A Multi-Objective Multi-Label Feature Selection Algorithm Based on Shapley Value

Abstract

Multi-label learning is dedicated to learning functions so that each sample is labeled with a true label set. With the increase of data knowledge, the feature dimensionality is increasing. However, high-dimensional information may contain noisy data, making the process of multi-label learning difficult. Feature selection is a technical approach that can effectively reduce the data dimension. In the study of feature selection, the multi-objective optimization algorithm has shown an excellent global optimization performance. The Pareto relationship can handle contradictory objectives in the multi-objective problem well. Therefore, a Shapley value-fused feature selection algorithm for multi-label learning (SHAPFS-ML) is proposed. The method takes multi-label criteria as the optimization objectives and the proposed crossover and mutation operators based on Shapley value are conducive to identifying relevant, redundant and irrelevant features. The comparison of experimental results on real-world datasets reveals that SHAPFS-ML is an effective feature selection method for multi-label classification, which can reduce the classification algorithm’s computational complexity and improve the classification accuracy.