User Guide

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. API’s of imbalanced-learn samplers
  • 1.2. Problem statement regarding imbalanced data sets
• 2. Over-sampling
  • 2.1. A practical guide
    • 2.1.1. Naive random over-sampling
    • 2.1.2. From random over-sampling to SMOTE and ADASYN
    • 2.1.3. Ill-posed examples
    • 2.1.4. SMOTE variants
  • 2.2. Mathematical formulation
    • 2.2.1. Sample generation
    • 2.2.2. Multi-class management
• 3. Under-sampling
  • 3.1. Prototype generation
  • 3.2. Prototype selection
    • 3.2.1. Controlled under-sampling techniques
      • 3.2.1.1. Mathematical formulation
    • 3.2.2. Cleaning under-sampling techniques
      • 3.2.2.1. Tomek’s links
      • 3.2.2.2. Edited data set using nearest neighbours
      • 3.2.2.3. Condensed nearest neighbors and derived algorithms
      • 3.2.2.4. Instance hardness threshold
• 4. Combination of over- and under-sampling
• 5. Ensemble of samplers
  • 5.1. Samplers
  • 5.2. Chaining ensemble of samplers and estimators
• 6. Dataset loading utilities
  • 6.1. Imbalanced datasets for benchmark
  • 6.2. Imbalanced generator
• 7. Utilities for Developers
  • 7.1. Validation Tools
  • 7.2. Deprecation
  • 7.3. Testing utilities