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Selecting Multiple Biomarker Subsets with Similarly Effective Binary Classification Performances
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Selecting Multiple Biomarker Subsets with Similarly Effective Binary Classification Performances

Published on: October 11, 2018

Iterative RELIEF for feature weighting: algorithms, theories, and applications.

Yijun Sun1

  • 1Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. sun@dsp.ufl.edu

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
|April 14, 2007
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Summary

New feature weighting algorithms outperform RELIEF by addressing its limitations in feature quality assessment. These methods improve performance without significant computational cost increases.

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Selecting Multiple Biomarker Subsets with Similarly Effective Binary Classification Performances
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Selecting Multiple Biomarker Subsets with Similarly Effective Binary Classification Performances

Published on: October 11, 2018

Area of Science:

  • Machine Learning
  • Data Mining
  • Feature Selection

Background:

  • The RELIEF algorithm is a widely used feature quality assessment method.
  • RELIEF has limitations including assumptions about feature space and handling of outliers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose novel feature weighting algorithms that surpass RELIEF's performance.
  • To address RELIEF's weaknesses through mathematical interpretation and algorithmic enhancements.

Main Methods:

  • Mathematical interpretation of RELIEF as a convex optimization problem.
  • Development of an iterative RELIEF (I-RELIEF) algorithm using Expectation-Maximization.
  • Extension of I-RELIEF for multiclass settings with a new margin definition.
  • Implementation of an online learning algorithm for computational efficiency.

Main Results:

  • Proposed algorithms demonstrate significantly improved performance over RELIEF.
  • Large-scale experiments on UCI and microarray datasets validate the algorithms' effectiveness.
  • Convergence analysis confirms theoretical results.

Conclusions:

  • The developed feature weighting algorithms effectively address RELIEF's limitations.
  • The novel methods offer superior feature quality assessment with manageable computational complexity.
  • The findings contribute to advancements in feature selection and machine learning.