Enhancing the Classification of Imbalanced Datasets through the Utilization of the Provisional Clarifier-Alternator (cPAen)

Abstract

Warmcomfort data is vital for enhancing heating and cooling system efficiency through ML (ML) models. Yet, these datasets often suffer from severe class imbalance due to subjective feedback. To tackle this issue, we introduce a data augmentation algorithm, Provisional Clarifier-Alternator (cPAen). In our research, we evaluated cPAen using real Warmcomfort data and found it outperformed SMOTE, ADASYN, and cWGAN-GP in terms of F1 scores. Notably, cPAen is over 5 times faster than cWGAN-GP while maintaining high test accuracy.