keywords = "genetic algorithms, genetic programming, feature
construction, feature selection, human factors, human
readability, knowledge discovery, parsimony,
post-processing",
abstract = "The use of machine learning techniques to
automatically analyse data for information is becoming
increasingly widespread. In this paper we examine the
use of Genetic Programming and a Genetic Algorithm to
pre-process data before it is classified by an external
classifier. Genetic Programming is combined with a
Genetic Algorithm to construct and select new features
from those available in the data, a potentially
significant process for data mining since it gives
consideration to hidden relationships between features.
We then examine techniques to improve the human
readability of these new features and extract more
information about the domain.",
notes = "GECCO-2007 A joint meeting of the sixteenth
international conference on genetic algorithms
(ICGA-2007) and the twelfth annual genetic programming
conference (GP-2007).