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COSC 4P76 Machine Learning: Project Report Format

This article contains the guidelines on the expected final report of your project. As much
as possible, try to adhere to these general guidelines. Please note that the report should be
concise and to the point but it should provide all the important information needed to
evaluate your project. It looks long, but this is because it is very detailed. I recommend
that you follow these guidelines. Nonetheless, there is some flexibility, and you can
adjust some of the sections that are irrelevant in your case, to fit to your specific project.

If there are sections you would like to add, you are welcome to do so as long as you
remain within the general framework.

Your report for the final project should NOT exceed 11 single-spaced pages (including
references, plus or minus two pages is acceptable) using 11pt font. NO HANDWRITTEN
report will be marked. Use the IEEE article template.

(see http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html)

1. Introduction

Briefly specify the problem you are working on and give a brief background of the
problem. It is recommended that you discuss in short traditional ways of solving it and
related work, if you are aware of such. Give the motivation to work on this problem (why
is it important?). How are you are going to address it, abstractly specify how you will
approach the problem carried in your report problem.

2. Problem definition

Formally define the problem you are addressing. That is, formally specifying the inputs
and outputs, but not necessarily in the context of the specific learning system you are
using).

3. The learning system

Describe the learning system you are going to employ by incorporating the following
sub-sections.

a. The target function

Define and show the target function employed.

b. Representation

Give the representation of the input, such as the mapping from instances to input neurons
in neural network, or chromosomes representation in genetic algorithms, or vectors of
attributes in decision trees.
c. System structure

For example in GAs - fitness functions, selection criterion, Crossover, mutation etc.

For neural networks - how many layers, how many hidden units, activation functions, etc.

d. The learning algorithm

Specify and give an outline of the learning algorithm. Include a psuedocode description
of the algorithm. If the algorithm was discussed in detail in class (such as the back-
propagation algorithm), no need to write all the equations, but still give the general
outline and the main equations.

e. Improvements/modifications

If you introduce modifications, variations or improvements, this is the place to describe
them. For example if you employed special genetic operators for the genetic algorithm.

4. Experimental Evaluation/tests /Results

Describe the experiments you did with the learning system in detail:

a. The data sets

Which data sets are you using to train your learning system? Type, size, source. If you
are using train/test/validation set, how did you split the data between these sets?

b. Learning

How many runs? Did you play with the parameters (list parameter sets)? What is the
stopping criteria (convergence? number of iterations? threshold accuracy?)

Describe how you evaluated the performance of your system. Did you use validation set?
test set? etc

c. Results & Data analysis

Give the quantitative results of your experiments using graphical data presentation such
as graphs and histograms instead of confining yourself to tables and literature.

Discuss your results presented here. What observations & conclusions can the results
explain in terms of the underlying properties of the algorithm and/or the data.
What are the basic properties revealed in the data. If you are using neural network, do
you have an interpretation of the weights (feature mapping)? If you are using GA and
using various problem instances, is your GA problem instance dependent or independent?


5. Other learning systems

If you are using more than one learning system, repeat briefly the steps 3 for the other
learning systems you are using.

6. Comparing learning systems

If experiments include a comparative study by using more than one learning system:
What conclusions do you draw from the results about the strengths and weaknesses of
one strategy over the other method(s)? Is one method uniformly superior to the other or it
depends on the problem instance?

7. Concluding Remarks & Future work

Give a brief summary of the important results and conclusions presented in the report.
What are the most important points illustrated by your work? What are the major
shortcomings of your current method? If possible, can you propose future additions or
enhancements that would help overcome the shortcomings and improve on your work.

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Report

  • 1. COSC 4P76 Machine Learning: Project Report Format This article contains the guidelines on the expected final report of your project. As much as possible, try to adhere to these general guidelines. Please note that the report should be concise and to the point but it should provide all the important information needed to evaluate your project. It looks long, but this is because it is very detailed. I recommend that you follow these guidelines. Nonetheless, there is some flexibility, and you can adjust some of the sections that are irrelevant in your case, to fit to your specific project. If there are sections you would like to add, you are welcome to do so as long as you remain within the general framework. Your report for the final project should NOT exceed 11 single-spaced pages (including references, plus or minus two pages is acceptable) using 11pt font. NO HANDWRITTEN report will be marked. Use the IEEE article template. (see http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html) 1. Introduction Briefly specify the problem you are working on and give a brief background of the problem. It is recommended that you discuss in short traditional ways of solving it and related work, if you are aware of such. Give the motivation to work on this problem (why is it important?). How are you are going to address it, abstractly specify how you will approach the problem carried in your report problem. 2. Problem definition Formally define the problem you are addressing. That is, formally specifying the inputs and outputs, but not necessarily in the context of the specific learning system you are using). 3. The learning system Describe the learning system you are going to employ by incorporating the following sub-sections. a. The target function Define and show the target function employed. b. Representation Give the representation of the input, such as the mapping from instances to input neurons in neural network, or chromosomes representation in genetic algorithms, or vectors of attributes in decision trees.
  • 2. c. System structure For example in GAs - fitness functions, selection criterion, Crossover, mutation etc. For neural networks - how many layers, how many hidden units, activation functions, etc. d. The learning algorithm Specify and give an outline of the learning algorithm. Include a psuedocode description of the algorithm. If the algorithm was discussed in detail in class (such as the back- propagation algorithm), no need to write all the equations, but still give the general outline and the main equations. e. Improvements/modifications If you introduce modifications, variations or improvements, this is the place to describe them. For example if you employed special genetic operators for the genetic algorithm. 4. Experimental Evaluation/tests /Results Describe the experiments you did with the learning system in detail: a. The data sets Which data sets are you using to train your learning system? Type, size, source. If you are using train/test/validation set, how did you split the data between these sets? b. Learning How many runs? Did you play with the parameters (list parameter sets)? What is the stopping criteria (convergence? number of iterations? threshold accuracy?) Describe how you evaluated the performance of your system. Did you use validation set? test set? etc c. Results & Data analysis Give the quantitative results of your experiments using graphical data presentation such as graphs and histograms instead of confining yourself to tables and literature. Discuss your results presented here. What observations & conclusions can the results explain in terms of the underlying properties of the algorithm and/or the data.
  • 3. What are the basic properties revealed in the data. If you are using neural network, do you have an interpretation of the weights (feature mapping)? If you are using GA and using various problem instances, is your GA problem instance dependent or independent? 5. Other learning systems If you are using more than one learning system, repeat briefly the steps 3 for the other learning systems you are using. 6. Comparing learning systems If experiments include a comparative study by using more than one learning system: What conclusions do you draw from the results about the strengths and weaknesses of one strategy over the other method(s)? Is one method uniformly superior to the other or it depends on the problem instance? 7. Concluding Remarks & Future work Give a brief summary of the important results and conclusions presented in the report. What are the most important points illustrated by your work? What are the major shortcomings of your current method? If possible, can you propose future additions or enhancements that would help overcome the shortcomings and improve on your work.