arXiv Machine Learning June 16, 2026 By Daniel Fraiman, Ricardo Fraiman

Imbalanced Classification under Capacity Constraints

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arXiv:2605. 03289v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Detecting observations from a minority class under severe class imbalance is a central challenge in applications such as fraud detection, medical screening, and industrial quality control.

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