Finding feature transformation functions using genetic algorithm

Eun Yeong Ahn, Tracy Mullen, John Yen

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Abstract

Identifying a good set of features is critical to the performance of learning algorithms such as classifiers. Previous methods have focused on either selecting a subset of features or transforming features using principle components analysis. In this paper, we propose a genetic algorithm approach that searches for a good feature transformation function over a subset of features using a novel representation scheme with novel reproduction operators. Preliminary experimental results using the UCI data set show promising results.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 12th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO '10 - Companion Publication
Pages2061-2062
Number of pages2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event12th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO-2010 - Portland, OR, United States
Duration: Jul 7 2010Jul 11 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 12th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO '10 - Companion Publication

Other

Other12th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO-2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPortland, OR
Period7/7/107/11/10

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Theoretical Computer Science

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