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Testing the performance of Multi-class IDS public dataset using Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms

Cryptography and Security 2023-03-01 v1 Computer Science and Game Theory

Abstract

Machine learning, statistical-based, and knowledge-based methods are often used to implement an Anomaly-based Intrusion Detection System which is software that helps in detecting malicious and undesired activities in the network primarily through the Internet. Machine learning comprises Supervised, Semi-Supervised, and Unsupervised Learning algorithms. Supervised machine learning uses a trained label dataset. This paper uses four supervised learning algorithms Random Forest, XGBoost, K-Nearest Neighbours, and Artificial Neural Network to test the performance of the public dataset. Based on the prediction accuracy rate, the results show that Random Forest performs better on multi-class Intrusion Detection System, followed by XGBoost, K-Nearest Neighbours respective, provided prediction accuracy is taken into perspective. Otherwise, K-Nearest Neighbours was the best performer considering the time of training as the metric. It concludes that Random Forest is the best-supervised machine learning for Intrusion Detection System

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2302.14374,
  title  = {Testing the performance of Multi-class IDS public dataset using Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms},
  author = {Vusumuzi Malele and Topside E Mathonsi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.14374},
  year   = {2023}
}
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