How metaheuristic algorithms can help in feature selection for Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Feature selection is the process of picking the most effective feature among a considerable number of features in the dataset. However, choosing the best subset that gives a higher performance in classification is challenging. This study constructed and validated multiple metaheuristic algorithms to...

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Main Authors: Farzaneh Salami, Ali Bozorgi-Amiri, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam
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Language:English
Published: Ayandegan Institute of Higher Education, 2023-06-01
Series:International Journal of Research in Industrial Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.riejournal.com/article_179094_33d6d76906b0d685166d0381a35c9e3b.pdf
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Ali Bozorgi-Amiri
Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam
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description Feature selection is the process of picking the most effective feature among a considerable number of features in the dataset. However, choosing the best subset that gives a higher performance in classification is challenging. This study constructed and validated multiple metaheuristic algorithms to optimize Machine Learning (ML) models in diagnosing Alzheimer’s. This study aims to classify Cognitively Normal (CN), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and Alzheimer’s by selecting the best features. The features include Freesurfer features extracted from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images and clinical data. We have used well-known ML algorithms for classifying, and after that, we used multiple metaheuristic methods for feature selection and optimizing the objective function of the classification. We considered the objective function a macro-average F1 score because of the imbalanced data. Our procedure not only reduces the irreverent features but also increases the classification performance. Results showed that metaheuristic algorithms could improve the performance of ML methods in diagnosing Alzheimer’s by 20%. We found that classification performance can be significantly enhanced by using appropriate metaheuristic algorithms. Metaheuristic algorithms can help find the best features for medical classification problems, especially Alzheimer’s.
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spelling doaj.art-e894f535f73d4ddb9aa0b2cd6a7c27892023-11-12T12:06:25ZengAyandegan Institute of Higher Education,International Journal of Research in Industrial Engineering2783-13372717-29372023-06-0112219720410.22105/riej.2023.347524.1321179094How metaheuristic algorithms can help in feature selection for Alzheimer’s diagnosisFarzaneh Salami0Ali Bozorgi-Amiri1Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam2Department of Industrial Engineering, Alborz Campus, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.Feature selection is the process of picking the most effective feature among a considerable number of features in the dataset. However, choosing the best subset that gives a higher performance in classification is challenging. This study constructed and validated multiple metaheuristic algorithms to optimize Machine Learning (ML) models in diagnosing Alzheimer’s. This study aims to classify Cognitively Normal (CN), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and Alzheimer’s by selecting the best features. The features include Freesurfer features extracted from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images and clinical data. We have used well-known ML algorithms for classifying, and after that, we used multiple metaheuristic methods for feature selection and optimizing the objective function of the classification. We considered the objective function a macro-average F1 score because of the imbalanced data. Our procedure not only reduces the irreverent features but also increases the classification performance. Results showed that metaheuristic algorithms could improve the performance of ML methods in diagnosing Alzheimer’s by 20%. We found that classification performance can be significantly enhanced by using appropriate metaheuristic algorithms. Metaheuristic algorithms can help find the best features for medical classification problems, especially Alzheimer’s.https://www.riejournal.com/article_179094_33d6d76906b0d685166d0381a35c9e3b.pdfmetaheuristic algorithmalzheimer’s diseasemrimachine learningfeature selectiondata mining
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How metaheuristic algorithms can help in feature selection for Alzheimer’s diagnosis
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metaheuristic algorithm
alzheimer’s disease
mri
machine learning
feature selection
data mining
title How metaheuristic algorithms can help in feature selection for Alzheimer’s diagnosis
title_full How metaheuristic algorithms can help in feature selection for Alzheimer’s diagnosis
title_fullStr How metaheuristic algorithms can help in feature selection for Alzheimer’s diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed How metaheuristic algorithms can help in feature selection for Alzheimer’s diagnosis
title_short How metaheuristic algorithms can help in feature selection for Alzheimer’s diagnosis
title_sort how metaheuristic algorithms can help in feature selection for alzheimer s diagnosis
topic metaheuristic algorithm
alzheimer’s disease
mri
machine learning
feature selection
data mining
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