Title
Evaluation of feature selection methods for text classification with small datasets using multiple criteria decision-making methods
Abstract
The evaluation of feature selection methods for text classification with small sample datasets must consider classification performance, stability, and efficiency. It is, thus, a multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem. Yet there has been few research in feature selection evaluation using MCDM methods which considering multiple criteria. Therefore, we use MCDM-based methods for evaluating feature selection methods for text classification with small sample datasets. An experimental study is designed to compare five MCDM methods to validate the proposed approach with 10 feature selection methods, nine evaluation measures for binary classification, seven evaluation measures for multi-class classification, and three classifiers with 10 small datasets. Based on the ranked results of the five MCDM methods, we make recommendations concerning feature selection methods. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the used MCDM-based method in evaluating feature selection methods.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1016/j.asoc.2019.105836
Applied Soft Computing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Feature selection,Text classification,MCDM,Small sample dataset
Multiple criteria,Multiple-criteria decision analysis,Binary classification,Feature selection,Ranking,Artificial intelligence,Machine learning,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
86
1568-4946
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.45
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gang Kou12527191.95
Pei Yang270.45
Yi Peng3130378.20
Feng Xiao492.53
Yang Chen570.45
Fawaz E. Alsaadi6407.45