Metaheuristic algorithms on feature selection: A survey of one decade of research (2009-2019)

P Agrawal, HF Abutarboush, T Ganesh… - Ieee …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Feature selection is a critical and prominent task in machine learning. To reduce the
dimension of the feature set while maintaining the accuracy of the performance is the main …

Advances in nature-inspired metaheuristic optimization for feature selection problem: A comprehensive survey

M Nssibi, G Manita, O Korbaa - Computer Science Review, 2023 - Elsevier
The main objective of feature selection is to improve learning performance by selecting
concise and informative feature subsets, which presents a challenging task for machine …

An improved grey wolf optimizer for solving engineering problems

MH Nadimi-Shahraki, S Taghian, S Mirjalili - Expert Systems with …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this article, an Improved Grey Wolf Optimizer (I-GWO) is proposed for solving global
optimization and engineering design problems. This improvement is proposed to alleviate …

QANA: Quantum-based avian navigation optimizer algorithm

H Zamani, MH Nadimi-Shahraki… - Engineering Applications of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Differential evolution is an effective and practical approach that is widely applied for solving
global optimization problems. Nevertheless, its effectiveness and scalability are decreased …

MTDE: An effective multi-trial vector-based differential evolution algorithm and its applications for engineering design problems

MH Nadimi-Shahraki, S Taghian, S Mirjalili… - Applied Soft Computing, 2020 - Elsevier
In this article, an effective metaheuristic algorithm named multi-trial vector-based differential
evolution (MTDE) is proposed. The MTDE is distinguished by introducing an adaptive …

B-MFO: a binary moth-flame optimization for feature selection from medical datasets

MH Nadimi-Shahraki, M Banaie-Dezfouli, H Zamani… - Computers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Advancements in medical technology have created numerous large datasets including
many features. Usually, all captured features are not necessary, and there are redundant …

A comprehensive survey of sine cosine algorithm: variants and applications

AB Gabis, Y Meraihi, S Mirjalili… - Artificial Intelligence …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Sine Cosine Algorithm (SCA) is a recent meta-heuristic algorithm inspired by the
proprieties of trigonometric sine and cosine functions. Since its introduction by Mirjalili in …

Binary aquila optimizer for selecting effective features from medical data: A COVID-19 case study

MH Nadimi-Shahraki, S Taghian, S Mirjalili… - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Medical technological advancements have led to the creation of various large datasets with
numerous attributes. The presence of redundant and irrelevant features in datasets …

Opposition-based sine cosine optimizer utilizing refraction learning and variable neighborhood search for feature selection

BH Abed-Alguni, NA Alawad, MA Al-Betar, D Paul - Applied Intelligence, 2023 - Springer
This paper proposes new improved binary versions of the Sine Cosine Algorithm (SCA) for
the Feature Selection (FS) problem. FS is an essential machine learning and data mining …

Memory-based sand cat swarm optimization for feature selection in medical diagnosis

A Qtaish, D Albashish, M Braik, MT Alshammari… - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rapid expansion of medical data poses numerous challenges for Machine Learning
(ML) tasks due to their potential to include excessive noisy, irrelevant, and redundant …