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We study the problem of learning classifiers that perform well across (known or unknown) groups of data. After observing that common worst-group-accuracy datasets suffer from substantial imbalances, we set out to compare state-of-the-art…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-21 Badr Youbi Idrissi , Martin Arjovsky , Mohammad Pezeshki , David Lopez-Paz

Although a great methodological effort has been invested in proposing competitive solutions to the class-imbalance problem, little effort has been made in pursuing a theoretical understanding of this matter. In order to shed some light on…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-09-04 Jonathan Ortigosa-Hernández , Iñaki Inza , Jose A. Lozano

Class imbalance is a problem of significant importance in applied deep learning where trained models are exploited for decision support and automated decisions in critical areas such as health and medicine, transportation, and finance. The…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-07 Colin Bellinger , Roberto Corizzo , Nathalie Japkowicz

Imbalanced learning is a fundamental challenge in data mining, where there is a disproportionate ratio of training samples in each class. Over-sampling is an effective technique to tackle imbalanced learning through generating synthetic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-29 Daochen Zha , Kwei-Herng Lai , Qiaoyu Tan , Sirui Ding , Na Zou , Xia Hu

The rehearsal strategy is widely used to alleviate the catastrophic forgetting problem in class incremental learning (CIL) by preserving limited exemplars from previous tasks. With imbalanced sample numbers between old and new classes, the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-28 Xiuwei Chen , Xiaobin Chang

Class imbalance is a long-standing problem relevant to a number of real-world applications of deep learning. Oversampling techniques, which are effective for handling class imbalance in classical learning systems, can not be directly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-28 Sankha Subhra Mullick , Shounak Datta , Swagatam Das

Domain-Incremental Learning (DIL) focuses on continual learning in non-stationary environments, requiring models to adjust to evolving domains while preserving historical knowledge. DIL faces two critical challenges in the context of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Lan Li , Da-Wei Zhou , Han-Jia Ye , De-Chuan Zhan

Ensemble models refer to methods that combine a typically large number of classifiers into a compound prediction. The output of an ensemble method is the result of fitting a base-learning algorithm to a given data set, and obtaining diverse…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-06-10 Waldyn Martinez

Class distribution skews in imbalanced datasets may lead to models with prediction bias towards majority classes, making fair assessment of classifiers a challenging task. Metrics such as Balanced Accuracy are commonly used to evaluate a…

Indices quantifying the performance of classifiers under class-imbalance, often suffer from distortions depending on the constitution of the test set or the class-specific classification accuracy, creating difficulties in assessing the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-08-28 Sankha Subhra Mullick , Shounak Datta , Sourish Gunesh Dhekane , Swagatam Das

Ensembles of classifier models typically deliver superior performance and can outperform single classifier models given a dataset and classification task at hand. However, the gain in performance comes together with the lack in…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2017-10-23 Bruno Schneider , Dominik Jäckle , Florian Stoffel , Alexandra Diehl , Johannes Fuchs , Daniel Keim

Imbalanced Learning is an important learning algorithm for the classification models, which have enjoyed much popularity on many applications. Typically, imbalanced learning algorithms can be partitioned into two types, i.e., data level…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-25 Tianlun Zhang , Xi Yang

Multimodal learning (MML) is significantly constrained by modality imbalance, leading to suboptimal performance in practice. While existing approaches primarily focus on balancing the learning of different modalities to address this issue,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-30 QingYuan Jiang , Longfei Huang , Yang Yang

In this paper, we propose a diversity-aware ensemble learning based algorithm, referred to as DAMVI, to deal with imbalanced binary classification tasks. Specifically, after learning base classifiers, the algorithm i) increases the weights…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-17 Anil Goyal , Jihed Khiari

Class imbalance in data presents significant challenges for classification tasks. It is fairly common and requires careful handling to obtain desirable performance. Traditional classification algorithms become biased toward the majority…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Asif Newaz , Asif Ur Rahman Adib , Taskeed Jabid

Cybersecurity has become essential worldwide and at all levels, concerning individuals, institutions, and governments. A basic principle in cybersecurity is to be always alert. Therefore, automation is imperative in processes where the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-08 Mateo Lopez-Ledezma , Gissel Velarde

Decision support systems are essential for maintaining grid stability in low-carbon power systems, such as wind power plants, by providing real-time alerts to control room operators regarding potential events, including Wind Power Ramp…

The challenge of imbalanced learning lies not only in class imbalance problem, but also in the class overlapping problem which is complex. However, most of the existing algorithms mainly focus on the former. The limitation prevents the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-07 Fan Li , Bo Wang , Pin Wang , Yongming Li

In recent years, multi-label classification problem has become a controversial issue. In this kind of classification, each sample is associated with a set of class labels. Ensemble approaches are supervised learning algorithms in which an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-01-09 Amirreza Mahdavi-Shahri , Mahboobeh Houshmand , Mahdi Yaghoobi , Mehrdad Jalali

Multimodal learning integrates information from different modalities to enhance model performance, yet it often suffers from modality imbalance, where dominant modalities overshadow weaker ones during joint optimization. This paper reveals…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-17 Xiaoyu Ma , Hao Chen