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Record W7154625270 · doi:10.66573/001c.137029

Linear Classifier Models for Binary Classification

2025· article· en· W7154625270 on OpenAlexafffund
Himchan Jeong, Bin Zou

Bibliographic record

VenueVariance · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldComputer Science
TopicImbalanced Data Classification Techniques
Canadian institutionsToronto Metropolitan UniversitySimon Fraser University
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsWeightingClassifier (UML)Binary classificationPattern recognition (psychology)Linear classifierParametric statisticsLogistic regressionBinary numberA-weighting

Abstract

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We apply a class of linear classifier models under a flexible loss function to study binary classification problems. The loss function consists of two penalty terms—one penalizing false positive (FP) and the other penalizing false negative (FN)—and can accommodate various classification targets by choosing a weighting function to adjust the impact of FP and FN on classification. We show, through both a simulated study and an empirical analysis, that the linear classifier models under certain parametric weight functions can outperform the logistic regression model and can be trained to meet flexible targeted rates on FP or FN. This work was supported by a 2022 Individual Research Grant from the CAS. Address for Correspondence: bin.zou@uconn.edu

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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)0.012
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.037
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: Theoretical or conceptual
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: Methods
Teacher disagreement score0.012
Threshold uncertainty score0.065

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0120.037
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0020.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0020.002
Bibliometrics0.0030.004
Science and technology studies0.0010.002
Scholarly communication0.0030.005
Open science0.0050.002
Research integrity0.0030.006
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0060.005

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 head0.053
GPT teacher head0.313
Teacher spread0.260 · 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 designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreMethods

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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