Feature selection techniques have been used as the workhorse in biomarker discovery applications for a long time. Surprisingly, the stability of feature selection with respect to sampling variations has long been under-considered. It is only until recently that this issue has received more and more attention. In this article, we review existing stable feature selection methods for biomarker discovery using a generic hierarchal framework. We have two objectives: (1) providing an overview on this new yet fast growing topic for a convenient reference; (2) categorizing existing methods under an expandable framework for future research and development.
@article{arxiv.1001.0887,
title = {Stable Feature Selection for Biomarker Discovery},
author = {Zengyou He and Weichuan Yu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.0887},
year = {2010}
}