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Infinitely Imbalanced Logistic Regression

Art B. Owen; 8(27):761−773, 2007.

Abstract

In binary classification problems it is common for the two classes to be imbalanced: one case is very rare compared to the other. In this paper we consider the infinitely imbalanced case where one class has a finite sample size and the other class's sample size grows without bound. For logistic regression, the infinitely imbalanced case often has a useful solution. Under mild conditions, the intercept diverges as expected, but the rest of the coefficient vector approaches a non trivial and useful limit. That limit can be expressed in terms of exponential tilting and is the minimum of a convex objective function. The limiting form of logistic regression suggests a computational shortcut for fraud detection problems.

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