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Using multi-layer perceptrons for analysis of labour data

  • National University of Ireland

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Abstract

This paper presents a case study, which explores factors affecting employment of Irish population, using data from quarterly national household survey containing 199,264 records and 115 variables. After data clensing and variable selection, predictor variables were grouped as demographic, educational, and occupational. We used MLP neural network to buid predictive models that fit data in order to explore interactions between the variables and to provide insight on their role in employment. We estimated variable significance, reduced dimensionality, and selected optimal neural network architecture. The model predictive abilities were esimated by accuracy, ROC analysis, and AUC. In order to provide solid results, we applied rigorous testing procedure combining two testing partitions, cross-vlidation and iterations. Our results show that the MLP model outperforms logistic regression and linear discriminant analysis. We also did VEC analysis of the most significant factors of employment and commented on their characteristics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing, CSCE 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ICAI 2017
EditorsHamid R. Arabnia, David de la Fuente, Elena B. Kozerenko, Jose A. Olivas, Fernando G. Tinetti
PublisherCSREA Press
Pages223-229
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781601324603
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event2017 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ICAI 2017 at 2017 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing, CSCE 2017 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 17 Jul 201720 Jul 2017

Publication series

Name2017 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing, CSCE 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ICAI 2017

Conference

Conference2017 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ICAI 2017 at 2017 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing, CSCE 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period17/07/1720/07/17

Keywords

  • Business intelligence
  • Classification
  • Labour analysis
  • Neural networks

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