Adaptive Generalized Estimation Equation with Bayes Classifier for the Job Assignment Problem

We propose combining advanced statistical approaches with data mining techniques to build classifiers to enhance decision-making models for the job assignment problem. Adaptive Generalized Estimation Equation (AGEE) approaches with Gibbs sampling under Bayesian framework and adaptive Bayes classifiers based on the estimations of AGEE models which uses modified Naive Bayes algorithm are proposed. The proposed classifiers have several important features. Firstly, it accounts for the correlation among the outputs and the indeterministic subjective noise into the estimation of parameters. Secondly, it reduces the number of attributes used to predict the class. Moreover, it drops the assumption of independence made by the Naive Bayes classifier. We apply our techniques to the problem of assigning jobs to Navy officers, with the goal of enhancing happiness for both the Navy and the officers. The classification results were compared with nearest neighbor, Multi-Layer Perceptron and Support Vector Machine approaches.

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