A Comparison of Four Classification Algorithms for Facial Expression Recognition

Facial expression recognition (FER) has achieved an extreme role in research area since the 1990s. This paper provides a comparison approach for FER based on three feature selection methods which are correlation, gain ration, and information gain for determining the most distinguished features of fa...

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Main Authors: Hivi I. Dino, Maiwan B. Abdulrazzaq
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Language:English
Published: Erbil Polytechnic University 2020-06-01
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Online Access:https://polytechnic-journal.epu.edu.iq/home/vol10/iss1/13
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description Facial expression recognition (FER) has achieved an extreme role in research area since the 1990s. This paper provides a comparison approach for FER based on three feature selection methods which are correlation, gain ration, and information gain for determining the most distinguished features of face images using multi-classification algorithms which are multilayer perceptron, Naïve Bayes, decision tree, and K-nearest neighbor (KNN). These classifiers are used for the mission of expression recognition and for comparing their proportional performance. The main aim of the provided approach is to determine the most effective classifier based on minimum acceptable number of features by analyzing and comparing their performance. The provided approach has been applied on CK+ dataset. The experimental results show that KNN is proven to be better classifier with 91% accuracy using only 30 features.
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spelling doaj-art-67be1edb34f24f26983c42df32b3e2592025-08-20T03:18:15ZengErbil Polytechnic UniversityPolytechnic Journal2707-77992020-06-011017480https://doi.org/10.25156/ptj.v10n1y2020.pp74-80A Comparison of Four Classification Algorithms for Facial Expression RecognitionHivi I. Dino0Maiwan B. Abdulrazzaq1Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Zakho, Zakho, Kurdistan Region, IraqDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Zakho, Zakho, Kurdistan Region, IraqFacial expression recognition (FER) has achieved an extreme role in research area since the 1990s. This paper provides a comparison approach for FER based on three feature selection methods which are correlation, gain ration, and information gain for determining the most distinguished features of face images using multi-classification algorithms which are multilayer perceptron, Naïve Bayes, decision tree, and K-nearest neighbor (KNN). These classifiers are used for the mission of expression recognition and for comparing their proportional performance. The main aim of the provided approach is to determine the most effective classifier based on minimum acceptable number of features by analyzing and comparing their performance. The provided approach has been applied on CK+ dataset. The experimental results show that KNN is proven to be better classifier with 91% accuracy using only 30 features.https://polytechnic-journal.epu.edu.iq/home/vol10/iss1/13correlation;facial expression recognition;feature selection;gain ratio;information gain
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correlation;
facial expression recognition;
feature selection;
gain ratio;
information gain
title A Comparison of Four Classification Algorithms for Facial Expression Recognition
title_full A Comparison of Four Classification Algorithms for Facial Expression Recognition
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title_full_unstemmed A Comparison of Four Classification Algorithms for Facial Expression Recognition
title_short A Comparison of Four Classification Algorithms for Facial Expression Recognition
title_sort comparison of four classification algorithms for facial expression recognition
topic correlation;
facial expression recognition;
feature selection;
gain ratio;
information gain
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