Evolutionary Feature Selection for Artificial Neural Network Pattern Classifiers

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Abstract

This paper presents FeaSANNT, an evolutionary procedure for feature selection and weight training for neural network classifiers. FeaSANNT exploits the global nature of evolutionary search to avoid sub-optimal peaks of performance. FeaSANNT was used to train a multi-layer perceptron classifier on seven benchmark problems. FeaSANNT attained accurate and consistent learning results, and significantly reduced the number of data attributes compared to four state-of-the-art standard filter and wrapper feature selection methods. Thanks to the robustness of evolutionary search, FeaSANNT did not require time-consuming re-tuning of the learning parameters for each test problem.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIndustrial Informatics, 2009. INDIN 2009. 7th IEEE International Conference on
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages658-663
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4244-3760-3
ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-3759-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2009
EventIEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN) -
Duration: 1 Jan 2009 → …

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics
ISSN (Print)1935-4576

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN)
Period1/01/09 → …

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