<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Feature selection is a step in knowledge discovery in databases which takes away most of the time of the entire process. Therefore, the effective implementation of feature selection significantly improves the overall process. This paper suggests examining data characteristics before applying feature selection and hypothesize that data characteristics significantly affect feature selection techniques performance. Our experimental comparison of five previously used feature selection techniques reveals significant difference in feature selection techniques performance when dealing with data sets of different characteristics</p></abstract>

Feature selection is a step in knowledge discovery in databases which takes away most of the time of the entire process. Therefore, the effective implementation of feature selection significantly improves the overall process. This paper suggests examining data characteristics before applying feature selection and hypothesize that data characteristics significantly affect feature selection techniques performance. Our experimental comparison of five previously used feature selection techniques reveals significant difference in feature selection techniques performance when dealing with data sets of different characteristics

Impact of Data Characteristics on Feature Selection Techniques Performance

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Varazdin, Pavlinska 2

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology

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Feature selection is a step in knowledge discovery in databases which takes away most of the time of the entire process. Therefore, the effective...

Impact of Data Characteristics on Feature Selection Techniques Performance

Publié en ligne: 08 août 2013

Pages: 84 - 89

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2013-0014

Mots clés
feature selection, data characteristics, classification accuracy

This content is open access.

Impact of Data Characteristics on Feature Selection Techniques Performance

Publié en ligne: 08 août 2013

Pages: 84 - 89

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2013-0014

Mots clésfeature selection, data characteristics, classification accuracy

This content is open access.

Mots clés
feature selection, data characteristics, classification accuracy