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Table 6 Comparison of classification accuracies obtained using different distance metrics

From: Distance-based features in pattern classification

Datasets

Distance metrics

 

Original

Euclidean (+2D)

Chi-square 1 (+2D)

Chi-square 2 (+2D)

Mahalanobis (+2D)

Abalone

20.37%

50.95%

48.17%

56.26%

N/A*

Balance scale

58.24%

64.64%

85.12%

78.08%

76.16%

Corel

16.63%

5.45%

3.5%

1.86%

N/A*

German

61.3%

99.9%

84.5%

79.8%

61.3%

Hayes-Roth

37.12%

68.18%

50.76%

43.94%

41.67%

Ionosphere

86.61%

84.05%

86.61%

71.79%

N/A*

Iris

96%

98%

95.33%

95.33%

94%

Teaching assistant evaluation

58.94%

66.23%

64.9%

65.56%

64.9%

Tic-Tac-Toe Endgame

22.55%

99.58%

86.22%

86.22%

86.64%

  1. *Covariance matrix is singular.
  2. The best result for each dataset is highlighted in italic.