel Bayes classification with Parzen-window density estimation. By replacing cosine similarity with a learned Mahalanobis distance, the authors extend CLaI to multiclass classification, achieving higher accuracy, faster convergence, and lower calibration error on datasets such as CIFAR-10, PathMNIST, and SleepEDF, while also showing connections to Gaussian processes and competitive calibration in sepsis prediction.

By Hollan Haule, Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser, Javier Escudero
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 25

Extreme Meta-Classification for Large-Scale Zero-Shot Retrieval

arXiv:2606. 25237v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We develop accurate and efficient solutions for large-scale retrieval tasks where novel (zero-shot) items can arrive continuously at a rapid pace.

By Sachin Yadav, Deepak Saini, Anirudh Buvanesh, Bhawna Paliwal, Kunal Dahiya, Siddarth Asokan, Yashoteja Prabhu, Jian Jiao, Manik Varma
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 24

Binary Classification from Coupled Pairwise Labels

The paper introduces SD-Pcomp learning, a binary classification framework that jointly utilizes Similarity/Dissimilarity (SD) labels and Pairwise Comparison (Pcomp) labels from instance pairs. It proposes an objective function that can be decomposed into either an SD estimator plus ordering information or a Pcomp estimator plus pair-type information, thereby integrating complementary relational cues. Experiments on eight datasets demonstrate that combining both label types improves classification accuracy and AUC compared to using either alone or a simple convex combination.

By Tomoya Tate, Kosuke Sugiyama, Masato Uchida