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I've written this sentence, but it seems a little bit intricate.

This leads to imbalance data, a well-known problem to which the inference algorithms are sensitive.

I don't know how to make a sentence with the same meaning but less intricate. Maybe you can give some advice or alternatives.

Thanks!

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    Maybe it's just me, but I see nothing wrong with the sentence as given. Commented Jun 15, 2018 at 11:54
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    you should change imbalance to imbalanced and remove the, but otherwise it looks good. I would probably also substitute sensitive for prone (but sensitive is fine).
    – wrymug
    Commented Jun 15, 2018 at 13:36
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    I don't see why you want to have one big sentence with all this information tied up in subordinate clauses. If you want to state all this, use a different sentence for each concept, and link the sentences up into a paragraph so that their connections are obvious. This is not really a grammatical problem. Commented Jun 22, 2018 at 20:30
  • That's also true. Could you give an example? @JohnLawler
    – Alber8295
    Commented Jun 23, 2018 at 7:51
  • An example of what? Commented Jun 23, 2018 at 16:15

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The sentence as it stands makes sense apart from 'imbalance data'.

This could be changed to either 'imbalanced data' or 'data imbalance'

The use of 'sensitive' does however imply two meanings. Either the algorithms are adversely affected by the data imbalance, or the algorithms are finely adjusted to deal with the effects of the data imbalance. Currently the sentence does not specify whether the algorithmic sensitivity is the problem or the solution to the problem.

I believe that clarifying this aspect would make the sentence more direct and specific, and seem less intricate.

If the influence of the data imbalance is negative then the following would be an alternative:

This leads to data imbalance, a well-known problem to which the inference algorithms are susceptible.

If the influence of the data imbalance is more neutral then the sentence could be written as follows:

This leads to data imbalance, a well-known problem which affects the inference algorithms.

If the influence of the data imbalance is resolved by the algorithms then the sentence could be written as follows.

This leads to the well-known problem of data imbalance, for which the inference algorithms account.

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  • Thank you very much for your detailed answer @Manhatton. Your analysis is perfect. The right meaning is "the data imbalance is negative", so I'm choosing the first alternative, but certainly all of them are useful.
    – Alber8295
    Commented Jun 18, 2018 at 9:46

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