Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus, method and computer-accessible medium for explaining classifications of documents
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Application No.: US14001242Application Date: 2012-02-23
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Publication No.: US09836455B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: David Martens , Foster Provost
- Applicant: David Martens , Foster Provost
- Applicant Address: US NY New York BE Prinnsstraat
- Assignee: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY,UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP
- Current Assignee: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY,UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York BE Prinnsstraat
- Agency: Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2012/026359 WO 20120223
- International Announcement: WO2012/116208 WO 20120830
- Main IPC: G06F17/27
- IPC: G06F17/27 ; G06F17/28 ; G06F17/24

Abstract:
Classification of collections of items such as words, which are called “document classification,” and more specifically explaining a classification of a document, such as a web-page or website. This can include exemplary procedure, system and/or computer-accessible medium to find explanations, as well as a framework to assess the procedure's performance. An explanation is defined as a set of words (e.g., terms, more generally) such that removing words within this set from the document changes the predicted class from the class of interest. The exemplary procedure system and/or computer-accessible medium can include a classification of web pages as containing adult content, e.g., to allow advertising on safe web pages only. The explanations can be concise and document-specific, and provide insight into the reasons for the classification decisions, into the workings of the classification models, and into the business application itself. Other exemplary aspects describe how explaining documents' classifications can assist in improving the data quality and model performance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140229164A1 APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR EXPLAINING CLASSIFICATIONS OF DOCUMENTS Public/Granted day:2014-08-14
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