SCUT: Multi-Class Imbalanced Data Classification using SMOTE and Cluster-based Undersampling

Astha Agrawal, Herna L. Viktor, Eric Paquet

2015

Abstract

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Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Agrawal A., Viktor H. and Paquet E. (2015). SCUT: Multi-Class Imbalanced Data Classification using SMOTE and Cluster-based Undersampling . In Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 1: KDIR, (IC3K 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-158-8, pages 226-234. DOI: 10.5220/0005595502260234

in Bibtex Style

@conference{kdir15,
author={Astha Agrawal and Herna L. Viktor and Eric Paquet},
title={SCUT: Multi-Class Imbalanced Data Classification using SMOTE and Cluster-based Undersampling},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 1: KDIR, (IC3K 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={226-234},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005595502260234},
isbn={978-989-758-158-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 1: KDIR, (IC3K 2015)
TI - SCUT: Multi-Class Imbalanced Data Classification using SMOTE and Cluster-based Undersampling
SN - 978-989-758-158-8
AU - Agrawal A.
AU - Viktor H.
AU - Paquet E.
PY - 2015
SP - 226
EP - 234
DO - 10.5220/0005595502260234