A comparison of classification models to identify the Fragile X Syndrome |
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Authors: | Rafael Pino-Mejías Mercedes Carrasco-Mairena Antonio Pascual-Acosta María-Dolores Cubiles-De-La-Vega Joaquín Muñoz-García |
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Affiliation: | a Statistics Department, University of Sevilla, Spainb Andalusian Prospective Center, Spainc Researcher of the FXS Association, Andalusia, Spain |
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Abstract: | The main models of machine learning are briefly reviewed and considered for building a classifier to identify the Fragile X Syndrome (FXS). We have analyzed 172 patients potentially affected by FXS in Andalusia (Spain) and, by means of a DNA test, each member of the data set is known to belong to one of two classes: affected, not affected. The whole predictor set, formed by 40 variables, and a reduced set with only nine predictors significantly associated with the response are considered. Four alternative base classification models have been investigated: logistic regression, classification trees, multilayer perceptron and support vector machines. For both predictor sets, the best accuracy, considering both the mean and the standard deviation of the test error rate, is achieved by the support vector machines, confirming the increasing importance of this learning algorithm. Three ensemble methods - bagging, random forests and boosting - were also considered, amongst which the bagged versions of support vector machines stand out, especially when they are constructed with the reduced set of predictor variables. The analysis of the sensitivity, the specificity and the area under the ROC curve agrees with the main conclusions extracted from the accuracy results. All of these models can be fitted by free R programs. |
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Keywords: | fragile X syndrome support vector machines multilayer perceptron classification trees logistic regression ensemble methods R system |
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