An Incremental Learning Method Based on Dynamic Ensemble RVM for Intrusion Detection

Abstract

Due to the dynamic changes of network data over time, static intrusion detection systems cannot adapt well to the behavioral characteristics of the input network data, resulting in reduced detection accuracy. In addition, continuous input data streams will bring huge challenges to resource storage and computing costs. Therefore, we propose an intrusion detection method of dynamic ensemble incremental learning (DEIL-RVM), and realize a dynamically adjusted ensemble intrusion detection model. In which a new overall misclassification probability weight value (OMPW) based on incremental set or data chunk is designed as the basis for updating the ensemble model, and it can be used to prune and replace the poor base component in the ensemble model. We presented a probabilistic decision function taking into account the posterior probability of each base RVM model dividing the sample into each category. The RVM with high sparsity is used as the base component to obtain the good balance between the accuracy, robustness and resource consumption, which can sacrifice less time and storage cost in ensemble incremental learning while achieving higher detection accuracy and stability in network data streams.