Genetic algorithm feature selection resilient to increasing amounts of data imputation

This paper investigates the robustness of a genetic algorithm (GA) in feature selection across a dataset with increasing imputed missing values. Feature selection can be beneficial in predictive modeling to reduce computational costs and potentially improve performance. Beyond these benefits, it al...

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Main Authors: Maryam Kebari, Annie S Wu
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Language:English
Published: LibraryPress@UF 2024-05-01
Series:Proceedings of the International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/FLAIRS/article/view/135723
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description This paper investigates the robustness of a genetic algorithm (GA) in feature selection across a dataset with increasing imputed missing values. Feature selection can be beneficial in predictive modeling to reduce computational costs and potentially improve performance. Beyond these benefits, it also enables a clearer understanding of the algorithm's decision-making processes. In the context of real-world datasets that can contain missing values, feature selection becomes more challenging. A robust feature selection algorithm should be able to identify the key features despite missing data values. We investigate the effectiveness of this approach against two other feature selection algorithms on a dataset with increasingly imputed values to determine whether it can sustain good performance with only the selected features. Our results reveal that compared to the other two methods, the features selected by GA resulted in better classification performance across different imputation rates and methods.
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spelling doaj-art-3cdf1c9e4821438c8df12ef93f0b57862025-08-20T01:52:22ZengLibraryPress@UFProceedings of the International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference2334-07542334-07622024-05-013710.32473/flairs.37.1.13572372166Genetic algorithm feature selection resilient to increasing amounts of data imputationMaryam Kebari0Annie S WuUniversity of Central FloridaThis paper investigates the robustness of a genetic algorithm (GA) in feature selection across a dataset with increasing imputed missing values. Feature selection can be beneficial in predictive modeling to reduce computational costs and potentially improve performance. Beyond these benefits, it also enables a clearer understanding of the algorithm's decision-making processes. In the context of real-world datasets that can contain missing values, feature selection becomes more challenging. A robust feature selection algorithm should be able to identify the key features despite missing data values. We investigate the effectiveness of this approach against two other feature selection algorithms on a dataset with increasingly imputed values to determine whether it can sustain good performance with only the selected features. Our results reveal that compared to the other two methods, the features selected by GA resulted in better classification performance across different imputation rates and methods.https://journals.flvc.org/FLAIRS/article/view/135723genetic algorithmfeature selection
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Genetic algorithm feature selection resilient to increasing amounts of data imputation
Proceedings of the International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference
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feature selection
title Genetic algorithm feature selection resilient to increasing amounts of data imputation
title_full Genetic algorithm feature selection resilient to increasing amounts of data imputation
title_fullStr Genetic algorithm feature selection resilient to increasing amounts of data imputation
title_full_unstemmed Genetic algorithm feature selection resilient to increasing amounts of data imputation
title_short Genetic algorithm feature selection resilient to increasing amounts of data imputation
title_sort genetic algorithm feature selection resilient to increasing amounts of data imputation
topic genetic algorithm
feature selection
url https://journals.flvc.org/FLAIRS/article/view/135723
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