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    Differential Evolution based feature subset selection

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    In this paper, a novel feature selection algorithm based on Differential Evolution (DE) optimization technique is presented. The new algorithm, called DEFS, modifies the DE which is a real-valued optimizer, to suit the problem of feature selection. The proposed DEFS highly reduces the computational costs while at the same time proving to present powerful performance. The DEFS technique is applied to a brain-computer-interface (BCI) application and compared with other dimensionality reduction techniques. The practical results indicate the significance of the proposed algorithm in terms of solutions optimality, memory requirement, and computational cost. © 2008 IEEE

    Enhancing feature selection with a novel hybrid approach incorporating genetic algorithms and swarm intelligence techniques

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    Computing advances in data storage are leading to rapid growth in large-scale datasets. Using all features increases temporal/spatial complexity and negatively influences performance. Feature selection is a fundamental stage in data preprocessing, removing redundant and irrelevant features to minimize the number of features and enhance the performance of classification accuracy. Numerous optimization algorithms were employed to handle feature selection (FS) problems, and they outperform conventional FS techniques. However, there is no metaheuristic FS method that outperforms other optimization algorithms in many datasets. This motivated our study to incorporate the advantages of various optimization techniques to obtain a powerful technique that outperforms other methods in many datasets from different domains. In this article, a novel combined method GASI is developed using swarm intelligence (SI) based feature selection techniques and genetic algorithms (GA) that uses a multi-objective fitness function to seek the optimal subset of features. To assess the performance of the proposed approach, seven datasets have been collected from the UCI repository and exploited to test the newly established feature selection technique. The experimental results demonstrate that the suggested method GASI outperforms many powerful SI-based feature selection techniques studied. GASI obtains a better average fitness value and improves classification performance

    A novel plasticity rule can explain the development of sensorimotor intelligence

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    Grounding autonomous behavior in the nervous system is a fundamental challenge for neuroscience. In particular, the self-organized behavioral development provides more questions than answers. Are there special functional units for curiosity, motivation, and creativity? This paper argues that these features can be grounded in synaptic plasticity itself, without requiring any higher level constructs. We propose differential extrinsic plasticity (DEP) as a new synaptic rule for self-learning systems and apply it to a number of complex robotic systems as a test case. Without specifying any purpose or goal, seemingly purposeful and adaptive behavior is developed, displaying a certain level of sensorimotor intelligence. These surprising results require no system specific modifications of the DEP rule but arise rather from the underlying mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking due to the tight brain-body-environment coupling. The new synaptic rule is biologically plausible and it would be an interesting target for a neurobiolocal investigation. We also argue that this neuronal mechanism may have been a catalyst in natural evolution.Comment: 18 pages, 5 figures, 7 video

    Crow search algorithm with time varying flight length strategies for feature selection

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    Feature Selection (FS) is an efficient technique use to get rid of irrelevant, redundant and noisy attributes in high dimensional datasets while increasing the efficacy of machine learning classification. The CSA is a modest and efficient metaheuristic algorithm which has been used to overcome several FS issues. The flight length (fl) parameter in CSA governs crows\u27 search ability. In CSA, fl is set to a fixed value. As a result, the CSA is plagued by the problem of being hoodwinked in local minimum. This article suggests a remedy to this issue by bringing five new concepts of time dependent fl in CSA for feature selection methods including linearly decreasing flight length, sigmoid decreasing flight length, chaotic decreasing flight length, simulated annealing decreasing flight length, and logarithm decreasing flight length. The proposed approaches\u27 performance is assessed using 13 standard UCI datasets. The simulation result portrays that the suggested feature selection approaches overtake the original CSA, with the chaotic-CSA approach beating the original CSA and the other four proposed approaches for the FS task

    Self-adaptive parameter and strategy based particle swarm optimization for large-scale feature selection problems with multiple classifiers

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    This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61403206, 61876089,61876185), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20141005), the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (14KJB520025), the Engineering Research Center of Digital Forensics, Ministry of Education, and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.Peer reviewedPostprin

    An Evolutionary Computation Based Feature Selection Method for Intrusion Detection

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    Data Availability: The data used to support the fndings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon request. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61403206, 61771258, and 61876089), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20141005 and BK20160910), the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (14KJB520025), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, the Open Research Fund of Jiangsu Engineering Research Center of Communication and Network Technology, NJUPT (JSGCZX17001), and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China under Grant BK20140883.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
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