Research Article

mRMR-ABC: A Hybrid Gene Selection Algorithm for Cancer Classification Using Microarray Gene Expression Profiling

Table 10

Comparison between mRMR-ABC and ABC algorithms classification performance when applied with the SVM classifier for Leukemia2 dataset.

Number of genes Classification accuracy
mRMR-ABCABC
Best Mean Worst Best Mean Worst

2 84.72%84.72%84.72%84.72%84.72%84.72%
3 87.5%86.11%84.72%86.11%85.23%84.72%
4 90.27%87.5%84.72%87.5%86.11%84.72%
5 90.27%88.88%86.11%87.5%86.45%84.72%
6 94.44%90.27%87.5%90.27%88.88%86.11%
7 93.05%89.49%88.88%90.27%89.22%86.11%
8 94.44%91.66%87.5%91.66%90.27%88.88%
9 94.44%92.38%87.5%93.05%91.46%88.88%
10 95.83%91.66%88.88%93.05%91.98%88.88%
15 98.61%94.44%91.66%94.44%92.78%90.27%
18 98.61%95.67%91.66%95.83%92.99%90.27%
20100%96.12%95.83%97.22%93.15%91.66%