IncrementalClassificationECOC Predict

Classify observations using incremental ECOC classification model

Since R2024a

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Libraries:
Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox / Incremental Learning / Classification / ECOC

Description

The IncrementalClassificationECOC Predict block classifies observations using a trained error-correcting output codes (ECOC) classification model returned as the output of an IncrementalClassificationECOC Fit block.

Import an initial ECOC classification model object into the block by specifying the name of a workspace variable that contains the object. The input port mdl receives a bus signal that represents an incremental learning model fit to streaming data. The input port x receives a chunk of predictor data (observations), and the output port label returns predicted class labels for the chunk. You can add optional output ports score and pbscore, where score returns predicted class scores (negated average binary losses), and pbscore returns positive-class scores for binary learners.

Examples

Perform Incremental Learning Using IncrementalClassificationECOC Fit and Predict Blocks

Perform incremental learning with the IncrementalClassificationECOC Fit block and predict labels with the IncrementalClassificationECOC Predict block.

• Since R2024a
• Open Live Script

Configure Simulink Template for Rate-Based Incremental Linear Classification

Configure the Simulink Rate-Based Incremental Learning template to perform incremental linear classification.

• Since R2024a
• Open Live Script

Configure Simulink Template for Conditionally Enabled Incremental Linear Classification

Configure the Simulink Enabled Execution Incremental Learning template to perform incremental linear classification.

• Since R2024a
• Open Live Script

Ports

Input

mdl — Incremental learning model

bus signal

Incremental learning model (incrementalClassificationECOC) fit to streaming data, specified as a bus signal (see Composite Signals (Simulink)).

x — Chunk of predictor data

numeric matrix

Chunk of predictor data, specified as a numeric matrix. The orientation of the variables and observations is specified by Predictor data observation dimension. The default orientation is rows, which indicates that observations in the predictor data are oriented along the rows of x.

Data Types: single | double | half | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | Boolean | fixed point

Output

label — Chunk of predicted class labels

column vector

Chunk of predicted class labels, returned as a column vector. The label label(i) represents the class yielding the highest score for the observation x(i). For more details, see the Label argument of the predict object function.

Data Types: single | double | half | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | Boolean | fixed point | enumerated

score — Predicted class scores or posterior probabilities

matrix

Predicted class scores (negated average binary losses) or posterior probabilities, returned as a matrix. To check the order of the classes, use the ClassNames property of the model specified by Select initial machine learning model.

Dependencies

• To enable this port, select the check box for Add output port for predicted class scores on the Main tab of the Block Parameters dialog box.

• The block supports two decoding schemes that specify how the block aggregates the binary losses to compute the classification scores, and how the block determines the predicted class for each observation. For details, see Decoding scheme and Binary Loss and Decoding Scheme.

Data Types: single | double | half | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | Boolean | fixed point

pbscore — Positive-class scores of binary learners

matrix

Positive-class scores of binary learners, returned as a matrix. To check the class assignment codes for the binary learners, use the CodingMatrix property of the model specified by Select trained machine learning model. For more details, see Coding Design of a ClassificationECOC object.

Dependencies

To enable this port, select the check box for Add output port for positive-class scores of binary learners on the Main tab of the Block Parameters dialog box.

Data Types: single | double | half | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | Boolean | fixed point

Parameters

Main

Select initial machine learning model — Initial incremental classification ECOC model

ecocMdl (default) | incrementalClassificationECOC model object

Specify the name of a workspace variable that contains the configured incrementalClassificationECOC model object. The NumPredictors property of the initial model must be a positive integer scalar, and must be equal to the number of predictors in x.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: InitialLearner

Type: workspace variable

Values: incrementalClassificationECOC model object

Default: "ecocMdl"

Add output port for predicted class scores — Add second output port

off (default) | on

Select the check box to include the output port score in the incrementalClassificationECOC Predict block.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: ShowOutputScore

Type: character vector

Values: "off" | "on"

Default: "off"

Add output port for positive-class scores of binary learners — Add third output port

off (default) | on

Select the check box to include the third output port pbscore in the incrementalClassificationECOC Predict block.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: ShowOutputPBScore

Type: character vector

Values: "off" | "on"

Default: "off"

Binary learner loss function — Binary learner loss function

hinge (default) | binodeviance | exponential | hamming | linear | logit | quadratic

Specify the binary learner loss function as binodeviance, exponential, hamming, hinge, linear, logit, or quadratic.

The recommended binary loss function depends on the score ranges returned by the binary learners. The following table lists some common cases:

Description	Recommended Function
All binary learners are linear classification models of logistic regression learners.	quadratic
All binary learners are SVMs or linear classification models of SVM learners.	hinge
You specify to predict class posterior probabilities by setting FitPosterior=true when you train the ECOC model.	quadratic

For definitions of the loss functions, see Binary Loss and Decoding Scheme.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: BinaryLoss

Type: character vector

Values: "binodeviance" | "exponential" | "hamming" | "hinge" | "linear" | "logit" | "quadratic"

Default: "hinge"

Decoding scheme — Decoding scheme

lossweighted (default) | lossbased

Specify the decoding scheme that aggregates the binary losses as lossweighted or lossbased.

The definition of the score values depends on the Decoding scheme value.

• If you specify lossweighted, then the kth element in score is the sum of the binary losses divided by the number of binary learners for the kth class.

• If you specify lossbased, then the kth element in score is the sum of the binary losses divided by the total number of binary learners.

For more details, see Binary Loss and Decoding Scheme.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: Decoding

Type: character vector

Values: "lossweighted" | "lossbased"

Default: "lossweighted"

Predictor data observation dimension — Observation dimension of predictor data

rows (default) | columns

Specify the observation dimension of the predictor data. The default value is rows, which indicates that observations in the predictor data are oriented along the rows of x.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: ObservationsIn

Type: character vector

Values: "rows" | "columns"

Default: "rows"

Sample time (–1 for inherited) — Option to specify sample time

–1 (default) | scalar

Specify the discrete interval between sample time hits or specify another type of sample time, such as continuous (0) or inherited (–1). For more options, see Types of Sample Time (Simulink).

By default, the IncrementalClassificationECOC Predict block inherits sample time based on the context of the block within the model.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: SystemSampleTime

Type: string scalar or character vector

Values: scalar

Default: "–1"

Data Types

Fixed-Point Operational Parameters

Integer rounding mode — Rounding mode for fixed-point operations

Floor (default) | Ceiling | Convergent | Nearest | Round | Simplest | Zero

Specify the rounding mode for fixed-point operations. For more information, see Rounding Modes (Fixed-Point Designer).

Block parameters always round to the nearest representable value. To control the rounding of a block parameter, enter an expression into the mask field using a MATLAB^® rounding function.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: RndMeth

Type: character vector

Values: "Ceiling" | "Convergent" | "Floor" | "Nearest" | "Round" | "Simplest" | "Zero"

Default: "Floor"

Saturate on integer overflow — Method of overflow action

off (default) | on

Specify whether overflows saturate or wrap.

Action	Rationale	Impact on Overflows	Example
Select this check box (on).	Your model has possible overflow, and you want explicit saturation protection in the generated code.	Overflows saturate to either the minimum or maximum value that the data type can represent.	The maximum value that the int8 (signed 8-bit integer) data type can represent is 127. Any block operation result greater than this maximum value causes overflow of the 8-bit integer. With the check box selected, the block output saturates at 127. Similarly, the block output saturates at a minimum output value of –128.
Clear this check box (off).	You want to optimize the efficiency of your generated code. You want to avoid overspecifying how a block handles out-of-range signals. For more information, see Troubleshoot Signal Range Errors (Simulink).	Overflows wrap to the appropriate value that the data type can represent.	The maximum value that the int8 (signed 8-bit integer) data type can represent is 127. Any block operation result greater than this maximum value causes overflow of the 8-bit integer. With the check box cleared, the software interprets the value causing the overflow as int8, which can produce an unintended result. For example, a block result of 130 (binary 1000 0010) expressed as int8 is –126.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: SaturateOnIntegerOverflow

Type: character vector

Values: "off" | "on"

Default: "off"

Lock output data type setting against changes by the fixed-point tools — Prevention of fixed-point tools from overriding data type

off (default) | on

Select this parameter to prevent the fixed-point tools from overriding the data type you specify for the block. For more information, see Use Lock Output Data Type Setting (Fixed-Point Designer).

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: LockScale

Type: character vector

Values: "off" | "on"

Default: "off"

Data Type

Label data type — Data type of label output

Inherit: Inherit via back propagation | double | single | half | int8 | uint8 | int16 | uint16 | int32 | uint32 | int64 | uint64 | boolean | fixdt(1,16,0) | fixdt(1,16,2^0,0) | Enum: <class name> | <data type expression>

Specify the data type for the label output. The type can be inherited, specified as an enumerated data type, or expressed as a data type object such as Simulink.NumericType.

The supported data types depend on the labels used in the model specified by Select initial machine learning model.

• If the model uses numeric or logical labels, the supported data types are Inherit: Inherit via back propagation (default), double, single, half, int8, uint8, int16, uint16, int32, uint32, int64, uint64, boolean, fixed point, and a data type object.

• If the model uses nonnumeric labels, the supported data types are Enum: <class name> and a data type object.

When you select an inherited option, the software behaves as follows:

• Inherit: Inherit via back propagation (default for numeric and logical labels) — Simulink^® automatically determines the Label data type of the block during data type propagation (see Data Type Propagation (Simulink)). In this case, the block uses the data type of a downstream block or signal object.

• Inherit: auto (default for nonnumeric labels) — The block uses an autodefined enumerated data type variable. For example, suppose the workspace variable name specified by Select initial machine learning model is myMdl, and the class labels are class 1 and class 2. Then, the corresponding label values are myMdl_enumLabels.class_1 and myMdl_enumLabels.class_2. The block converts the class labels to valid MATLAB identifiers by using the matlab.lang.makeValidName function.

For more information about data types, see Control Data Types of Signals (Simulink).

Click the Show data type assistant button to display the Data Type Assistant, which helps you set the data type attributes. For more information, see Specify Data Types Using Data Type Assistant (Simulink).

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: LabelDataTypeStr

Type: character vector

Values: "Inherit: Inherit via back propagation" | "double" | "single" | "half" | "int8" | "uint8" | "int16" | "uint16" | "int32" | "uint32" | "int64" | "uint64" | "boolean" | "fixdt(1,16,0)" | "fixdt(1,16,2^0,0)" | "Enum: <class name>" | "<data type expression>"

Default: "Inherit: Inherit via back propagation"

Label data type Minimum — Minimum value of label output for range checking

[] (default) | scalar

Specify the lower value of the label output range that Simulink checks.

Simulink uses the minimum value to perform:

• Parameter range checking for some blocks (see Specify Minimum and Maximum Values for Block Parameters (Simulink)).

• Simulation range checking (see Specify Signal Ranges (Simulink) and Enable Simulation Range Checking (Simulink)).

• Optimization of the code that you generate from the model. This optimization can remove algorithmic code and affect the results of some simulation modes, such as software-in-the-loop (SIL) mode or external mode. For more information, see Optimize using the specified minimum and maximum values (Embedded Coder).

Note

The Label data type Minimum parameter does not saturate or clip the actual label output signal. To do so, use the Saturation (Simulink) block instead.

Dependencies

You can specify this parameter only if the model specified by Select initial machine learning model uses numeric labels.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: LabelOutMin

Type: character vector

Values: "[]" | scalar

Default: "[]"

Label data type Maximum — Maximum value of label output for range checking

[] (default) | scalar

Specify the upper value of the label output range that Simulink checks.

Simulink uses the maximum value to perform:

• Parameter range checking for some blocks (see Specify Minimum and Maximum Values for Block Parameters (Simulink)).

• Simulation range checking (see Specify Signal Ranges (Simulink) and Enable Simulation Range Checking (Simulink)).

• Optimization of the code that you generate from the model. This optimization can remove algorithmic code and affect the results of some simulation modes, such as SIL or external mode. For more information, see Optimize using the specified minimum and maximum values (Embedded Coder).

Note

The Label data type Maximum parameter does not saturate or clip the actual label output signal. To do so, use the Saturation (Simulink) block instead.

Dependencies

You can specify this parameter only if the model specified by Select initial machine learning model uses numeric labels.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: LabelOutMax

Type: character vector

Values: "[]" | scalar

Default: "[]"

Score data type — Data type of score output

Inherit: auto (default) | double | single | half | int8 | uint8 | int16 | uint16 | int32 | uint32 | int64 | uint64 | boolean | fixdt(1,16,0) | fixdt(1,16,2^0,0) | <data type expression>

Specify the data type for the score output. The type can be inherited, specified directly, or expressed as a data type object such as Simulink.NumericType.

When you select Inherit: auto, the block uses a rule that inherits a data type.

For more information about data types, see Control Data Types of Signals (Simulink).

Click the Show data type assistant button to display the Data Type Assistant, which helps you set the data type attributes. For more information, see Specify Data Types Using Data Type Assistant (Simulink).

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: ScoreDataTypeStr

Type: character vector or string

Values: "Inherit: auto" | "double" | "single" | "half" | "int8" | "uint8" | "int16" | "uint16" | "int32" | "uint32" | "int64" | "uint64" | "boolean" | "fixdt(1,16,0)" | "fixdt(1,16,2^0,0)" | "<data type expression>"

Default: "Inherit: auto"

Score data type Minimum — Minimum value of score output for range checking

[] (default) | scalar

Specify the lower value of the score output range that Simulink checks.

Simulink uses the minimum value to perform:

• Parameter range checking for some blocks (see Specify Minimum and Maximum Values for Block Parameters (Simulink)).

• Simulation range checking (see Specify Signal Ranges (Simulink) and Enable Simulation Range Checking (Simulink)).

• Optimization of the code that you generate from the model. This optimization can remove algorithmic code and affect the results of some simulation modes, such as software-in-the-loop (SIL) mode or external mode. For more information, see Optimize using the specified minimum and maximum values (Embedded Coder).

The Score data type Minimum parameter does not saturate or clip the actual score output. To do so, use the Saturation (Simulink) block instead.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: ScoreOutMin

Type: character vector

Values: "[]" | scalar

Default: "[]"

Score data type Maximum — Maximum value of score output for range checking

[] (default) | scalar

Specify the upper value of the score output range that Simulink checks.

Simulink uses the maximum value to perform:

• Parameter range checking for some blocks (see Specify Minimum and Maximum Values for Block Parameters (Simulink)).

• Simulation range checking (see Specify Signal Ranges (Simulink) and Enable Simulation Range Checking (Simulink)).

• Optimization of the code that you generate from the model. This optimization can remove algorithmic code and affect the results of some simulation modes, such as SIL or external mode. For more information, see Optimize using the specified minimum and maximum values (Embedded Coder).

The Score data type Maximum parameter does not saturate or clip the actual score output. To do so, use the Saturation (Simulink) block instead.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: ScoreOutMax

Type: character vector

Values: "[]" | scalar

Default: "[]"

Positive-class score data type — Positive-class score data type

Inherit: auto (default) | double | single | half | int8 | uint8 | int16 | uint16 | int32 | uint32 | int64 | uint64 | boolean | fixdt(1,16,0) | fixdt(1,16,2^0,0) | <data type expression>

Specify the data type for the pbscore output. This data type also determines the data type for the classification scores of binary learners. The type can be inherited, specified directly, or expressed as a data type object such as Simulink.NumericType.

When you select Inherit: auto, the block uses a rule that inherits a data type.

For more information about data types, see Control Data Types of Signals (Simulink).

Click the Show data type assistant button to display the Data Type Assistant, which helps you set the data type attributes. For more information, see Specify Data Types Using Data Type Assistant (Simulink).

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: PBScoreDataTypeStr

Type: character vector

Values: "Inherit: auto" | "double" | "single" | "half" | "int8" | "uint8" | "int16" | "uint16" | "int32" | "uint32" | "int64" | "uint64" | "boolean" | "fixdt(1,16,0)" | "fixdt(1,16,2^0,0)" | "<data type expression>"

Default: "Inherit: auto"

Positive-class score data type Minimum — Minimum value of pbscore output for range checking

[] (default) | scalar

Specify the lower value of the pbscore output range that Simulink checks.

Simulink uses the minimum value to perform:

• Parameter range checking for some blocks (see Specify Minimum and Maximum Values for Block Parameters (Simulink)).

• Simulation range checking (see Specify Signal Ranges (Simulink) and Enable Simulation Range Checking (Simulink)).

• Optimization of the code that you generate from the model. This optimization can remove algorithmic code and affect the results of some simulation modes, such as software-in-the-loop (SIL) mode or external mode. For more information, see Optimize using the specified minimum and maximum values (Embedded Coder).

Note

The Positive-class score data type Minimum parameter does not saturate or clip the actual pbscore signal. To do so, use the Saturation (Simulink) block instead.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: PBScoreOutMin

Type: character vector

Values: '[]' | scalar

Default: '[]'

Positive-class score data type Maximum — Maximum value of pbscore output for range checking

[] (default) | scalar

Specify the upper value of the pbscore output range that Simulink checks.

Simulink uses the maximum value to perform:

• Parameter range checking for some blocks (see Specify Minimum and Maximum Values for Block Parameters (Simulink)).

• Simulation range checking (see Specify Signal Ranges (Simulink) and Enable Simulation Range Checking (Simulink)).

• Optimization of the code that you generate from the model. This optimization can remove algorithmic code and affect the results of some simulation modes, such as SIL or external mode. For more information, see Optimize using the specified minimum and maximum values (Embedded Coder).

Note

The Positive-class score data type Maximum parameter does not saturate or clip the actual pbscore signal. To do so, use the Saturation (Simulink) block instead.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: PBScoreOutMax

Type: character vector

Values: '[]' | scalar

Default: '[]'

Binary learner score data type — Binary learner score data type

Inherit: auto (default) | double | single | half | int8 | uint8 | int16 | uint16 | int32 | uint32 | int64 | uint64 | boolean | fixdt(1,16,0) | fixdt(1,16,2^0,0) | <data type expression>

Specify the data type for the binary learner scores that are internal to the IncrementalClassificationECOC Predict block. The type can be inherited, specified directly, or expressed as a data type object such as Simulink.NumericType.

When you select Inherit: auto, the block uses a rule that inherits a data type.

For more information about data types, see Control Data Types of Signals (Simulink).

Click the Show data type assistant button to display the Data Type Assistant, which helps you set the data type attributes. For more information, see Specify Data Types Using Data Type Assistant (Simulink).

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: BinaryScoreDataTypeStr

Type: character vector

Values: "Inherit: auto" | "double" | "single" | "half" | "int8" | "uint8" | "int16" | "uint16" | "int32" | "uint32" | "int64" | "uint64" | "boolean" | "fixdt(1,16,0)" | "fixdt(1,16,2^0,0)" | "<data type expression>"

Default: "Inherit: auto"

Binary learner score data type Minimum — Minimum value of binary learner score for range checking

[] (default) | scalar

Specify the lower value of the binary learner score output range that Simulink checks.

Simulink uses the minimum value to perform:

• Parameter range checking for some blocks (see Specify Minimum and Maximum Values for Block Parameters (Simulink)).

• Simulation range checking (see Specify Signal Ranges (Simulink) and Enable Simulation Range Checking (Simulink)).

• Optimization of the code that you generate from the model. This optimization can remove algorithmic code and affect the results of some simulation modes, such as software-in-the-loop (SIL) mode or external mode. For more information, see Optimize using the specified minimum and maximum values (Embedded Coder).

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: BinaryScoreOutMin

Type: character vector

Values: "[]" | scalar

Default: "[]"

Binary learner score data type Maximum — Maximum value of binary learner score for range checking

[] (default) | scalar

Specify the upper value of the binary learner score output range that Simulink checks.

Simulink uses the maximum value to perform:

• Parameter range checking for some blocks (see Specify Minimum and Maximum Values for Block Parameters (Simulink)).

• Simulation range checking (see Specify Signal Ranges (Simulink) and Enable Simulation Range Checking (Simulink)).

• Optimization of the code that you generate from the model. This optimization can remove algorithmic code and affect the results of some simulation modes, such as SIL or external mode. For more information, see Optimize using the specified minimum and maximum values (Embedded Coder).

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: BinaryScoreOutMax

Type: character vector

Values: "[]" | scalar

Default: "[]"

Binary learner kernel data type — Binary learner kernel computation data type

double (default) | single | half | int8 | uint8 | int16 | uint16 | int32 | int64 | uint64 | uint32 | boolean | fixdt(1,16,0) | fixdt(1,16,2^0,0) | <data type expression>

Specify the data type of a parameter for kernel computation of binary learners. The type can be specified directly or expressed as a data type object such as Simulink.NumericType.

For more information about data types, see Control Data Types of Signals (Simulink).

Click the Show data type assistant button to display the Data Type Assistant, which helps you set the data type attributes. For more information, see Specify Data Types Using Data Type Assistant (Simulink).

Dependencies

You can specify this parameter only if the model specified by Select trained machine learning model uses SVM learners. If the model uses linear learners, then specify Inner product data type instead.

The IncrementalClassificationECOC Predict block supports only linear kernels. The Binary learner kernel data type parameter specifies the data type for the output of the linear kernel function $$G\left(x,s\right)=xs\text{'}$$, where x is the predictor data for an observation and s is a support vector. You specify the kernel function type by using the KernelFunction name-value argument of the templateSVM function. You must pass the output of templateSVM as the value for the Learners name-value argument of the fitcecoc.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: BinaryKernelDataTypeStr

Type: character vector

Values: "double" | "single" | "half" | "int8" | "uint8" | "int16" | "uint16" | "int32" | "uint32" | "uint64" | "int64" | "boolean" | "fixdt(1,16,0)" | "fixdt(1,16,2^0,0)" | "<data type expression>"

Default: "double"

Binary learner kernel data type Minimum — Minimum kernel computation value for range checking

[] (default) | scalar

Specify the lower value of the kernel computation internal variable range that Simulink checks.

Simulink uses the minimum value to perform:

• Parameter range checking for some blocks (see Specify Minimum and Maximum Values for Block Parameters (Simulink)).

• Simulation range checking (see Specify Signal Ranges (Simulink) and Enable Simulation Range Checking (Simulink)).

• Optimization of the code that you generate from the model. This optimization can remove algorithmic code and affect the results of some simulation modes, such as software-in-the-loop (SIL) mode or external mode. For more information, see Optimize using the specified minimum and maximum values (Embedded Coder).

Note

The Binary learner kernel data type Minimum parameter does not saturate or clip the actual kernel computation value signal.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: BinaryKernelOutMin

Type: character vector

Values: "[]" | scalar

Default: "[]"

Binary learner kernel data type Maximum — Maximum kernel computation value for range checking

[] (default) | scalar

Specify the upper value of the kernel computation internal variable range that Simulink checks.

Simulink uses the maximum value to perform:

• Parameter range checking for some blocks (see Specify Minimum and Maximum Values for Block Parameters (Simulink)).

• Simulation range checking (see Specify Signal Ranges (Simulink) and Enable Simulation Range Checking (Simulink)).

• Optimization of the code that you generate from the model. This optimization can remove algorithmic code and affect the results of some simulation modes, such as SIL or external mode. For more information, see Optimize using the specified minimum and maximum values (Embedded Coder).

Note

The Binary learner kernel data type Maximum parameter does not saturate or clip the actual kernel computation value signal.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: BinaryKernelOutMax

Type: character vector

Values: "[]" | scalar

Default: "[]"

Block Characteristics

Data Types	Boolean | double | enumerated | fixed point | half | integer | single
Direct Feedthrough	yes
Multidimensional Signals	no
Variable-Size Signals	no
Zero-Crossing Detection	no

More About

Binary Loss and Decoding Scheme

The binary loss is a function of the class and classification score that determines how well a binary learner classifies an observation into the class. The decoding scheme of an ECOC model specifies how the software aggregates the binary losses and determines the predicted class for each observation.

Assume the following:

• m_kj is element (k,j) of the coding design matrix M—that is, the code corresponding to class k of binary learner j. M is a K-by-B matrix, where K is the number of classes, and B is the number of binary learners.

• s_j is the score of binary learner j for an observation.

• g is the binary loss function.

• $$\widehat{k}$$ is the predicted class for the observation.

The IncrementalClassificationECOC Predict block supports two decoding schemes:

• Loss-based decoding [2] (Decoding scheme is lossbased) — The predicted class of an observation corresponds to the class that produces the minimum average of the binary losses over all binary learners.

  $$\widehat{k}=\underset{k}{\text{argmin}}\frac{1}{B}{\displaystyle \sum _{j=1}^B\left|m_{kj}\right|g}(m_{kj},s_j).$$

• Loss-weighted decoding [3] (Decoding scheme is lossweighted) — The predicted class of an observation corresponds to the class that produces the minimum average of the binary losses over the binary learners for the corresponding class.

  $$\widehat{k}=\underset{k}{\text{argmin}}\frac{{\displaystyle \sum _{j=1}^B\left|m_{kj}\right|g}(m_{kj},s_j)}{{\displaystyle \sum }_{j=1}^B\left|m_{kj}\right|}.$$

  The denominator corresponds to the number of binary learners for class k. As suggested in [1], loss-weighted decoding improves classification accuracy by keeping loss values for all classes in the same dynamic range.

The block returns the negated value of the objective function of argmin as the second output port (score) for each observation and class.

This table summarizes the supported binary loss functions, where y_j is a class label for a particular binary learner (in the set {–1,1,0}), s_j is the score for observation j, and g(y_j,s_j) is the binary loss function. You can specify a binary loss function by using Binary learner loss function.

Value	Description	Score Domain	g(yj,sj)
"binodeviance"	Binomial deviance	(–∞,∞)	log[1 + exp(–2yjsj)]/[2log(2)]
"exponential"	Exponential	(–∞,∞)	exp(–yjsj)/2
"hamming"	Hamming	[0,1] or (–∞,∞)	[1 – sign(yjsj)]/2
"hinge"	Hinge	(–∞,∞)	max(0,1 – yjsj)/2
"linear"	Linear	(–∞,∞)	(1 – yjsj)/2
"logit"	Logistic	(–∞,∞)	log[1 + exp(–yjsj)]/[2log(2)]
"quadratic"	Quadratic	[0,1]	[1 – yj(2sj – 1)]2/2

The software normalizes binary losses so that the loss is 0.5 when y_j = 0, and aggregates using the average of the binary learners [1].

Data Type Synchronization

The data types of internal model parameters are synchronized to the data type of the enabled score output port. If the score output port is not enabled, the model parameter data types are synchronized to other internal data types.

References

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[2] Escalera, S., O. Pujol, and P. Radeva. “Separability of ternary codes for sparse designs of error-correcting output codes.” Pattern Recog. Lett. Vol. 30, Issue 3, 2009, pp. 285–297.

[3] Escalera, S., O. Pujol, and P. Radeva. “On the decoding process in ternary error-correcting output codes.” IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. Vol. 32, Issue 7, 2010, pp. 120–134.

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using Simulink® Coder™.

Fixed-Point Conversion
Design and simulate fixed-point systems using Fixed-Point Designer™.

Version History

Introduced in R2024a