Kestrel-Based Search Algorithm (KSA) for Parameter Tuning Unto Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) Network for Feature Selection in Classification of High-Dimensional Bioinformatics Datasets

Although deep learning methods have been applied to the selection of features in the classification problem, current methods of learning parameters to be used in the classification approach can vary in terms of accuracy at each time interval, resulting in potentially inaccurate classification. To address this challenge, this study proposes an approach to learning these parameters by using two different aspects of Kestrel bird behavior to adjust the learning rate until the optimal value of the parameter is found: random encircling from a hovering position and learning through imitation from the well-adapted behaviour of other Kestrels. Additionally, deep learning method (that is, recurrent neural network with long short term memory network) was applied to select features and the accuracy of classification. A benchmark dataset (with continuous data attributes) was chosen to test the proposed search algorithm. The results showed that KSA is comparable to BAT, ACO and PSO as the test statistics (that is, Wilcoxon signed rank test) show no statistically significant differences between the mean of classification accuracy at level of significance of 0.05. However, KSA, when compared with WSA-MP, shows a statistically significant difference between the mean of classification accuracy.