Improving RBF networks by the feature selection approach EUBAFES

M. Scherf, W. Brauer

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Abstract

The curse of dimensionality is one of the severest problems concerning the application of RBF networks. The number of RBF nodes and therefore the number of training examples needed grows exponentially with the intrinsic dimensionality of the input space. One way to address this problem is the application of feature selection as a data preprocessing step. In this paper we propose a two-step approach for the determination of an optimal feature subset: First, all possible feature-subsets are reduced to those with best discrimination properties by the application of the fast and robust filter technique EUBAFES. Secondly we use a wrapper approach to judge, which of the pre-selected feature subsets leads to RBF networks with least complexity and best classification accuracy. Experiments are undertaken to show the improvement for RBF networks by our feature selection approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationArtificial Neural Networks - ICANN 1997 - 7th International Conference, Proceeedings
EditorsWulfram Gerstner, Alain Germond, Martin Hasler, Jean-Daniel Nicoud
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages391-396
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)3540636315, 9783540636311
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997
Event7th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 1997 - Lausanne, Switzerland
Duration: 8 Oct 199710 Oct 1997

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume1327
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 1997
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityLausanne
Period8/10/9710/10/97

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