Abstract
A fundamental assumption in machine learning is that training and test samples follow the same distribution. Therefore, for training a machine learning-based network traffic classifier, it is necessary to use samples obtained from the desired network. Collecting enough training data, however, can be challenging in many cases. Domain adaptation allows samples from other networks to be utilized. In order to satisfy the aforementioned assumption, domain adaptation reduces the distance between the distribution of the samples in the desired network and that of the available samples in other networks. However, it is important to note that the applications in two different networks can differ considerably. Taking this into account, in this paper, we present a new domain adaptation method for classifying network traffic. Thus, we use the labeled samples from a network and adapt them to the few labeled samples from the desired network; In other words, we adapt shared applications while preserving the information about non-shared applications. In order to demonstrate the efficacy of our method, we construct five different cross-network datasets using the Brazil dataset. These results indicate the effectiveness of adapting samples between different domains using the proposed method.
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Taghiyarrenani, Z., Farsi, H. (2023). Domain Adaptation with Maximum Margin Criterion with Application to Network Traffic Classification. In: Koprinska, I., et al. Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases. ECML PKDD 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1753. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23633-4_12
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