Methods and apparatus for user-centered class supervision
First Claim
1. A computer-based method of classifying a test instance in accordance with a data set, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a test instance;
presenting to the user at least one projection representing a distribution of the data set;
the user isolating a portion of the data presented in the at least one projection based on a relationship between the test instance and the data presented in the at least one projection;
determining a behavior of the isolated portion of data; and
determining a class for the test instance based on the isolated portion of data when the user makes a decision to do so based on the determined behavior of the isolated portion of data.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for incorporating human or user interaction in accordance with the design and/or performance of data mining applications such as similarity determination and classification. Such user-centered techniques permit the mining of interesting characteristics of data in a data or feature space. For example, such interesting characteristics that may be determined in accordance with the user-centered mining techniques of the invention may include a determination of similarity among different data objects, as well the determination of individual class labels. These techniques allow effective data mining applications to be performed in accordance with high dimensional data.
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1. A computer-based method of classifying a test instance in accordance with a data set, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a test instance;
presenting to the user at least one projection representing a distribution of the data set;
the user isolating a portion of the data presented in the at least one projection based on a relationship between the test instance and the data presented in the at least one projection;
determining a behavior of the isolated portion of data; and
determining a class for the test instance based on the isolated portion of data when the user makes a decision to do so based on the determined behavior of the isolated portion of data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. Apparatus for classifying a test instance in accordance with a data set, the method comprising the steps of:
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at least one processor operative to;
(i) obtain a test instance;
(ii) present to the user at least one projection representing a distribution of the data set;
(iii) permit the user to isolate a portion of the data presented in the at least one projection based on a relationship between the test instance and the data presented in the at least one projection;
(iv) determine a behavior of the isolated portion of data; and
(v) determine a class for the test instance based on the isolated portion of data when the user makes a decision to do so based on the determined behavior of the isolated portion of data; and
memory, operatively coupled to the at least one processor, for storing at least one of the data set and the determined class of the test instance. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An article of manufacture for classifying a test instance in accordance with a data set, the article comprising a machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
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obtaining a test instance;
presenting to the user at least one projection representing a distribution of the data set;
the user isolating a portion of the data presented in the at least one projection based on a relationship between the test instance and the data presented in the at least one projection;
determining a behavior of the isolated portion of data; and
determining a class for the test instance based on the isolated portion of data when the user makes a decision to do so based on the determined behavior of the isolated portion of data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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