Clustering-Based Oversampling Algorithm for Multi-class Imbalance Learning

Haixia Zhao () and Jian Wu ()
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Haixia Zhao: Shanxi University of Finance and Economics
Jian Wu: Shanxi University of Finance and Economics

Journal of Classification, 2025, vol. 42, issue 1, No 11, 205-220

Abstract: Abstract Multi-class imbalanced data learning faces many challenges. Its complex structural characteristics cause severe intra-class imbalance or overgeneralization in most solution strategies. This negatively affects data learning. This paper proposes a clustering-based oversampling algorithm (COM) to handle multi-class imbalance learning. In order to avoid the loss of important information, COM clusters the minority class based on the structural characteristics of the instances, among which rare instances and outliers are carefully portrayed through assigning a sampling weight to each of the clusters. Clusters with high densities are given low weights, and then, oversampling is performed within clusters to avoid overgeneralization. COM avoids intra-class imbalance effectively because low-density clusters are more likely than high-density ones to be selected to synthesize instances. Our study used the UCI and KEEL imbalanced datasets to demonstrate the effectiveness and stability of the proposed method.

Keywords: Multi-class imbalance learning; Clustering; Intra-class imbalance; Minority class (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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