A Novel Ensemble Feature Selection Technique for Cancer Classification Using Logarithmic Rank Aggregation Method

Recent studies have shown that ensemble feature selection (EFS) has achieved outstanding performance in microarray data classification. However, some issues remain partially resolved, such as suboptimal aggregation methods and non-optimised underlying FS techniques. This study proposed the logarithm...

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Main Authors: Hüseyin Öztoprak, Hüseyin Güney
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Published: Düzce University 2024-04-01
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description Recent studies have shown that ensemble feature selection (EFS) has achieved outstanding performance in microarray data classification. However, some issues remain partially resolved, such as suboptimal aggregation methods and non-optimised underlying FS techniques. This study proposed the logarithmic rank aggregate (LRA) method to improve feature aggregation in EFS. Additionally, a hybrid aggregation framework was presented to improve the performance of the proposed method by combining it with several methods. Furthermore, the proposed method was applied to the feature rank lists obtained from the optimised FS technique to investigate the impact of FS technique optimisation. The experimental setup was performed on five binary microarray datasets. The experimental results showed that LRA provides a comparable classification performance to mean rank aggregation (MRA) and outperforms MRA in terms of gene selection stability. In addition, hybrid techniques provided the same or better classification accuracy as MRA and significantly improved stability. Moreover, some proposed configurations had better accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity performance than MRA. Furthermore, the optimised LRA drastically improved the FS stability compared to the unoptimised LRA and MRA. Finally, When the results were compared with other studies, it was shown that optimised LRA provided a remarkable stability performance, which can help domain experts diagnose cancer diseases with a relatively smaller subset of genes.
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spelling doaj-art-593cd99bb2c24be8876ca347005f046c2025-08-20T03:53:52ZengDüzce UniversityDüzce Üniversitesi Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi2148-24462024-04-011221000103510.29130/dubited.122544697A Novel Ensemble Feature Selection Technique for Cancer Classification Using Logarithmic Rank Aggregation MethodHüseyin Öztoprak0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1853-3510Hüseyin Güney1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7924-1904CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYBAHÇEŞEHİR KIBRIS ÜNİVERSİTESİRecent studies have shown that ensemble feature selection (EFS) has achieved outstanding performance in microarray data classification. However, some issues remain partially resolved, such as suboptimal aggregation methods and non-optimised underlying FS techniques. This study proposed the logarithmic rank aggregate (LRA) method to improve feature aggregation in EFS. Additionally, a hybrid aggregation framework was presented to improve the performance of the proposed method by combining it with several methods. Furthermore, the proposed method was applied to the feature rank lists obtained from the optimised FS technique to investigate the impact of FS technique optimisation. The experimental setup was performed on five binary microarray datasets. The experimental results showed that LRA provides a comparable classification performance to mean rank aggregation (MRA) and outperforms MRA in terms of gene selection stability. In addition, hybrid techniques provided the same or better classification accuracy as MRA and significantly improved stability. Moreover, some proposed configurations had better accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity performance than MRA. Furthermore, the optimised LRA drastically improved the FS stability compared to the unoptimised LRA and MRA. Finally, When the results were compared with other studies, it was shown that optimised LRA provided a remarkable stability performance, which can help domain experts diagnose cancer diseases with a relatively smaller subset of genes.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2857576mikrodizi veri kümesitopluluk öğrenmebirleştirme yöntemleridestek vektör makineleritekrarlayan öznitelik seçimi (svm-rfe)microarray dataensemble learningaggregation methodssupport vector machine recursive feature elimination (svm-rfe)microarray dataensemble learningaggregation methodssupport vector machine recursive feature elimination (svm-rfe)
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A Novel Ensemble Feature Selection Technique for Cancer Classification Using Logarithmic Rank Aggregation Method
Düzce Üniversitesi Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi
mikrodizi veri kümesi
topluluk öğrenme
birleştirme yöntemleri
destek vektör makineleri
tekrarlayan öznitelik seçimi (svm-rfe)
microarray data
ensemble learning
aggregation methods
support vector machine recursive feature elimination (svm-rfe)
microarray data
ensemble learning
aggregation methods
support vector machine recursive feature elimination (svm-rfe)
title A Novel Ensemble Feature Selection Technique for Cancer Classification Using Logarithmic Rank Aggregation Method
title_full A Novel Ensemble Feature Selection Technique for Cancer Classification Using Logarithmic Rank Aggregation Method
title_fullStr A Novel Ensemble Feature Selection Technique for Cancer Classification Using Logarithmic Rank Aggregation Method
title_full_unstemmed A Novel Ensemble Feature Selection Technique for Cancer Classification Using Logarithmic Rank Aggregation Method
title_short A Novel Ensemble Feature Selection Technique for Cancer Classification Using Logarithmic Rank Aggregation Method
title_sort novel ensemble feature selection technique for cancer classification using logarithmic rank aggregation method
topic mikrodizi veri kümesi
topluluk öğrenme
birleştirme yöntemleri
destek vektör makineleri
tekrarlayan öznitelik seçimi (svm-rfe)
microarray data
ensemble learning
aggregation methods
support vector machine recursive feature elimination (svm-rfe)
microarray data
ensemble learning
aggregation methods
support vector machine recursive feature elimination (svm-rfe)
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2857576
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