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Record W4417473448 · doi:10.36939/ir.202512181252

Dataset Optimization Using Image Processing

2025· dissertation· en· W4417473448 on OpenAlexfundno aff
Imran Md Ashique

Bibliographic record

Venuenot available
Typedissertation
Languageen
FieldComputer Science
TopicMachine Learning and Data Classification
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaResearch Manitoba
KeywordsPruningCluster analysisPattern recognition (psychology)Range (aeronautics)GeneralizationImage (mathematics)Similarity (geometry)

Abstract

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The dataset plays a vital role in model training. It is commonly believed that larger datasets improve accuracy. However, if we cannot ensure the quality of the data, it not only consumes resources but can also lead to over-fitting. To address this issue, this thesis proposes eight methods on two datasets, which range from image similarity algorithms to clustering CNN features, to create the smallest possible subsets of data. We evaluated different scenarios for each method and compared the results with those obtained using the corresponding full dataset and random removal, determining which data should be retained and which discarded. The empirically observed generalization gap resulting from dataset pruning is substantially consistent with our theoretical expectations. The proposed method can reduce data from both datasets by 20% with almost no loss in accuracy. In fact, a 2.3% increase in accuracy is observed for dataset A even with the 20% removal. The method effectively reduces the smaller dataset by 60% and the larger dataset by 40%, while maintaining a drop in accuracy of less than 2%. Additionally, if a decrease in test accuracy of 4.6% for the smaller dataset and 4.8% for the larger dataset is deemed acceptable, it is possible to reduce the data from both datasets by 70%.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.003
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.013
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.004
Threshold uncertainty score0.018

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0030.013
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.003
Bibliometrics0.0030.003
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0030.003
Open science0.0020.003
Research integrity0.0010.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.002

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.024
GPT teacher head0.330
Teacher spread0.306 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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