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A confidence voting process for ranking problems based on support vector machines

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  • Tianshi Jiao
  • Jiming Peng
  • Tamás Terlaky

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In this paper, we deal with ranking problems arising from various data mining applications where the major task is to train a rank-prediction model to assign every instance a rank. We first discuss the merits and potential disadvantages of two existing popular approaches for ranking problems: the ‘Max-Wins’ voting process based on multi-class support vector machines (SVMs) and the model based on multi-criteria decision making. We then propose a confidence voting process for ranking problems based on SVMs, which can be viewed as a combination of the SVM approach and the multi-criteria decision making model. Promising numerical experiments based on the new model are reported. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009

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  • Tianshi Jiao & Jiming Peng & Tamás Terlaky, 2009. "A confidence voting process for ranking problems based on support vector machines," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 166(1), pages 23-38, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:annopr:v:166:y:2009:i:1:p:23-38:10.1007/s10479-008-0410-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s10479-008-0410-6
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