A comparison of multi-objective grammar-guided genetic programming methods to multiple instance learning

Abstract

This paper develops a first comparative study of multi- objective algorithms in Multiple Instance Learning (MIL) applications. These algorithms use grammar-guided genetic programming, a robust classification paradigm which is able to generate understandable rules that are adapted to work with the MIL framework. The algorithms obtained are based on the most widely used and compared multi-objective evolutionary algorithms. Thus, we design and implement SPG3P-MI based on the Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm, NSG3P-MI based on the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm and MOGLG3P-MI based on the Multi-objective genetic local search. These approaches are tested with different MIL applications and compared to a previous single-objective grammar-guided genetic programming proposal. The results demonstrate the excellent performance of multi-objective approaches in achieving accurate models and their ability to generate comprehensive rules in the knowledgable discovery process. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.