Variational Gaussian process for missing label crowdsourcing classification problems

Pablo Ruiz, Emre Besler, Rafael Molina, Aggelos K. Katsaggelos

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Abstract

In this paper we address the crowdsourcing problem, where a classifier must be trained without knowing the real labels. For each sample, labels (which may not be the same) are provided by different annotators (usually with different degrees of expertise). The problem is formulated using Bayesian modeling, and considers scenarios where each annotator may label a subset of the training set samples only. Although Bayesian approaches have been previously proposed in the literature, we introduce Variational Bayes inference to develop an iterative algorithm where all latent variables are automatically estimated. In the experimental section the proposed model is evaluated and compared with other state-of-the-art methods on two real datasets.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2016 IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, MLSP 2016 - Proceedings
EditorsKostas Diamantaras, Aurelio Uncini, Francesco A. N. Palmieri, Jan Larsen
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9781509007462
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 8 2016
Event26th IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, MLSP 2016 - Proceedings - Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy
Duration: Sep 13 2016Sep 16 2016

Publication series

NameIEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, MLSP
Volume2016-November
ISSN (Print)2161-0363
ISSN (Electronic)2161-0371

Other

Other26th IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, MLSP 2016 - Proceedings
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityVietri sul Mare, Salerno
Period9/13/169/16/16

Keywords

  • Bayesian modeling
  • Crowdsourcing
  • Gaussian process
  • classification
  • missing labels
  • multiple labels
  • variational inference

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Signal Processing

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