Abstract This paper proposes a new method to improve performance of AdaBoost by using a distance weight function to increase the accuracy of its machine learning processes. The proposed distance weight algorithm improves classification in areas where the original binary classifier is weak. This paper derives the new algorithm’s optimal solution, and it demonstrates how classifier accuracy can b...

Boosting has been a very successful technique for solving the two-class classification problem. In going from two-class to multi-class classification, most algorithms have been restricted to reducing the multi-class classification problem to multiple two-class problems. In this paper, we develop a new algorithm that directly extends the AdaBoost algorithm to the multi-class case without reducin...

This paper describes the ideas and methodologies that we used in the Yahoo learning-torank challenge. Our technique is essentially pointwise with a listwise touch at the last combination step. The main ingredients of our approach are 1) preprocessing (querywise normalization) 2) multi-class AdaBoost.MH 3) regression calibration, and 4) an exponentially weighted forecaster for model combination....

This paper describes a method to minimize the immense training time of the conventional Adaboost learning algorithm in object detection by reducing the sampling area. A new algorithm with respect to the geometric and accordingly the symmetric relations of the analyzed object is presented. Symmetry enhanced Adaboost (SEAdaboost) can limit the scanning area enormously, depending on the degree of ...

Ordinal data classification (ODC) has a wide range of applications in areas where human evaluation plays an important role, ranging from psychology and medicine to information retrieval. In ODC the output variable has a natural order; however, there is not a precise notion of the distance between classes. The Data Replication Method was proposed as tool for solving the ODC problem using a singl...

This paper describes an improved boosting algorithm, named RegionBoost, and its application in developing a fast and robust invariant Local Binary Pattern histogram based face recognition system. We propose to use a multi-classifier where each classifier, an AdaBoost of feed-forward back-propagation network, is trained using a single Sub-Window of the whole image, the classifiers are finally co...

Recently Viola et al. have introduced a rapid object detection scheme based on a boosted cascade of simple feature classifiers. In this paper we introduce and empirically analysis two extensions to their approach: Firstly, a novel set of rotated haar-like features is introduced. These novel features significantly enrich the simple features of [6] and can also be calculated efficiently. With the...

In this paper, we propose a multi-modal voice activity detection system (VAD) that uses audio and visual information. In multi-modal (speech) signal processing, there are two methods for fusing the audio and the visual information: concatenating the audio and visual features, and employing audioonly and visual-only classifiers, then fusing the unimodal decisions. We investigate the effectivenes...

In this paper we present a fully automatic and accurate segmentation framework for 2D tagged cardiac MR images. This scheme consists of three learning methods: a) an active shape model is implemented to model the heart shape variations, b) an Adaboost learning method is applied to learn confidence-rated boundary criterions from the local appearance features at each landmark point on the shape m...

In this paper, we propose the post-classification scheme that is useful for improving weak-hypothesis combination of AdaBoost. The post-classification scheme allows the weak hypotheses to be combined nonlinearly, and can be shown to have a generally better performance than the original linear-combination approach in either theory or practice. The post-classification scheme provides a general pe...