A stability index for feature selection

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications, AIA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 390-395

  Kuncheva, Ludmila I ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feature selection; Pattern recognition; Sequential forward selection (SFS); Stability index

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY CONTROL; SET THEORY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

SEQUENTIAL FORWARD SELECTION (SFS); STABILITY INDEX;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 38149090506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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