Understanding and Using Rough Set Based Feature Selection: Concepts, Techniques and Applications

Dr Summair Raza has PhD specialization in Software Engineering from National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan. He completed his MS from International Islamic University, Pakistan in 2009. He is also associated with Virtual University of Pakistan as Assistant Professor. He has published various papers in international level journals and conferences. His research interests include Feature Selection, Rough Set Theory, Trend Analysis, Software Architecture, Software Design and Non-Functional Requirements. Dr Usman Qamar has over 15 years of experience in data engineering both in academia and industry. He has Masters in Computer Systems Design from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), UK. His MPhil and PhD in Computer Science are from University of Manchester. Dr Qamar’s research expertise are in Data and Text Mining, Expert Systems, Knowledge Discovery and Feature Selection. He has published extensively inthese subject areas. His Post PhD work at University of Manchester, involved various data engineering projects which included hybrid mechanisms for statistical disclosure and customer profile analysis for shopping with the University of Ghent, Belgium. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Department of Computer Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan and also heads the Knowledge and Data Engineering Research Centre (KDRC) at NUST.

Introduction to Feature Selection.- Background.- Rough Set Theory.- Advance Concepts in RST.- Rough Set Based Feature Selection Techniques.- Unsupervised Feature Selection using RST.- Critical Analysis of Feature Selection Algorithms.- RST Source Code.