Gene selection using information gain and improved simplified swarm optimization

• Published in: Neurocomputing (Amsterdam) Vol. 218; pp. 331 - 338
• Main Authors: Lai, Chyh-Ming, Yeh, Wei-Chang, Chang, Chung-Yi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 19.12.2016
• Subjects: Feature selection; Gene selection; Information gain; Simplified swarm optimization; Feature selection; Gene selection; Information gain; Simplified swarm optimization

Recently, gene selection (also called feature selection in data mining) has played an important role in the development of efficient cancer diagnoses and classification because gene expression data are coded by huge measured variables (genes), and only a small number of them present distinct profile...