Enhancing Obesity Detection Through SMOTE -based Classification Models: A comparative Study

• Main Authors: John Kamwele Mutinda (Author), Amos Langat (Author), Regis Konan Marcel Djaha (Author), Jackson Ndoto Munyao (Author), Lee Whitaker (Author), Millicent Auma Omondi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad Libre, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To use SMOTE to enhance class balance and compare the performance of different classification methods before and after applying SMOTE. Methods: The study used a dataset from Kaggle. Consisted of several health-related features linked to obesity prediction. Checking for class imbalance wit...