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libact: Pool-based Active Learning in Python

Machine Learning 2017-10-03 v1

Abstract

libact is a Python package designed to make active learning easier for general users. The package not only implements several popular active learning strategies, but also features the active-learning-by-learning meta-algorithm that assists the users to automatically select the best strategy on the fly. Furthermore, the package provides a unified interface for implementing more strategies, models and application-specific labelers. The package is open-source on Github, and can be easily installed from Python Package Index repository.

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@article{arxiv.1710.00379,
  title  = {libact: Pool-based Active Learning in Python},
  author = {Yao-Yuan Yang and Shao-Chuan Lee and Yu-An Chung and Tung-En Wu and Si-An Chen and Hsuan-Tien Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.00379},
  year   = {2017}
}