Information Gain-Based Enhanced Classification Techniques
The success of data mining tasks depends on the selection of an accurate classification algorithm. To evaluate the efficacy of a classification algorithm of interest, classification accuracy and algorithm run time are used. Trialing with several algorithms can raise the cost of the data mining operation. In this paper, information gain that is feature selection algorithm is used to improve the classification accuracy and reduce run time of classification technique. The paper uses classification techniques such as part rule, sequential minimal optimization, naïve Bayes, and random forest for a medical dataset. Dataset used in the paper is regular about physical activity, which is vital to maintain or even improve a person’s health. In this paper, the procedure has been built based on record the accuracy and run time of the classification algorithms before and after using the information_gain algorithm. As a result, the accuracy after the information_gain algorithm was the highest for the part rule algorithm and the best run time to implement the naïve Bayes algorithm.