A comparative analysis of feature selection algorithms based on rough set theory

International Journal of Soft Computing

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 288-294

  Thangavel, K ^a   Pethalakshmi, A ^b   Jaganathan, P ^c  

^a PERIYAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MVM Government Arts College (W)   (India)

^c GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Data mining; Feature selection; Rough set; Rule induction

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749090379     PISSN: 18169503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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