SemiACO: A semi-supervised feature selection based on ant colony optimization

F Karimi, MB Dowlatshahi, A Hashemi - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
Feature selection is one of the most efficient procedures for reducing the dimensionality of
high-dimensional data by choosing a practical subset of features. Since labeled samples are …

MFS-MCDM: Multi-label feature selection using multi-criteria decision making

A Hashemi, MB Dowlatshahi… - Knowledge-Based …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, for the first time, a feature selection procedure is modeled as a multi-criteria
decision making (MCDM) process. This method is applied to a multi-label data and we have …

Ensemble of feature selection algorithms: a multi-criteria decision-making approach

A Hashemi, MB Dowlatshahi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
For the first time, the ensemble feature selection is modeled as a Multi-Criteria Decision-
Making (MCDM) process in this paper. For this purpose, we used the VIKOR method as a …

Ant-TD: Ant colony optimization plus temporal difference reinforcement learning for multi-label feature selection

M Paniri, MB Dowlatshahi… - Swarm and Evolutionary …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, multi-label learning becomes a trending topic in machine learning and data
mining. This type of learning deals with data that each instance is associated with more than …

Ant colony optimization equipped with an ensemble of heuristics through multi-criteria decision making: A case study in ensemble feature selection

A Hashemi, M Joodaki, NZ Joodaki… - Applied Soft …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is a probabilistic and approximation metaheuristic
algorithm to solve complex combinatorial optimization problems. ACO algorithm is inspired …

An efficient Pareto-based feature selection algorithm for multi-label classification

A Hashemi, MB Dowlatshahi, H Nezamabadi-pour - Information Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Multi-label learning algorithms have significant challenges due to high-dimensional feature
space and noises in multi-label datasets. Feature selection methods are effective techniques …

An efficient optimal neural network based on gravitational search algorithm in predicting the deformation of geogrid-reinforced soil structures

E Momeni, A Yarivand, MB Dowlatshahi… - Transportation …, 2021 - Elsevier
The deformation of a Geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) structure is a key factor in designing
this type of retaining structures. On the other hand, the feasibility of artificial intelligence …

Surrogate sample-assisted particle swarm optimization for feature selection on high-dimensional data

X Song, Y Zhang, D Gong, H Liu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the increase of the number of features and the sample size, existing feature selection
(FS) methods based on evolutionary optimization still face challenges such as the “curse of …

VMFS: A VIKOR-based multi-target feature selection

A Hashemi, MB Dowlatshahi… - expert systems with …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper proposed a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) modeling to deal with multi-
target regression problem. This model offered a feature ranking approach for multi-target …

An energy aware grouping memetic algorithm to schedule the sensing activity in WSNs-based IoT for smart cities

MB Dowlatshahi, MK Rafsanjani, BB Gupta - Applied Soft Computing, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are the main component in the Internet of Things
(IoT) and smart cities to sense our environment, gather essential and meaningful data, and …