Title
Genetic and evolutionary methods for biometric feature reduction
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the use of Genetic and Evolutionary Computations (GECs) for feature selection (GEFeS), weighting (GEFeW), and hybrid weighting/selection (GEFeWS) in an attempt to increase recognition accuracy as well as reduce the number of features needed for biometric recognition. These GEC-based methods were first applied to a subset of 105 subjects taken from the Facial Recognition Grand Challenge (FRGC) dataset (FRGC-105) where several feature masks were evolved. The resulting feature masks were then tested on a larger subset taken from the FRGC dataset (FRGC-209) in an effort to investigate how well they generalise to unseen subjects. The results suggest that our GEC-based methods are effective in increasing the recognition accuracy and reducing the features needed for recognition. In addition, the evolved FRGC-105 feature masks generalised well on the unseen subjects within the FRGC-209 dataset.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1504/IJBM.2012.047642
IJBM
Keywords
Field
DocType
genetic and evolutionary computation, biometrics, feature selection, feature weighting
Facial recognition system,Weighting,Pattern recognition,Feature selection,Feature (computer vision),Computer science,Feature (machine learning),Artificial intelligence,Biometrics,Machine learning,Computation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
4
3
1755-8301
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.38
27
Authors
10
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Aniesha Alford1325.91
Kelvin Bryant2525.56
Tamirat Abegaz3295.00
Gerry V. Dozier432644.63
John C. Kelly57615.77
Joseph Shelton64011.67
Lasanio Small710.72
Jared Williams861.41
Damon L. Woodard952231.66
Karl Ricanek1016518.65