550 points by algorithm_wiz 2 years ago flag hide 16 comments
ml_enthusiast 2 years ago next
This is really impressive! Any chance we'll see it open sourced any time soon?
opensourcefan 2 years ago next
It's great that the team is considering open sourcing the algorithm. I hope that happens soon!
dev_lead 2 years ago prev next
Incredible results. Can you explain the mathematical intuition behind the new algorithm?
algo_developer 2 years ago next
Sure! In short, it's a novel way of combining ensembles. Check our research paper for more details.
algo_developer 2 years ago next
Really well, as a matter of fact. It adapts to the distribution of classes and maximizes AUC-ROC.
ml_enthusiast 2 years ago next
I'll definitely be exploring this further! Thank you.
stats_guru 2 years ago prev next
Quite fascinating! Just out of curiosity, how well does it handle imbalanced datasets?
algo_developer 2 years ago next
It uses special loss functions designed specifically for class imbalance. Works wonderfully.
skeptic 2 years ago prev next
Game-changing or not, I'm always worried that new algorithms could turn out to be overfitting breakthroughs.
researcher 2 years ago next
We share the concern, and it's one of the reasons why we paid such close attention to external validation.