Evaluation for Regression Analyses on Evolving Data Streams

Sun, Yibin, Gomes, Heitor Murilo, Pfahringer, Bernhard, Bifet, Albert

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence 

The paper explores the challenges of regression analysis in evolving data streams, an area that remains relatively underexplored compared to classification. We propose a standardized evaluation process for regression and prediction interval tasks in streaming contexts. Additionally, we introduce an innovative drift simulation strategy capable of synthesizing various drift types, including the less-studied incremental drift. Comprehensive experiments with state-of-the-art methods, conducted under the proposed process, validate the effectiveness and robustness of our approach.