@article {781,
	title = {ClEnDAE: A classifier based on ensembles with built-in dimensionality reduction through denoising autoencoders},
	journal = {Information Sciences},
	volume = {565},
	year = {2021},
	note = {TIN2015-68454-R; PID2019-107793GB-I00 / AEI /10.13039/501100011033},
	pages = {146-176},
	abstract = {High dimensionality is an issue that affects most classification algorithms. This factor implies that the predictive performance of many traditional classifiers decreases considerably as the number of features increases. Therefore, there are numerous proposals that try to mitigate the effects of this issue. This study proposes ClEnDAE, a new classifier based on ensembles whose components incorporate denoising autoencoders (DAEs) to reduce the dimensionality of the input space. On the one hand, the use of ensembles improves the predictive performance by using several components that work jointly. On the other hand, the use of DAEs allows a new higher-level, smaller-sized feature space to be generated, reducing high dimensionality effects. Finally, an experimentation is conducted with the goal of evaluating the behavior of ClEnDAE. The first part of the test compares the performance of ClEnDAE to a model based on basic DAE and to the original untreated data. The second part analyzes the results of ClEnDAE and other traditional methods of dimensionality reduction in order to determine the improvement achieved with the proposed algorithm. In both parts of the experimentation, conclusions show that ClEnDAE offers better predictive performance than the other analyzed models. The main advantage of the ClEnDAE method is the combination of the potential of the ensemble-based methodology, where several components work in parallel, and DAEs, which generate new low-dimensional features that provide more relevant information. Therefore, the classification performance is better than with other classic proposals.},
	keywords = {classification, Deep learning, Denoising autoencoders, Dimensionality reduction, Ensembles feature fusion},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2021.02.060},
	author = {Pulgar, Francisco J. and Francisco Charte and A.J. Rivera-Rivas and M. J. del Jesus}
}
@article {774,
	title = {Choosing the proper autoencoder for feature fusion based on data complexity and classifiers: Analysis, tips and guidelines},
	journal = {Information Fusion},
	volume = {54},
	year = {2020},
	note = {TIN2015-68454-R},
	month = {02/2020},
	pages = {44-60},
	abstract = {Classifying data patterns is one of the most recurrent applications in machine learning. The number of input features influences the predictive performance of many classification models. Most classifiers work with high-dimensional spaces. Therefore, there is a great interest in facing the task of reducing the input space. Manifold learning has been shown to perform better than classical dimensionality reduction approaches, such as Principal Component Analysis and Linear Discriminant Analysis. In this sense, Autoencoders (AEs) provide an automated way of performing feature fusion, finding the best manifold to reconstruct the data. There are several models and architectures of AEs. For this reason, in this study an exhaustive analysis of the predictive performance of different AEs models with a large number of datasets is proposed, aiming to provide a set of useful guidelines. These will allow users to choose the appropriate AE model for each case, depending on data traits and the classifier to be used. A thorough empirical analysis is conducted including four AE models, four classification paradigms and a group of datasets with a variety of traits. A convenient set of rules to follow is obtained as a result.},
	keywords = {Autoencoders, classification, Deep learning, Dimensionality reduction, Feature fusion},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2019.07.004},
	author = {Pulgar, Francisco J. and Francisco Charte and A.J. Rivera-Rivas and M. J. del Jesus}
}
