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Improving feature selection performance using pairwise pre-evaluation.

Songlu Li^1,2, Sejong Oh³

¹Department of Nanobiomedical Science, Dankook University, Cheonan, 330-714, Korea.

BMC Bioinformatics

|August 22, 2016

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This study introduces an improved feature selection method for high-dimensional biological data. By utilizing pairwise feature evaluations, the new approach enhances the quality of selected feature subsets, improving data characterization.

Keywords:

Classification Feature interaction Feature selection Filter method

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Area of Science:

Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Data Science

Background:

Biological datasets, like microarrays, possess numerous features, necessitating efficient feature selection.
Exhaustive subset evaluation is computationally infeasible, making sub-optimal feature selection a practical necessity.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose an improved feature selection method for high-dimensional data.
To enhance the quality of feature subsets by incorporating pairwise feature evaluation information.

Main Methods:

Modified existing feature selection algorithms to integrate pre-evaluation data.
Utilized information from all pairwise feature evaluations to guide the selection process.
Prioritized top-ranking feature pairs during subset construction.

Main Results:

The proposed method demonstrated improved feature subset quality compared to modified algorithms.
Experimental results validated the effectiveness of the pairwise evaluation approach.

Conclusions:

The developed feature selection technique enhances the quality of subsets for high-dimensional datasets.
This method is applicable to microarray data and other complex biological data types.