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Contribution Tracking Feature Selection (CTFS) Based on the Fusion of Sparse Autoencoder and Mutual Information

by Yifan Yu, Dazhi Wang*, Yanhua Chen, Hongfeng Wang, Min Huang

College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110004, China

* Corresponding Author: Dazhi Wang. Email: email

Computers, Materials & Continua 2024, 81(3), 3761-3780. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2024.057103

Abstract

For data mining tasks on large-scale data, feature selection is a pivotal stage that plays an important role in removing redundant or irrelevant features while improving classifier performance. Traditional wrapper feature selection methodologies typically require extensive model training and evaluation, which cannot deliver desired outcomes within a reasonable computing time. In this paper, an innovative wrapper approach termed Contribution Tracking Feature Selection (CTFS) is proposed for feature selection of large-scale data, which can locate informative features without population-level evolution. In other words, fewer evaluations are needed for CTFS compared to other evolutionary methods. We initially introduce a refined sparse autoencoder to assess the prominence of each feature in the subsequent wrapper method. Subsequently, we utilize an enhanced wrapper feature selection technique that merges Mutual Information (MI) with individual feature contributions. Finally, a fine-tuning contribution tracking mechanism discerns informative features within the optimal feature subset, operating via a dominance accumulation mechanism. Experimental results for multiple classification performance metrics demonstrate that the proposed method effectively yields smaller feature subsets without degrading classification performance in an acceptable runtime compared to state-of-the-art algorithms across most large-scale benchmark datasets.

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APA Style
Yu, Y., Wang, D., Chen, Y., Wang, H., Huang, M. (2024). Contribution tracking feature selection (CTFS) based on the fusion of sparse autoencoder and mutual information. Computers, Materials & Continua, 81(3), 3761–3780. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2024.057103
Vancouver Style
Yu Y, Wang D, Chen Y, Wang H, Huang M. Contribution tracking feature selection (CTFS) based on the fusion of sparse autoencoder and mutual information. Comput Mater Contin. 2024;81(3):3761–3780. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2024.057103
IEEE Style
Y. Yu, D. Wang, Y. Chen, H. Wang, and M. Huang, “Contribution Tracking Feature Selection (CTFS) Based on the Fusion of Sparse Autoencoder and Mutual Information,” Comput. Mater. Contin., vol. 81, no. 3, pp. 3761–3780, 2024. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2024.057103



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