Research Article

An Empirical Study on the Performance of Cost-Sensitive Boosting Algorithms with Different Levels of Class Imbalance

Table 7

Index of performance using -mean for data sets with a low-level imbalance.

Win Loss Index Win Loss Index Win Loss Index Win Loss Index Win Loss Index

0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

AdaC1 22 0 22 18 0 18 13 0 13 8 0 8 6 0 6
AdaC2 6 8 −2 3 7 −4 4 7 −3 3 4 −1 9 2 7
AdaC3 0 14 −14 0 11 −11 2 6 −4 10 2 8 15 1 14
AdaCost 6 1 5 3 0 3 2 2 0 1 6 −5 0 12 −12
CSB1 7 0 7 3 2 1 0 5 −5 0 6 −6 0 8 −8
CSB2 0 18 −18 0 7 −7 0 1 −1 0 4 −4 0 7 −7

0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

AdaC1 12 0 12 12 0 12 10 0 10 11 0 11 15 0 15
AdaC2 17 1 16 19 1 18 19 0 19 20 0 20 15 0 15
AdaC3 18 1 17 21 2 19 19 0 19 17 1 16 13 0 13
AdaCost 0 23 −23 0 24 −24 0 24 −24 0 24 −24 0 24 −24
CSB1 0 13 −13 0 15 −15 0 16 −16 0 17 −17 1 17 −16
CSB2 0 9 −9 0 10 −10 0 8 −8 0 6 −6 0 3 −3