Technical Note: Selecting a Classification Method by Cross-Validation
作者:Cullen Schaffer
摘要
If we lack relevant problem-specific knowledge, cross-validation methods may be used to select a classification method empirically. We examine this idea here to show in what senses cross-validation does and does not solve the selection problem. As illustrated empirically, cross-validation may lead to higher average performance than application of any single classification strategy, and it also cuts the risk of poor performance. On the other hand, cross-validation is no more or less a form of bias than simpler strategies, and applying it appropriately ultimately depends in the same way on prior knowledge. In fact, cross-validation may be seen as a way of applying partial information about the applicability of alternative classification strategies.
论文关键词:Cross-validation, classification, decision trees, neural networks
论文评审过程:
论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022639714137