An embodiment generates a training batch of data points from training data for a plurality of classes and builds a multi-class classifier having a series of binary classifiers arranged in a first order. Each of the binary classifiers is associated with a respective class. The embodiment trains the multi-class classifier with the binary classifiers arranged in a first order and, at each binary classifier, the embodiment identifies data points as belonging to the class associated with the respective classifier and updates the training batch to exclude the classified data points. The embodiment then modifies the multi-class classifier by changing the order of classifiers and repeats the training of the multi-class classifier with the series of binary classifiers arranged in a second order. The embodiment then selects a final configuration of the multi-class classifier based at least in part on a comparison of first training results to the second training results.

An ensemble learning based method is for a binary classification on an imbalanced dataset. The imbalanced dataset has a minority class comprising positive samples and a majority class comprising negative samples. The method includes: generatively oversampling the imbalanced dataset by synthetically generating minority class examples, thereby generating a generated dataset; using the generated dataset to generate subsamples, and learning a base classifier on each of the subsamples to determine a plurality of base classifiers; and learning a weighted majority vote classifier by combining outputs of the base classifiers. Each of the base classifiers is assigned a weight in such a way that a diversity between the base classifiers on the positive samples is minimized.

An ensemble learning based method is for a binary classification on an imbalanced dataset. The imbalanced dataset has a minority class comprising positive samples and a majority class comprising negative samples. The method includes: generatively oversampling the imbalanced dataset by synthetically generating minority class examples, thereby generating a generated dataset; using the generated dataset to generate subsamples, and learning a base classifier on each of the subsamples to determine a plurality of base classifiers; and learning a weighted majority vote classifier by combining outputs of the base classifiers. Each of the base classifiers is assigned a weight in such a way that a diversity between the base classifiers on the positive samples is minimized.

An ensemble learning based method is for a binary classification on an imbalanced dataset. The imbalanced dataset has a minority class comprising positive samples and a majority class comprising negative samples. The method includes: generatively oversampling the imbalanced dataset by synthetically generating minority class examples, thereby generating a generated dataset; using the generated dataset to generate subsamples, and learning a base classifier on each of the subsamples to determine a plurality of base classifiers; and learning a weighted majority vote classifier by combining outputs of the base classifiers. Each of the base classifiers is assigned a weight in such a way that a diversity between the base classifiers on the positive samples is minimized.