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Cross-validation Optimization for Large Scale Structured Classification Kernel Methods

2008

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We propose a highly efficient framework for penalized likelihood kernel methods applied to multi-class models with a large, structured set of classes. As opposed to many previous approaches which try to decompose the fitting problem into many smaller ones, we focus on a Newton optimization of the complete model, making use of model structure and linear conjugate gradients in order to approximate Newton search directions. Crucially, our learning method is based entirely on matrix-vector multiplication primitives with the kernel matrices and their derivatives, allowing straightforward specialization to new kernels, and focusing code optimization efforts to these primitives only. Kernel parameters are learned automatically, by maximizing the cross-validation log likelihood in a gradient-based way, and predictive probabilities are estimated. We demonstrate our approach on large scale text classification tasks with hierarchical structure on thousands of classes, achieving state-of-the-art results in an order of magnitude less time than previous work.

Author(s): Seeger, M.
Journal: Journal of Machine Learning Research
Volume: 9
Pages: 1147-1178
Year: 2008
Month: June
Day: 0

Department(s): Empirical Inference
Bibtex Type: Article (article)

Digital: 0
Language: en
Organization: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
School: Biologische Kybernetik

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@article{5242,
  title = {Cross-validation Optimization for Large Scale Structured Classification Kernel Methods},
  author = {Seeger, M.},
  journal = {Journal of Machine Learning Research},
  volume = {9},
  pages = {1147-1178},
  organization = {Max-Planck-Gesellschaft},
  school = {Biologische Kybernetik},
  month = jun,
  year = {2008},
  doi = {},
  month_numeric = {6}
}