Title
A memetic algorithm for evolutionary prototype selection: A scaling up approach
Abstract
Prototype selection problem consists of reducing the size of databases by removing samples that are considered noisy or not influential on nearest neighbour classification tasks. Evolutionary algorithms have been used recently for prototype selection showing good results. However, due to the complexity of this problem when the size of the databases increases, the behaviour of evolutionary algorithms could deteriorate considerably because of a lack of convergence. This additional problem is known as the scaling up problem. Memetic algorithms are approaches for heuristic searches in optimization problems that combine a population-based algorithm with a local search. In this paper, we propose a model of memetic algorithm that incorporates an ad hoc local search specifically designed for optimizing the properties of prototype selection problem with the aim of tackling the scaling up problem. In order to check its performance, we have carried out an empirical study including a comparison between our proposal and previous evolutionary and non-evolutionary approaches studied in the literature. The results have been contrasted with the use of non-parametric statistical procedures and show that our approach outperforms previously studied methods, especially when the database scales up.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1016/j.patcog.2008.02.006
Pattern Recognition
Keywords
Field
DocType
heuristic search,data mining,population-based algorithm,databases increase,memetic algorithms,additional problem,prototype selection problem,data reduction,evolutionary prototype selection,evolutionary algorithms,scaling up,memetic algorithm,optimization problem,nearest neighbour rule,evolutionary algorithm,prototype selection,local search,non parametric statistics,empirical study
Convergence (routing),Memetic algorithm,Population,Heuristic,Evolutionary algorithm,Evolutionary computation,Artificial intelligence,Local search (optimization),Optimization problem,Machine learning,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
41
8
Pattern Recognition
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
101
2.09
31
Authors
3
Search Limit
100101
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Salvador García1121934.57
José Ramón Cano240015.64
Francisco Herrera3273911168.49