About: Given a small set of labeled data and a large set of unlabeled data, semi-supervised learning (ssl) attempts to leverage the location of the unlabeled datapoints in order to create a better classifier than could be obtained from supervised methods applied to the labeled training set alone. Effective ssl imposes structural assumptions on the data, e.g. that neighbors are more likely to share a classification or that the decision boundary lies in an area of low density. For complex and high-dimensional data, neural networks can learn feature embeddings to which traditional ssl methods can then be applied in what we call hybrid methods. Previously-developed hybrid methods iterate between refining a latent representation and performing graph-based ssl on this representation. In this paper, we introduce a novel hybrid method that instead applies low-density separation to the embedded features. We describe it in detail and discuss why low-density separation may better suited for ssl on neural network-based embeddings than graph-based algorithms. We validate our method using in-house customer survey data and compare it to other state-of-the-art learning methods. Our approach effectively classifies thousands of unlabeled users from a relatively small number of hand-classified examples.   Goto Sponge  NotDistinct  Permalink

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  • Given a small set of labeled data and a large set of unlabeled data, semi-supervised learning (ssl) attempts to leverage the location of the unlabeled datapoints in order to create a better classifier than could be obtained from supervised methods applied to the labeled training set alone. Effective ssl imposes structural assumptions on the data, e.g. that neighbors are more likely to share a classification or that the decision boundary lies in an area of low density. For complex and high-dimensional data, neural networks can learn feature embeddings to which traditional ssl methods can then be applied in what we call hybrid methods. Previously-developed hybrid methods iterate between refining a latent representation and performing graph-based ssl on this representation. In this paper, we introduce a novel hybrid method that instead applies low-density separation to the embedded features. We describe it in detail and discuss why low-density separation may better suited for ssl on neural network-based embeddings than graph-based algorithms. We validate our method using in-house customer survey data and compare it to other state-of-the-art learning methods. Our approach effectively classifies thousands of unlabeled users from a relatively small number of hand-classified examples.
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  • Machine learning
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  • Statistical classification
  • Mathematical psychology
  • Multivariate statistics
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