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Classification Use Cases

Explore real-world applications where TabPFN classification delivers exceptional results.

Customer Churn Prediction

Predict which customers are likely to churn to improve retention strategies.

Business Impact

  • Retention Rate: Increase customer retention by 25-40%
  • Cost Savings: Reduce acquisition costs by targeting at-risk customers
  • Revenue Protection: Prevent revenue loss from churning customers

Implementation

from tabpfn import TabPFNClassifier
import pandas as pd

# Customer data features
features = [
    'days_since_last_purchase',
    'total_purchases',
    'avg_order_value',
    'support_tickets',
    'payment_method',
    'subscription_tier'
]

# Load customer data
customer_data = pd.read_csv("customer_data.csv")
X = customer_data[features]
y = customer_data['churned']  # Binary: 0 or 1

# Predict churn probability
classifier = TabPFNClassifier()
churn_probability = classifier.predict_proba(X)[:, 1]

# Identify high-risk customers
high_risk_customers = customer_data[churn_probability > 0.7]

Fraud Detection

Identify fraudulent transactions in real-time to protect your business.

Key Benefits

  • Real-time Detection: Instant fraud identification
  • High Accuracy: 95%+ accuracy in fraud detection
  • Low False Positives: Minimize legitimate transaction blocks
  • Cost Reduction: Prevent financial losses from fraud

Example Implementation

# Transaction features
transaction_features = [
    'amount',
    'merchant_category',
    'time_of_day',
    'day_of_week',
    'location_distance',
    'device_type',
    'previous_fraud_history'
]

# Real-time fraud detection
def detect_fraud(transaction_data):
    classifier = TabPFNClassifier()
    fraud_score = classifier.predict_proba(transaction_data)[:, 1]
    
    if fraud_score > 0.8:
        return "HIGH_RISK"
    elif fraud_score > 0.5:
        return "MEDIUM_RISK"
    else:
        return "LOW_RISK"

Medical Diagnosis Support

Assist healthcare professionals with diagnostic predictions and screening.

Applications

  • Disease Screening: Early detection of diseases
  • Risk Assessment: Evaluate patient risk factors
  • Treatment Planning: Support treatment decisions
  • Resource Allocation: Optimize healthcare resources

Healthcare Example

# Patient features
patient_features = [
    'age',
    'gender',
    'blood_pressure',
    'cholesterol',
    'glucose_level',
    'family_history',
    'lifestyle_factors'
]

# Disease prediction
def predict_disease_risk(patient_data):
    classifier = TabPFNClassifier()
    risk_probability = classifier.predict_proba(patient_data)[:, 1]
    
    risk_level = "Low" if risk_probability < 0.3 else \
                "Medium" if risk_probability < 0.7 else "High"
    
    return {
        'risk_level': risk_level,
        'probability': risk_probability[0],
        'recommendations': get_recommendations(risk_probability[0])
    }

Quality Control

Classify products as pass/fail in manufacturing processes.

Manufacturing Benefits

  • Consistency: Standardized quality assessment
  • Speed: Instant quality decisions
  • Cost Reduction: Reduce manual inspection costs
  • Scalability: Handle high-volume production

Quality Control Implementation

# Product quality features
quality_features = [
    'dimension_1',
    'dimension_2',
    'weight',
    'surface_finish',
    'material_hardness',
    'temperature',
    'pressure'
]

# Quality classification
def classify_product_quality(product_data):
    classifier = TabPFNClassifier()
    quality_score = classifier.predict_proba(product_data)[:, 1]
    
    if quality_score > 0.8:
        return "PASS"
    elif quality_score > 0.5:
        return "REVIEW"
    else:
        return "FAIL"

Performance Metrics

TabPFN classification consistently delivers:
  • Accuracy: 85-95% across various domains
  • Precision: High precision for critical classes
  • Recall: Excellent recall for minority classes
  • Speed: Sub-second predictions for thousands of samples
  • Interpretability: Clear feature importance insights

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