Title
$$\hbox {U}^2\hbox {F}^2\hbox {S}^2$$U2F2S2: Uncovering Feature-level Similarities for Unsupervised Feature Selection
Abstract
Unsupervised feature selection is a critical technique in processing high dimensional data containing redundant and noisy features. Based on sample-level similarities, conventional algorithms select features that can preserve the local structure of data points. However, the similarities among all dimensions of features, which play important roles in feature selection, are neglected. In this paper, we propose a novel method dubbed \(\hbox {U}^2\hbox {F}^2\hbox {S}^2\) by uncovering these pivotal similarities for unsupervised feature selection. A feature-level similarity uncovering loss function is first presented to preserve the local structure of data points at the feature level. Specially, we propose two schemes to measure the feature-level similarities from different perspectives. Then, a joint framework of feature selection and clustering is developed to capture the underlying cluster information. The objective function is efficiently optimized by our proposed iterative algorithm. Extensive experimental results on six publicly available databases demonstrate that \(\hbox {U}^2\hbox {F}^2\hbox {S}^2\) outperforms the state-of-the-arts.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1007/s11063-018-9886-5
Neural Processing Letters
Keywords
Field
DocType
Feature-level similarities,Local structure,Unsupervised feature selection
Data point,Clustering high-dimensional data,Feature selection,Pattern recognition,Iterative method,Local structure,Artificial intelligence,Cluster analysis,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
49.0
3.0
1573-773X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
11
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xin Zheng1144.92
Yanqing Guo23912.24
Jun Guo34313.28
Xiang-Wei Kong421215.09