title: Ant Colony Optimization Based Feature Selection Method for QEEG Data Classification.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Many applications such as biomedical signals require selecting a subset of the input features in order to represent the whole set of features. A feature selection algorithm has recently been proposed as a new approach for feature subset selection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Feature selection process using ant colony optimization (ACO) for 6 channel pre-treatment electroencephalogram (EEG) data from theta and delta frequency bands is combined with back propagation neural network (BPNN) classification method for 147 major depressive disorder (MDD) subjects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  BPNN classified R subjects with 91.83% overall accuracy and 95.55% subjects detection sensitivity. Area under ROC curve (AUC) value after feature selection increased from 0.8531 to 0.911. The features selected by the optimization algorithm were Fp1, Fp2, F7, F8, F3 for theta frequency band and eliminated 7 features from 12 to 5 feature subset.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ACO feature selection algorithm improves the classification accuracy of BPNN. Using other feature selection algorithms or classifiers to compare the performance for each approach is important to underline the validity and versatility of the designed combination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Turker Tekin
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Erguzel
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serhat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozekes
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selahattin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gultekin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey. ; Department of Psychiatry, NPIstanbul Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nevzat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tarhan
keywords: Feature selection; Major depressive disorder; Neural networks; QEEG
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