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ArticleBioData mining2017

PMLB: a large benchmark suite for machine learning evaluation and comparison.

Randal S Olson, William La Cava, Patryk Orzechowski, Ryan J Urbanowicz, Jason H Moore

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Article in BioData mining, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Randal S OlsonInstitute for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, 3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, 19104 PA USA.
William La CavaInstitute for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, 3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, 19104 PA USA.
Patryk OrzechowskiInstitute for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, 3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, 19104 PA USA.
Ryan J UrbanowiczInstitute for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, 3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, 19104 PA USA.
Jason H MooreInstitute for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, 3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, 19104 PA USA.

Funding

Biomedical Computing and Informatics Strategies for Infectious Disease ResearchR01AI116794 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MOORE, JASON H. · 2016 to 2020
$2.9M
Biomedical Computing and Informatics Strategies for Precision MedicineR01LM012601 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HUANG, XIUZHEN, MOORE, JASON H. · 2017 to 2020
$1.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116794NLM NIH HHS R01 LM012601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe selection, development, or comparison of machine learning methods in data mining can be a difficult task based on the target problem and goals of a particular study. Numerous publicly available real-world and simulated benchmark datasets have emerged from different sources, but their organization and adoption as standards have been inconsistent. As such, selecting and curating specific benchmarks remains an unnecessary burden on machine learning practitioners and data scientists.

resultsThe present study introduces an accessible, curated, and developing public benchmark resource to facilitate identification of the strengths and weaknesses of different machine learning methodologies. We compare meta-features among the current set of benchmark datasets in this resource to characterize the diversity of available data. Finally, we apply a number of established machine learning methods to the entire benchmark suite and analyze how datasets and algorithms cluster in terms of performance. From this study, we find that existing benchmarks lack the diversity to properly benchmark machine learning algorithms, and there are several gaps in benchmarking problems that still need to be considered.

conclusionsThis work represents another important step towards understanding the limitations of popular benchmarking suites and developing a resource that connects existing benchmarking standards to more diverse and efficient standards in the future.

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BenchmarkingData repositoryMachine learningModel evaluation

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PMID29238404
PMCPMC5725843

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