IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI)
Vol 13, No 4: December 2024

Enhancing breast cancer diagnosis: a comparative analysis of feature selection techniques

Benghazouani, Salsabila (Unknown)
Nouh, Said (Unknown)
Zakrani, Abdelali (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Dec 2024

Abstract

Breast cancer is a significant contributor to female mortality, emphasizing the importance of early detection. Predicting breast cancer accurately remains a complex challenge within medical data analysis. Machine learning (ML) algorithms offer valuable assistance in decision-making and diagnosis using medical data. Numerous research studies highlight the effectiveness of ML techniques in improving breast cancer prediction. Feature selection plays a pivotal role in data preprocessing, eliminating irrelevant and redundant features to minimize feature count and improve classification accuracy. This study focuses on optimizing breast cancer diagnostics through feature selection methods, specifically genetic algorithms (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO). The research involves a comparative analysis of these methods and the application of a diverse set of ML classification techniques, including logistic regression (LR), support vector machine (SVM), decision tree (DT), and ensemble methods like random forest (RF), AdaBoost, and gradient boosting (GB), using a breast cancer dataset. The models' performance is subsequently evaluated using various performance metrics. The experimental findings illustrate that PSO achieved the highest average accuracy, reaching 99.6% when applied to AdaBoost, while GA attained an accuracy rate of 99.5% when employed with both AdaBoost and RF.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJAI

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Engineering

Description

IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI) publishes articles in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The scope covers all artificial intelligence area and its application in the following topics: neural networks; fuzzy logic; simulated biological evolution algorithms (like ...