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Multi-Class Classification — Complete Guide

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ML.NET Tutorial · Lesson 32 of 100

Multi-Class Classification

Foundations ✓ → Models → NLP & advanced → MLOps

Models · 2 — Classify & regress · ~6 min · Module 4: Classification Models

What is this?

Multi-class predicts one label among many — ticket topic, product category, risk tier.

Why should you care?

AIPredict support routing needs more than spam/ham.

See it live — copy this example

Use a .NET console or Web API project with Microsoft.ML. Run dotnet run after pasting.

var pipeline = ml.Transforms.Conversion.MapValueToKey("Label")
    .Append(ml.Transforms.Text.FeaturizeText("Features", "Subject"))
    .Append(ml.MulticlassClassification.Trainers.SdcaMaximumEntropy())
    .Append(ml.Transforms.Conversion.MapKeyToValue("PredictedLabel"));

What happened?

  • MapValueToKey for string labels.
  • Evaluate with MulticlassClassification.Evaluate.
  • Watch class imbalance.

Practice next

  1. Map labels to keys.
  2. SdcaMaximumEntropy.
  3. MapKeyToValue on predict.
  4. Add body text to Features.
  5. Print confusion matrix.

Remember

Many labels. Key maps. Macro/micro metrics.

AIPredict ticket topics

Support subjects → topic class.

Outcome: Auto-route to the right queue.

Interview prep for this lesson

Practice these questions aloud after reading—each links to a full structured answer.

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What are common mistakes teams make with LLMs when using ML.NET?
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How would you debug a production issue related to RAG in a ML.NET application?
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Describe a real-world scenario where Production mattered in a ML.NET project.
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ML.NET Tutorial
Course syllabus
Module 1: ML.NET Foundations
Module 2: Machine Learning Basics
Module 3: ML.NET Pipelines
Module 4: Classification Models
Module 5: Regression Models
Module 6: Recommendation Systems
Module 7: NLP with ML.NET
Module 8: Advanced ML.NET
Module 9: ASP.NET Core AI Integration
Module 10: MLOps & Cloud AI
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