Single and Combined Algorithms for Open Set Classification on Image Datasets
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14232/actacyb.298356Keywords:
binary classification, multi-class classification, GAN, out-of-distribution, open set classificationAbstract
Generally, classification models have closed nature, and they are constrained by the number of classes in the training data. Hence, classifying "unknown" - OOD (out-of-distribution) - samples is challenging, especially in the so called "open set" problem. We propose and investigate different solutions - single and combined algorithms - to tackle this task, where we use and expand a K-classifier to be able to identify K+1 classes. They do not require any retraining or modification on the K-classifier architecture. We show their strengths when avoiding type I or type II errors is fundamental. We also present a mathematical representation for the task to estimate the K+1 classification accuracy, and an inequality that defines its boundaries. Additionally, we introduce a formula to calculate the exact K+1 classification accuracy.