Doaa Sami Khafaga¹, El-Sayed M. El-kenawy^2,3, Faten Khalid Karim^1,*, Mostafa Abotaleb⁴, Abdelhameed Ibrahim⁵, Abdelaziz A. Abdelhamid^6,7, D. L. Elsheweikh⁸

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 4531-4545, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.033042

Abstract Selecting the most relevant subset of features from a dataset is a vital step in data mining and machine learning. Each feature in a dataset has 2ⁿ possible subsets, making it challenging to select the optimum collection of features using typical methods. As a result, a new metaheuristics-based feature selection method based on the dipper-throated and grey-wolf optimization (DTO-GW) algorithms has been developed in this research. Instability can result when the selection of features is subject to metaheuristics, which can lead to a wide range of results. Thus, we adopted hybrid optimization in our method of optimizing, which allowed us… More >

Doaa Sami Khafaga¹, El-Sayed M. El-kenawy², Fadwa Alrowais^1,*, Sunil Kumar³, Abdelhameed Ibrahim⁴, Abdelaziz A. Abdelhamid^5,6

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 4027-4041, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.033039

Abstract In data mining and machine learning, feature selection is a critical part of the process of selecting the optimal subset of features based on the target data. There are 2ⁿ potential feature subsets for every n features in a dataset, making it difficult to pick the best set of features using standard approaches. Consequently, in this research, a new metaheuristics-based feature selection technique based on an adaptive squirrel search optimization algorithm (ASSOA) has been proposed. When using metaheuristics to pick features, it is common for the selection of features to vary across runs, which can lead to instability. Because of… More >