sequentialBackwardSelection: Sequential Backward Selection

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Sequential Backward Selection

Description

Generates a search function based on sequential backward selection. This function is called internally within the searchAlgorithm function. The SBS method \insertCiteMarillGreen1963FSinR starts with all the features and removes a single feature at each step with a view to improving the evaluation of the set.

Usage

sequentialBackwardSelection(stopCriterion = -1, stop = FALSE)

Arguments

stopCriterion	Define a maximum number of iterations. Disabled if the value is -1 (default: -1 )
stop	If true, the function stops if next iteration does not improve current results (default: FALSE)

Value

Returns a search function that is used to guide the feature selection process.

Author(s)

Adan M. Rodriguez

Alfonso Jiménez-Vílchez

Francisco Aragón Royón

References

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Examples

 

## The direct application of this function is an advanced use that consists of using this 
# function directly and performing a search process in a feature space
## Classification problem

# Generates the filter evaluation function with sbs
filter_evaluator <- filterEvaluator('IEConsistency')

# Generates the search function
sbs_search <- sequentialBackwardSelection()
# Performs the search process directly (parameters: dataset, target variable and evaluator)
sbs_search(iris, 'Species', filter_evaluator)

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