Proposing a Neural-genetic System for Optimized Feature Selection Applied in Medical Datasets


Authors

Saeed Ayat - Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, Payame Noor University, Iran. Mohammad Reza Mohammadi Khoroushani - M.Sc. student, Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, Payame Noor University, Esfahan, Iran.


Abstract

This paper, presents a new system for selecting the best optimized features among a collection of features by combination of neural network and genetic algorithm. Feature selection is an important issue because it has a direct impact on the performance (Specificity, sensitivity) and system efficiency. The proposed system uses neural network for selecting the best features based on Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), and genetic algorithm for training the neural network by determining the optimum values of weighs and other parameters. This system is a combination of a Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) with 3 layers and decimal genetic algorithm. We evaluated our proposed system on 10 medical data sets and compared it with binary genetic algorithm that is used widely for feature selection. The results confirmed the superiority of the proposed system in Specificity, sensitivity and the number of selected optimized features.


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ISRP Style

Saeed Ayat, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi Khoroushani, Proposing a Neural-genetic System for Optimized Feature Selection Applied in Medical Datasets, Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science, 13 (2014), no. 4, 353 - 358

AMA Style

Ayat Saeed, Khoroushani Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, Proposing a Neural-genetic System for Optimized Feature Selection Applied in Medical Datasets. J Math Comput SCI-JM. (2014); 13(4):353 - 358

Chicago/Turabian Style

Ayat, Saeed, Khoroushani, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi. "Proposing a Neural-genetic System for Optimized Feature Selection Applied in Medical Datasets." Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science, 13, no. 4 (2014): 353 - 358


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