Application of Global Optimization Methods for Feature Selection and Machine Learning

Shaohua Wu, Yong Hu, Wei Wang, Xinyong Feng and Wanneng Shu

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2013, vol. 2013, 1-8

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The feature selection process constitutes a commonly encountered problem of global combinatorial optimization. The process reduces the number of features by removing irrelevant and redundant data. This paper proposed a novel immune clonal genetic algorithm based on immune clonal algorithm designed to solve the feature selection problem. The proposed algorithm has more exploration and exploitation abilities due to the clonal selection theory, and each antibody in the search space specifies a subset of the possible features. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm simplifies the feature selection process effectively and obtains higher classification accuracy than other feature selection algorithms.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1155/2013/241517

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