Classification of Microarray Gene Expression Data Using an Infiltration Tactics Optimization (ITO) Algorithm

Abstract

A number of different feature selection and classification techniques have been proposed in literature including parameter-free and parameter-based algorithms. The former are quick but may result in local maxima while the latter use dataset-specific parameter-tuning for higher accuracy. However, higher accuracy may not necessarily mean higher reliability of the model. Thus, generalized optimization is still a challenge open for further research. This paper presents a warzone inspired “infiltration tactics” based optimization algorithm (ITO)—not to be confused with the ITO algorithm based on the Itõ Process in the field of Stochastic calculus. The proposed ITO algorithm combines parameter-free and parameter-based classifiers to produce a high-accuracy-high-reliability (HAHR) binary classifier. The algorithm produces results in two phases: (i) Lightweight Infantry Group (LIG) converges quickly to find non-local maxima and produces comparable results (i.e., 70 to 88% accuracy) (ii) Followup Team (FT) uses advanced tuning to enhance the baseline performance (i.e., 75 to 99%). Every soldier of the ITO army is a base model with its own independently chosen Subset selection method, pre-processing, and validation methods and classifier. The successful soldiers are combined through heterogeneous ensembles for optimal results. The proposed approach addresses a data scarcity problem, is flexible to the choice of heterogeneous base classifiers, and is able to produce HAHR models comparable to the established MAQC-II results.

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