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Optimization of Spaced K-mer Frequency Feature Extraction using Genetic Algorithms for Metagenome Fragment Classification
Journal of ICT Research and Applications (JICTRA) · Vol. 12 No. 2 (2018) · pp. 123–137
ISSN 2338-5499, 2337-5787
Published 2018-09-28
Publisher DRI - ITB
Language eng
Abstract
K-mer frequencies are commonly used in extracting features from metagenome fragments. In spite of this, researchers have found that their use is still inefficient. In this research, a genetic algorithm was employed to find optimally spaced k-mers. These were obtained by generating the possible combinations of match positions and don't care positions (written as *). This approach was adopted from the concept of spaced seeds in PatternHunter. The use of spaced k-mers could reduce the size of the k-mer frequency feature's dimension. To measure the accuracy of the proposed method we used the naïve Bayesian classifier (NBC). The result showed that the chromosome 111111110001, representing spaced k-mer model [111 1111 10001], was the best chromosome, with a higher fitness (85.42) than that of the k-mer frequency feature. Moreover, the proposed approach also reduced the feature extraction time.
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<dc:title xml:lang="en-US">Optimization of Spaced K-mer Frequency Feature Extraction using Genetic Algorithms for Metagenome Fragment Classification</dc:title>
<dc:creator>Pekuwali, Arini</dc:creator>
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<dc:creator>Buono, Agus</dc:creator>
<dc:subject xml:lang="en-US">genetic algorithm</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="en-US">k-mers</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="en-US">metagenome</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="en-US">naïve Bayesian classifier</dc:subject>
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Pekuwali, A., Kusuma, W. A., & Buono, A. (2018). Optimization of Spaced K-mer Frequency Feature Extraction using Genetic Algorithms for Metagenome Fragment Classification. Journal of ICT Research and Applications (JICTRA), 12(2), 123–137. https://doi.org/10.5614/itbj.ict.res.appl.2018.12.2.2
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A. Pekuwali, W. A. Kusuma, and A. Buono, “Optimization of Spaced K-mer Frequency Feature Extraction using Genetic Algorithms for Metagenome Fragment Classification,” Journal of ICT Research and Applications (JICTRA), vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 123–137, 2018, doi: 10.5614/itbj.ict.res.appl.2018.12.2.2.
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