Optimal classifier for imbalanced data using Matthews Correlation Coefficient metric.

Data imbalance is frequently encountered in biomedical applications. Resampling techniques can be used in binary classification to tackle this issue. However such solutions are not desired when the number of samples in the small class is limited. Moreover the use of inadequate performance metrics, s...

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Main Authors: Sabri Boughorbel, Fethi Jarray, Mohammed El-Anbari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5456046?pdf=render