Exact and heuristic algorithms for variable selection: Extended Leaps and Bounds

Pedro Silva

No 1, Working Papers de Economia (Economics Working Papers) from Católica Porto Business School, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Abstract: An implementation of enhanced versions of the classical Leaps and Bounds algorithm for variable selection is provided. Features of this implementation include: (i) The availability of general routines capable of handling many different statistical methodologies and comparison criteria. (ii) Routines designed for exact and heuristic searches. (iii) The possibility of dealing with problems with more variables than observations. The implementation is supplied in two different ways: i) as a C++ library with abstract classes that can be specialized to different problems and criteria. ii) as a console application ready to be applied to searches according to some of the most important comparison criteria proposed to date. The code of the C++ library and console application described here, can be freely obtained by sending an email to the author.

Keywords: Variable Selection Algorithms; All-Subsets; Heuristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2009-01
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