Classification | Towards Data Science https://towardsdatascience.com/tag/classification/ Publish AI, ML & data-science insights to a global community of data professionals. Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:41:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://towardsdatascience.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png Classification | Towards Data Science https://towardsdatascience.com/tag/classification/ 32 32 Accuracy Is Dead: Calibration, Discrimination, and Other Metrics You Actually Need https://towardsdatascience.com/accuracy-is-dead-calibration-discrimination-and-other-metrics-you-actually-need/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:41:39 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=606583 A deep dive into advanced evaluation for data scientists

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]]> Pairwise Cross-Variance Classification https://towardsdatascience.com/pairwise-cross-variance-classification/ Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:32:49 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=606204 Multi-class zero-shot embedding classification and error checking

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]]> Retrieval Augmented Classification: Improving Text Classification with External Knowledge https://towardsdatascience.com/retrieval-augmented-classification-improving-text-classification-with-external-knowledge/ Wed, 07 May 2025 03:39:52 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=605927 When and How to best use LLMs as text classifiers

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]]> Choosing Classification Model Evaluation Criteria https://towardsdatascience.com/choosing-classification-model-evaluation-criteria-1e1c0f6f13ce/ Sat, 25 Jan 2025 13:02:04 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/choosing-classification-model-evaluation-criteria-1e1c0f6f13ce/ Is Recall / Precision better than Sensitivity / Specificity?

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]]> Model Calibration, Explained: A Visual Guide with Code Examples for Beginners https://towardsdatascience.com/model-calibration-explained-a-visual-guide-with-code-examples-for-beginners-55f368bafe72/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:01:59 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/model-calibration-explained-a-visual-guide-with-code-examples-for-beginners-55f368bafe72/ When all models have similar accuracy, now what?

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]]> Mastering Model Uncertainty: Thresholding Techniques in Deep Learning https://towardsdatascience.com/mastering-model-uncertainty-thresholding-techniques-in-deep-learning-1f1ab3912fd1/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 18:07:19 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/mastering-model-uncertainty-thresholding-techniques-in-deep-learning-1f1ab3912fd1/ A few words on thresholding, the softmax activation function, introducing an extra label, and considerations regarding output activation...

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]]> Track Computer Vision Experiments with MLflow https://towardsdatascience.com/track-computer-vision-experiments-with-mlflow-3852f557b27a/ Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:11:27 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/track-computer-vision-experiments-with-mlflow-3852f557b27a/ Discover how to set up an efficient MLflow environment to track your experiments, compare and choose the best model for deployment

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]]> A New Approach to AI Safety: Layer Enhanced Classification (LEC) https://towardsdatascience.com/a-new-approach-to-ai-safety-layer-enhanced-classification-lec-56141aa0f6be/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 20:02:02 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/a-new-approach-to-ai-safety-layer-enhanced-classification-lec-56141aa0f6be/ LEC surpasses best in class models, like GPT-4o, by combining the efficiency of a ML classifier with the language understanding of an LLM

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]]> Cluster While Predict: Iterative Methods for Regression and Classification https://towardsdatascience.com/cluster-while-predict-iterative-methods-for-regression-and-classification-ec2acff22e46/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:40:04 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/cluster-while-predict-iterative-methods-for-regression-and-classification-ec2acff22e46/ Predictive and prescriptive analytics to bridge the gap between segmentation and prediction for real-world applications

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]]> Classify Jira Tickets with GenAI On Amazon Bedrock https://towardsdatascience.com/classify-jira-tickets-with-genai-on-amazon-bedrock-69450d4d8b21/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 19:38:15 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/classify-jira-tickets-with-genai-on-amazon-bedrock-69450d4d8b21/ Replace traditional NLP approaches with prompt engineering and Large Language Models (LLMS) for Jira ticket text classification

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]]> Multilayer Perceptron, Explained: A Visual Guide with Mini 2D Dataset https://towardsdatascience.com/multilayer-perceptron-explained-a-visual-guide-with-mini-2d-dataset-0ae8100c5d1c/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:02:35 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/multilayer-perceptron-explained-a-visual-guide-with-mini-2d-dataset-0ae8100c5d1c/ Dissecting the math (with visuals) of a tiny neural network

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]]> Gaussian Naive Bayes, Explained: A Visual Guide with Code Examples for Beginners https://towardsdatascience.com/gaussian-naive-bayes-explained-a-visual-guide-with-code-examples-for-beginners-04949cef383c/ Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:25:54 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/gaussian-naive-bayes-explained-a-visual-guide-with-code-examples-for-beginners-04949cef383c/ Bell-shaped assumptions for better predictions

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]]> Support Vector Classifier, Explained: A Visual Guide with Mini 2D Dataset https://towardsdatascience.com/support-vector-classifier-explained-a-visual-guide-with-mini-2d-dataset-62e831e7b9e9/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:47:33 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/support-vector-classifier-explained-a-visual-guide-with-mini-2d-dataset-62e831e7b9e9/ Finding the best "line" to separate the classes? Yeah, sure...

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]]> Calibrating Classification Probabilities the Right Way https://towardsdatascience.com/calibrating-classification-probabilities-the-right-way-da935caee18d/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 04:58:19 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/calibrating-classification-probabilities-the-right-way-da935caee18d/ Or why you should not trust predict_proba methods

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]]> Logistic Regression, Explained: A Visual Guide with Code Examples for Beginners https://towardsdatascience.com/logistic-regression-explained-a-visual-guide-with-code-examples-for-beginners-81baf5871505/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 04:45:15 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/logistic-regression-explained-a-visual-guide-with-code-examples-for-beginners-81baf5871505/ Finding the perfect weights to fit the data in

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]]> Achieve Better Classification Results with ClassificationThresholdTuner https://towardsdatascience.com/achieve-better-classification-results-with-classificationthresholdtuner-39c5d454637e/ Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:21:47 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/achieve-better-classification-results-with-classificationthresholdtuner-39c5d454637e/ A python tool to tune and visualize the threshold choices for binary and multi-class classification problems

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]]> Introduction to Support Vector Machines - Motivation and Basics https://towardsdatascience.com/introduction-to-support-vector-machines-motivation-and-basics-920e4c1e22e0/ Sat, 10 Aug 2024 21:09:41 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/introduction-to-support-vector-machines-motivation-and-basics-920e4c1e22e0/ Learn basic concepts that make Support Vector Machine a powerful linear classifier

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]]> Transforming Next-Token Prediction into Classification with LLMs https://towardsdatascience.com/transforming-next-token-prediction-into-classification-with-llms-fb4f33a02637/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 21:39:01 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/transforming-next-token-prediction-into-classification-with-llms-fb4f33a02637/ From tokens to labels: Performing classification with large language models

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]]> Estimating Individualized Treatment Rules Using Outcome Weighted Learning https://towardsdatascience.com/estimating-individualized-treatment-rules-using-outcome-weighted-learning-1095b3c2d6e9/ Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:37:41 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/estimating-individualized-treatment-rules-using-outcome-weighted-learning-1095b3c2d6e9/ A non-parametric approach for fitting personalized treatments to patients

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]]> Utilizing the OpenAI API for Detection of SMS Spam Messages https://towardsdatascience.com/utilizing-the-openai-api-for-detection-of-sms-spam-messages-659aea272152/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:15:32 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/utilizing-the-openai-api-for-detection-of-sms-spam-messages-659aea272152/ Unlocking efficient text classification with pre-trained models: a case study using OpenAI's GPT-3.5-turbo

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