_PROBLEM CoEPrA-2006_Classification_002

_GROUP_NAME Scott Oloff

_GROUP_MEMBERS
Scott Oloff

_ADDRESS
Boehringer Ingelheim
900 Ridgebury Rd.
Ridgefield, CT 06877

_MODELING_PROCEDURE
I used a newly developed machine learning approach called kScore, which
is based on kNN and SVM technologies.  The approach is kernel free and
uses all training compounds in a distance-weighted manner to predict a
test compound rather than just its k Nearest Neighbors.  The algorithm
also incorporates Generalization constraints, a soft margin classifier
(for Classification), and an Epsilon Loss function (for Regression)
similar to those proposed by V. Vapnik.  There is a built in
Applicability Domain for each kScore model and a more detailed
explanation of the method is being submitted for publication.

The descriptors of the original training set were normalized from 0 to
1.  The training set was then randomly divided into 5 training and test
sets whereby the test set contained 20% of the compounds.  For each
training/test split several kScore models were generated (using the
COEPRA provided descriptors) to find the best values of C and Epsilon
for external prediction.  The most predictive models were collected and
used in a consensus fashion to predict the external test set.  The
average LOO Training accuracies were 0.8-1.0 and the average Test
accuracies for each class varied between 0.8 and 1.0.  The most
predictive values of Epsilon and C varied from 0.8 to 1.2 and 100 to
400, respectively.  The descriptor weights of the most predictive model
are attached.

There were 4 objects that fell just outside of the models' 
applicability
domain.  If the predictions are absolutely necessary for comparison in
the competition the predictions are:
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_PREDICTION
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