Browsing by Author "Rocha, Honovan Paz"

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    Multi-objective decision in machine learning.
    (2016) Medeiros, Talles Henrique de; Rocha, Honovan Paz; Torres, Frank Sill; Takahashi, Ricardo Hiroshi Caldeira; Braga, Antônio de Pádua
    Thiswork presents a novel approach for decisionmaking for multi-objective binary classification problems. The purpose of the decision process is to select within a set of Pareto-optimal solutions, one model that minimizes the structural risk (generalization error). This new approach utilizes a kind of prior knowledge that, if available, allows the selection of a model that better represents the problem in question. Prior knowledge about the imprecisions of the collected data enables the identification of the region of equivalent solutions within the set of Pareto-optimal solutions. Results for binary classification problems with sets of synthetic and real data indicate equal or better performance in terms of decision efficiency compared to similar approaches.
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    Multi-objective neural network model selection with a graph-based large margin approach.
    (2022) Torres, Luiz Carlos Bambirra; Castro, Cristiano Leite de; Rocha, Honovan Paz; Almeida, Gustavo Matheus de; Braga, Antônio de Pádua
    This work presents a new decision-making strategy for multi-objective learning problem of artificial neural networks (ANN). The proposed decision-maker searches for the solution that minimizes a margin-based validation error amongst Pareto set solutions. The proposal is based on a geometric approximation to find the large margin (distance) of separation among the classes. Several benchmarks commonly available in the literature were used for testing. The obtained results showed that the proposal is more efficient in controlling the generalization capacity of neural models than other learning machines. It yields smooth (noise robustness) and well-fitted models straightforwardly, i.e., without the necessity of parameter set definition in advance or validation data use, as often required by learning machines.