<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The purpose of this article is to determine the influence of various methods of selection of diagnostic features on the sensitivity of classification. Three options of feature selection are presented: a parametric feature selection method with a sum (option I), a median of the correlation coefficients matrix column elements (option II) and the method of a reversed matrix (option III). Efficiency of the groupings was verified by the indicators of homogeneity, heterogeneity and the correctness of grouping. In the assessment of group efficiency the approach with the Weber median was used. The undertaken problem was illustrated with a research into the tourist attractiveness of voivodships in Poland in 2011.</p></abstract>

The purpose of this article is to determine the influence of various methods of selection of diagnostic features on the sensitivity of classification. Three options of feature selection are presented: a parametric feature selection method with a sum (option I), a median of the correlation coefficients matrix column elements (option II) and the method of a reversed matrix (option III). Efficiency of the groupings was verified by the indicators of homogeneity, heterogeneity and the correctness of grouping. In the assessment of group efficiency the approach with the Weber median was used. The undertaken problem was illustrated with a research into the tourist attractiveness of voivodships in Poland in 2011.

Influence of Feature Selection Methods on Classification Sensitivity Based on the Example of A Study of Polish Voivodship Tourist Attractiveness

Department of Application of Mathematics in Economics Faculty of Economics West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin Janickiego 31, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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The purpose of this article is to determine the influence of various methods of selection of diagnostic features on the sensitivity of classification. Three...

Influence of Feature Selection Methods on Classification Sensitivity Based on the Example of A Study of Polish Voivodship Tourist Attractiveness

Published Online: Jul 08, 2014

Page range: 134 - 145

Received: Oct 21, 2013

Accepted: Dec 22, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2013-0017

Keywords
feature selection method, classification sensitivity, Weber median, tourist attractiveness

© 2013 University of Szczecin

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Influence of Feature Selection Methods on Classification Sensitivity Based on the Example of A Study of Polish Voivodship Tourist Attractiveness

Published Online: Jul 08, 2014

Page range: 134 - 145

Received: Oct 21, 2013

Accepted: Dec 22, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2013-0017

Keywordsfeature selection method, classification sensitivity, Weber median, tourist attractiveness

© 2013 University of Szczecin

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
feature selection method, classification sensitivity, Weber median, tourist attractiveness