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Neural Processing Letters
Improved Boosting Algorithms Using Confidence-rated Predictions
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Ridge Regression Learning Algorithm in Dual Variables
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Training Support Vector Machines: an Application to Face Detection
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Networks and the Best Approximation Property
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Everything old is new again: a fresh look at historical approaches in machine learning
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SVMTorch: support vector machines for large-scale regression problems
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Statistical Analysis of Some Multi-Category Large Margin Classification Methods
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Multi-class protein fold recognition using adaptive codes
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Similarity-driven Sequence Classification Based on Support Vector Machines
ICDAR '05 Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition
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ACM Transactions on Asian Language Information Processing (TALIP)
Multi-Classification by Using Tri-Class SVM
Neural Processing Letters
Minimum spanning trees in hierarchical multiclass support vector machines generation
IEA/AIE'2005 Proceedings of the 18th international conference on Innovations in Applied Artificial Intelligence
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Classification-based melody transcription
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Pattern Recognition
Superior Guarantees for Sequential Prediction and Lossless Compression via Alphabet Decomposition
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Applications of regularized least squares to pattern classification
Theoretical Computer Science
Comparing Combination Rules of Pairwise Neural Networks Classifiers
Neural Processing Letters
Boosting recombined weak classifiers
Pattern Recognition Letters
Evolutionary design of multiclass support vector machines
Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems: Applications in Engineering and Technology - VIII Brazilian Symposium on Neural Networks
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Pattern Recognition
Robust and efficient multiclass SVM models for phrase pattern recognition
Pattern Recognition
Classification of weld flaws with imbalanced class data
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
VC Theory of Large Margin Multi-Category Classifiers
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Natural Language Engineering
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A sequential dual method for large scale multi-class linear svms
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On updates that constrain the features' connections during learning
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Effective and efficient classification on a search-engine model
Knowledge and Information Systems
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Pattern Recognition Letters
Label ranking by learning pairwise preferences
Artificial Intelligence
A Probabilistic Approach to Feature Selection for Multi-class Text Categorization
ISNN '07 Proceedings of the 4th international symposium on Neural Networks: Advances in Neural Networks
Iteratively Reweighted Fitting for Reduced Multivariate Polynomial Model
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Error-driven generalist+experts (edge): a multi-stage ensemble framework for text categorization
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Microarray Design Using the Hilbert---Schmidt Independence Criterion
PRIB '08 Proceedings of the Third IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics
Separability of ternary codes for sparse designs of error-correcting output codes
Pattern Recognition Letters
Class Specific Fuzzy Decision Trees for Mining High Speed Data Streams
Fundamenta Informaticae
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Gaussian kernel optimization for pattern classification
Pattern Recognition
An efficient algorithm for learning to rank from preference graphs
Machine Learning
Adapting svm for data sparseness and imbalance: A case study in information extraction
Natural Language Engineering
Boosting One-Class Support Vector Machines for Multi-Class Classification
Applied Artificial Intelligence
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Sparse multinomial kernel discriminant analysis (sMKDA)
Pattern Recognition
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Kernel-based relation extraction from investigative data
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A multiclass classification method based on decoding of binary classifiers
Neural Computation
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Kernel Methods in Computer Vision
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On strategies for imbalanced text classification using SVM: A comparative study
Decision Support Systems
Linear dimensionality reduction for multi-label classification
IJCAI'09 Proceedings of the 21st international jont conference on Artifical intelligence
On multiple kernel learning with multiple labels
IJCAI'09 Proceedings of the 21st international jont conference on Artifical intelligence
Pattern Recognition Letters
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ECOC Random Fields for Lumen Segmentation in Radial Artery IVUS Sequences
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Piecewise multi-classification support vector machines
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One-against-all-based multiclass SVM strategies applied to vehicle plate character recognition
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A selection approach for scalable fuzzy integral combination
Information Fusion
Traffic sign recognition system with β -correction
Machine Vision and Applications
A Study of Parts-Based Object Class Detection Using Complete Graphs
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Parallel multiclass classification using SVMs on GPUs
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A shared-subspace learning framework for multi-label classification
ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD)
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Classification Using Geometric Level Sets
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One-versus-one and one-versus-all multiclass SVM-RFE for gene selection in cancer classification
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An EA multi-model selection for SVM multiclass schemes
IWANN'07 Proceedings of the 9th international work conference on Artificial neural networks
Joint discriminative-generative modelling based on statistical tests for classification
Pattern Recognition Letters
Using decision templates to predict subcellular localization of protein
PRIB'07 Proceedings of the 2nd IAPR international conference on Pattern recognition in bioinformatics
Ensemble approaches of support vector machines for multiclass classification
PReMI'07 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Pattern recognition and machine intelligence
Evaluating a zoning mechanism and class-modular architecture for handwritten characters recognition
CIARP'07 Proceedings of the Congress on pattern recognition 12th Iberoamerican conference on Progress in pattern recognition, image analysis and applications
A Chinese question classification using one-vs-one method as a learning tool
International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems
A comparison study on multiple binary-class SVM methods for unilabel text categorization
Pattern Recognition Letters
Sparse approximation through boosting for learning large scale kernel machines
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
Shape recognition based on Kernel-edit distance
Computer Vision and Image Understanding
Supervised multidimensional scaling for visualization, classification, and bipartite ranking
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
The Journal of Machine Learning Research
Improved natural language learning via variance-regularization support vector machines
CoNLL '10 Proceedings of the Fourteenth Conference on Computational Natural Language Learning
IPMU'10 Proceedings of the Computational intelligence for knowledge-based systems design, and 13th international conference on Information processing and management of uncertainty
Two-level hierarchical combination method for text classification
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Modeling pricing strategies using game theory and support vector machines
ICDM'10 Proceedings of the 10th industrial conference on Advances in data mining: applications and theoretical aspects
What does classifying more than 10,000 image categories tell us?
ECCV'10 Proceedings of the 11th European conference on Computer vision: Part V
Learning graphical models for hypothesis testing and classification
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Image annotation by sparse logistic regression
PCM'10 Proceedings of the Advances in multimedia information processing, and 11th Pacific Rim conference on Multimedia: Part II
Erythemato-squamous diseases diagnosis by support vector machines and RBF NN
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Fast Multiclass SVM Classification Using Decision Tree Based One-Against-All Method
Neural Processing Letters
Audio feature engineering for automatic music genre classification
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Computer Science - Research and Development
Robust class similarity measure for traffic sign recognition
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Tensor-based locally maximum margin classifier for image and video classification
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On the ERA ranking representability of pairwise bipartite ranking functions
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Garbage collection auto-tuning for Java mapreduce on multi-cores
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A simplified multi-class support vector machine with reduced dual optimization
Pattern Recognition Letters
Using OVA modeling to improve classification performance for large datasets
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
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Effective fingerprint classification by localized models of support vector machines
ICB'06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Advances in Biometrics
Comparison of multiclass SVM decomposition schemes for visual object recognition
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A classifier design based on combining multiple components by maximum entropy principle
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Binary tree support vector machine based on kernel fisher discriminant for multi-classification
ISNN'06 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Advances in Neural Networks - Volume Part I
Efficient prediction algorithms for binary decomposition techniques
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A Modular Machine Learning System for Flow-Level Traffic Classification in Large Networks
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Half-Against-Half multi-class support vector machines
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FSKD'05 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery - Volume Part I
Text categorization using SVMs with rocchio ensemble for internet information classification
ICCNMC'05 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Networking and Mobile Computing
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ICIC'05 Proceedings of the 2005 international conference on Advances in Intelligent Computing - Volume Part I
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Minimal design of error-correcting output codes
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Multi-label classification models for sustainable flood retention basins
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We consider the problem of multiclass classification. Our main thesis is that a simple "one-vs-all" scheme is as accurate as any other approach, assuming that the underlying binary classifiers are well-tuned regularized classifiers such as support vector machines. This thesis is interesting in that it disagrees with a large body of recent published work on multiclass classification. We support our position by means of a critical review of the existing literature, a substantial collection of carefully controlled experimental work, and theoretical arguments.