Semi-supervised model adaptation for statistical machine translation

Statistical machine translation systems are usually trained on large amounts of bilingual text (used to learn a translation model), and also large amounts of monolingual text in the target language (used to train a language model). In this article we explore the use of semi-supervised model adaptation methods for the effective use of monolingual data from the source language in order to improve translation quality. We propose several algorithms with this aim, and present the strengths and weaknesses of each one. We present detailed experimental evaluations on the French–English EuroParl data set and on data from the NIST Chinese–English large-data track. We show a significant improvement in translation quality on both tasks.     

Applying semi-supervised learning in hierarchical multi-label classification

In classification problems with hierarchical structures of labels, the target function must assign labels that are hierarchically organized and it can be used either for single-label (one label per instance) or multi-label classification problems (more than one label per instance). In parallel to these developments, the idea of semi-supervised learning has emerged as a solution to the problems found in a standard supervised learning procedure (used in most classification algorithms). It combines labelled and unlabelled data during the training phase. Some semi-supervised methods have been proposed for single-label classification methods. However, very little effort has been done in the context of multi-label hierarchical classification. Therefore, this paper proposes a new method for supervised hierarchical multi-label classification, called HMC-RAkEL. Additionally, we propose the use of semi-supervised learning, self-training, in hierarchical multi-label classification, leading to three new methods, called HMC-SSBR, HMC-SSLP and HMC-SSRAkEL. In order to validate the feasibility of these methods, an empirical analysis will be conducted, comparing the proposed methods with their corresponding supervised versions. The main aim of this analysis is to observe whether the semi-supervised methods proposed in this paper have similar performance of the corresponding supervised versions.     

Sentiment visualization and classification via semi-supervised nonlinear dimensionality reduction

Sentiment analysis, which detects the subjectivity or polarity of documents, is one of the fundamental tasks in text data analytics. Recently, the number of documents available online and offline is increasing dramatically, and preprocessed text data have more features. This development makes analysis more complex to be analyzed effectively. This paper proposes a novel semi-supervised Laplacian eigenmap (SS-LE). The SS-LE removes redundant features effectively by decreasing detection errors of sentiments. Moreover, it enables visualization of documents in perceptible low dimensional embedded space to provide a useful tool for text analytics. The proposed method is evaluated using multi-domain review data set in sentiment visualization and classification by comparing other dimensionality reduction methods. SS-LE provides a better similarity measure in the visualization result by separating positive and negative documents properly. Sentiment classification models trained over reduced data by SS-LE show higher accuracy. Overall, experimental results suggest that SS-LE has the potential to be used to visualize documents for the ease of analysis and to train a predictive model in sentiment analysis. SS-LE can also be applied to any other partially annotated text data sets.     

基于差异半监督学习的相关理论分析

基于差异的半监督学习属于半监督学习和集成学习的结合,是近年来机器学习领域的研究热点.但相关的理论研究较缺乏,且都未考虑存在分布噪声的情况.文中首先针对基于差异的半监督学习的特点,定义一种分类噪声和分布噪声的混合噪声(HCAD).其次给出算法在HCAD噪声下的可能近似正确(PAC)理论分析及其应用实例.最后基于投票边缘函数,推导出在HCAD噪声下多分类器系统的泛化误差上界,并给出相关证明.文中开展的理论研究可用于设计基于差异的半监督学习算法及评估算法的泛化能力,具有广阔的应用前景.     

Clustering feature decision trees for semi-supervised classification from high-speed data streams

Most stream data classification algorithms apply the supervised learning strategy which requires massive labeled data.Such approaches are impractical since labeled data are usually hard to obtain in re...     

Robust semi-supervised mixture probabilistic principal component regression model development and application to soft sensors

Traditional data-based soft sensors are constructed with equal numbers of input and output data samples, meanwhile, these collected process data are assumed to be clean enough and no outliers are mixed. However, such assumptions are too strict in practice. On one hand, those easily collected input variables are sometimes corrupted with outliers. On the other hand, output variables, which also called quality variables, are usually difficult to obtain. These two problems make traditional soft sensors cumbersome. To deal with both issues, in this paper, the Student's t distributions are used during mixture probabilistic principal component regression modeling to tolerate outliers with regulated heavy tails. Furthermore, a semi-supervised mechanism is incorporated into traditional probabilistic regression so as to deal with the unbalanced modeling issue. For simulation, two case studies are provided to demonstrate robustness and reliability of the new method.     

基于多标记与半监督学习的入侵检测方法研究

机器学习所关注的问题是系统如何随着经验积累自动提高分类性能,这与入侵检测通过对外界入侵进行自我学习来提高其检测率和降低误报率是一致的。因此把机器学习的理论和方法引入到入侵检测中已成为一种有效方案。文中结合多标记与半监督学习理论,将ML-KNN算法应用于入侵检测系统。在KDD CUP99数据集上的仿真结果表明,该方法在入侵检测中能获得高检测率和低误报率。     

基于半监督图聚类的项目主题模型构建方法

项目文档主题表征的好坏直接影响后续评审专家的推荐效果.为有效利用项目文档片段之间的关联关系进行项目主题分析,提出一种基于半监督图聚类的项目主题模型构建方法.该方法首先分析项目文档的结构特点,提取项目名称、项目关键字等能表征主题的结构信息,结合专家证据文档、专家主题关系网等能表征专家主题的外部资源,定义及提取项目文档片段之间的关联关系特征;然后,利用不同类型的关联关系计算项目文档片段之间的相关性,构建项目文档片段间的无向图模型;最后,利用已标记关联关系特征作为聚类的监督信息,采用半监督图聚类算法对项目文档片段进行聚类,从而实现项目主题的提取.项目主题提取对比实验结果验证了所提方法的有效性,项目文档结构化特征、专家证据文档以及专家主题关系网对项目主题模型的构建具有一定的指导作用.     

基于半监督聚类的文档敏感信息推导方法

针对当前多文档聚合推导引起的敏感信息泄露问题存在风险大、隐蔽性高的特点,提出了一种基于半监督聚类的文档敏感信息推导方法。首先,为确保在较小的时间开销下获得高质量的约束信息,设计了一种新颖的二阶约束主动学习算法,它通过选择不确定性最大的样本点来生成信息量最大的约束闭包;然后,在引入约束信息的基础上结合DBSCAN提出一种新的半监督聚类算法,它能够有效解决DBSCAN算法存在的边界模糊问题,提高文档聚类准确性;最后,在半监督聚类结果的基础上,对相似文档进行敏感信息可能性测度。实验表明,半监督聚类算法准确率提升明显,推导方法能够有效推导出敏感信息。