A modeling-based classification algorithm validated with simulated data

We present a Generalized Lotka-Volterra (GLV) based approach for modeling and simulation of supervised inductive learning, and construction of an efficient classification algorithm. The GLV equations, typically used to explain the biological world, are employed to simulate the process of inductive learning. In addition, the modeling approach provides a key advantage over the more conventional constraint and optimization-based classification algorithms, as influences of outliers and local patterns, which can lead to problematic overfitting, are auto-moderated by the model itself. We present the bare-bones algorithm and motivate the model through axiomatic postulates. The algorithm is validated using benchmark simulated datasets, showing results competitive with other cutting-edge algorithms.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: WSC
• Authors: Karen Hovsepian, Peter Anselmo, Subhasish Mazumdar
• Keywords: Classification Algorithms, Inductive Learning, Modeling And Simulation, Supervised Inductive Learning, WSC 2008