A novel hybrid feature selection algorithm: Using ReliefF estimation for GA-Wrapper search

International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 380-384

  Zhang, Li Xin ^a   Wang, Jia Xin ^a   Zhao, Yan Nan ^a   Yang, Ze Hong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Feature selection; Filter; Genetic algorithm; ReliefF; Wrapper

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER RECOGNITION; DATA REDUCTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; PROBABILITY;

FEATURE SELECTION; FILTERS; RELIEFF; WRAPPER;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 1542350353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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