To overcome the limitation that complex data types with noun attributes cannot be processed by rank learning algorithms, a new rank learning algorithm is designed. In the learning algorithm based on the decision tree,...To overcome the limitation that complex data types with noun attributes cannot be processed by rank learning algorithms, a new rank learning algorithm is designed. In the learning algorithm based on the decision tree, the splitting rule of the decision tree is revised with a new definition of rank impurity. A new rank learning algorithm, which can be intuitively explained, is obtained and its theoretical basis is provided. The experimental results show that in the aspect of average rank loss, the ranking tree algorithm outperforms perception ranking and ordinal regression algorithms and it also has a faster convergence speed. The rank learning algorithm based on the decision tree is able to process categorical data and select relative features.展开更多
基金The Planning Program of Science and Technology of Hunan Province (No05JT1039)
文摘To overcome the limitation that complex data types with noun attributes cannot be processed by rank learning algorithms, a new rank learning algorithm is designed. In the learning algorithm based on the decision tree, the splitting rule of the decision tree is revised with a new definition of rank impurity. A new rank learning algorithm, which can be intuitively explained, is obtained and its theoretical basis is provided. The experimental results show that in the aspect of average rank loss, the ranking tree algorithm outperforms perception ranking and ordinal regression algorithms and it also has a faster convergence speed. The rank learning algorithm based on the decision tree is able to process categorical data and select relative features.
