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A new decision tree classification method for mining high-speed data streams based on threaded binary search trees
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A new decision tree classification method for mining high-speed data streams based on threaded binary search trees

Tao Wang, Zhoujun Li, Xiaohua Hu, Yuejin Yan and Huowang Chen
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND DATA MINING, v 4819, pp 256-267
01 Jan 2007

Abstract

Computer Science Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Computer Science, Information Systems Science & Technology Technology
One of most important algorithms for mining data streams is VFDT. It uses Hoeffding inequality to achieve a probabilistic bound on the accuracy of the tree constructed. Gama et al. have extended VFDT in two directions. Their system VFDTc can deal with continuous data and use more powerful classification techniques at tree leaves. In this paper, we revisit this problem and implemented a system VFDTt on top of VFDT and VFDTc. We make the following three contributions: 1) we present a threaded binary search trees (TBST) approach for efficiently handling continuous attributes. It builds a threaded binary search tree, and its processing time for values inserting is O(nlogn), while VFDTs processing time is O(n(2)). When a new example arrives, VFDTc need update O(logn) attribute tree nodes, but VFDTt just need update one necessary node.2) we improve the method of getting the best split-test point of a given continuous attribute. Comparing to the method used in VFDTc, it improves from O(nlogn) to O (n) in processing time. 3) Comparing to VFDTc, VFDTt's candidate split-test number decrease from O(n) to O(logn).Comparing to VFDT, the most relevant property of our system is an average reduction of 25.53% in processing time, while keep the same tree size and accuracy. Overall, the techniques introduced here significantly improve the efficiency of decision tree classification on data streams.

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