Exploration of a hybrid feature selection algorithm

Osei-Bryson K-M, K Giles () and B Kositanurit
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Osei-Bryson K-M: Virginia Commonwealth University
K Giles: Virginia Commonwealth University
B Kositanurit: Virginia Commonwealth University

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2003, vol. 54, issue 7, 790-797

Abstract: Abstract In the Knowledge Discovery Process, classification algorithms are often used to help create models with training data that can be used to predict the classes of untested data instances. While there are several factors involved with classification algorithms that can influence classification results, such as the node splitting measures used in making decision trees, feature selection is often used as a pre-classification step when using large data sets to help eliminate irrelevant or redundant attributes in order to increase computational efficiency and possibly to increase classification accuracy. One important factor common to both feature selection as well as to classification using decision trees is attribute discretization, which is the process of dividing attribute values into a smaller number of discrete values. In this paper, we will present and explore a new hybrid approach, ChiBlur, which involves the use of concepts from both the blurring and χ 2-based approaches to feature selection, as well as concepts from multi-objective optimization. We will compare this new algorithm with algorithms based on the blurring and χ 2-based approaches.

Keywords: feature selection; discretization; classification; multi-objective optimization; decision tree (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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