Generalized LARS as an effective feature selection tool for text classification with SVMs

In this paper we generalize the LARS feature selection method to the linear SVM model, derive an efficient algorithm for it, and empirically demonstrate its usefulness as a feature selection tool for text classification.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ICML
• Authors: S. Sathiya Keerthi
• Keywords: Feature Selection Tool, ICML 2005, LARS Feature Selection, Machine Learning