ENHANCING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM PERFORMANCE FOR PCOS DIAGNOSIS USING SMOTENC ON IMBALANCED DATA

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most frequently occurring endocrine disorders in women of reproductive age, distinguished by disruptions in hormonal regulation that can impact menstrual cycles, fertility, and physical appearance. Despite its high prevalence, PCOS is often diagnosed late and inaccurately, leading to inappropriate treatment and long-term health issues for patients. Machine learning can serve as an effective solution to enhance the accuracy of PCOS diagnosis. However, one of the primary challenges encountered is the class imbalance in the dataset, where the number of positive case data (PCOS) is often significantly lower than the negative case data. This imbalance can result in a biased model that is less effective in predicting the actual condition of patients. In this study, the Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique for Nominal and Continuous (SMOTENC) method is recommended to address the issue of imbalanced data, thereby improving the performance and accuracy of the machine learning model employed. The evaluation matrix test results clearly demonstrate that the accuracy of each machine learning model improved after applying the SMOTENC method. Specifically, the accuracy of the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm increased from 81.6% to 89.8%, the Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm from 90.6% to 92.5%, the Naive Bayes algorithm from 70% to 82.3%, and the C4.5 algorithm from 99.6% to 99.7%. This research provides a substantial contribution to advancing the development of diagnostic methods thatare both more precise and efficient.