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New QC-SMOTE method improves imbalanced classification accuracy

Researchers have developed QC-SMOTE, a novel oversampling framework designed to improve classification accuracy on imbalanced datasets. This method addresses the issue of generating low-quality synthetic samples by incorporating a quality-controlled approach that assesses sample reliability based on local density, safety levels, and isolation from the majority class. Experiments on 30 datasets demonstrate that QC-SMOTE outperforms existing oversampling techniques, achieving superior AUC-ROC and Macro F1 scores, particularly in scenarios with moderate to severe class imbalance. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Parth Upman, Shreyank N Gowda ·

    QC-SMOTE: Quality-Controlled SMOTE for Imbalanced Classification

    arXiv:2606.24625v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Class imbalance poses a significant challenge in classification, where existing methods such as SMOTE often generate low-quality synthetic samples in regions with noise or class overlap. We propose QC-SMOTE, a quality-controlled ove…

  2. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Shreyank N Gowda ·

    QC-SMOTE: Quality-Controlled SMOTE for Imbalanced Classification

    Class imbalance poses a significant challenge in classification, where existing methods such as SMOTE often generate low-quality synthetic samples in regions with noise or class overlap. We propose QC-SMOTE, a quality-controlled oversampling framework that estimates minority samp…