Enhanced Filtrate Feature Selection Algorithm for Feature Subset Generation

Abstract

Objectives: In the bioinformatics field feature selection plays a vital role in selecting relevant features for making better decisions and assessment of disease diagnosis. Brain Tumour (BT) is the second leading disease in the world. Most of the BT detection techniques are based on Magnetic Resonance (MR) images. Methods: In this paper, medical reports are used in the detection of BT to increase the surveillance of patients. To improve the accuracy of predictive models, a new adaptive technique called Enhanced Filtrate Feature Selection (EFFS) algorithm for optimal feature selection is proposed. Initially, the EFFS algorithm finds the dependency of each attribute and feature score by using Mutual Information Gain, Chi-Square, Correlation, and Fishore score filter methods. Afterward, the occurrence rate of each top-ranked attribute is filtered by applying threshold value and obtaining the optimal feature by using the Pareto principle. Findings: The performance of the selected optimal features is evaluated by time complexity, number of features selected, and accuracy. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm is measured and analyzed in a high-quality optimal subset based on a Random Forest classifier integrated with the ranking of attributes. The EFFS algorithm selects 39 out of 46 significant and relevant features with minimum selection time and shows 99.31 % of accuracy for BT, 29 features with 99.47% of accuracy for Breast Cancer, 15 features with 94.61% of accuracy for Lung Cancer, 15 features with 98.84% of accuracy for Diabetes and 43 features with 90% of accuracy for Covid-19 dataset. Novelty: To decrease the processing time and improve the performance of a model feature selection process will be done at the initial stages for the betterment of the classification task. Thus, the proposed EFFS algorithm is applied to different datasets based on medical reports and EFFS outperforms with greater performance measurements and time. The appropriate feature selection techniques help to diagnose diseases in the prior phase and increase the survival of human beings. Keywords: Bioinformatics, Brain Tumour, Chi­Square, Correlation, EFFS, Feature Selection, Fishore Score, Information Gain, Optimal Features, Random Forest