Learning Multi Labels from Single Label —— An Extreme Weak Label Learning Algorithm

Abstract

This paper presents a novel algorithm for an extreme form of weak label learning, in which only one of all relevant labels is given for each training sample. Using genetic algorithm, all of the labels in the training set are optimally divided into several non-overlapping groups to maximize the label distinguishability in every group. Multiple classifiers are trained separately and ensembled for label predictions. Experimental results show significant improvement over previous weak label learning algorithms.