Random forests are receiving increasing attention for classification of microarray datasets. We evaluate the effects of a feature selection process on the performance of a random forest classifier as well as on the choice of two critical parameters, i.e. the forest size and the number of features chosen at each split in growing trees. Results of our experiments suggest that parameters lower than popular default values can lead to effective and more parsimonious classification models. Growing few trees on small subsets of selected features, while randomly choosing a single variable at each split, results in classification performance that compares well with state-of-art studies.

Enhancing random forests performance in microarray data classification

DESSI, NICOLETTA;MILIA, GABRIELE;PES, BARBARA
2013-01-01

Abstract

Random forests are receiving increasing attention for classification of microarray datasets. We evaluate the effects of a feature selection process on the performance of a random forest classifier as well as on the choice of two critical parameters, i.e. the forest size and the number of features chosen at each split in growing trees. Results of our experiments suggest that parameters lower than popular default values can lead to effective and more parsimonious classification models. Growing few trees on small subsets of selected features, while randomly choosing a single variable at each split, results in classification performance that compares well with state-of-art studies.
2013
978-3-642-38325-0
Microarray data classification, Random Forests, Feature selection
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