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. 2019 Jul 25;14(7):e0220065. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220065

Table 1. Comparisons among the accuracy scores obtained by all the BN-based feature selection methods for the dominant leg.

In grey is highlighted the best performing BN.

Feature selection algorithm Search technique AUC N° of features selected Description in ascending (from more to less important/relevant) order
- - 0.865 31 S1 Table
Correlation-based feature subset evaluator Best First 0.858 5 ISOK-PT-ECC-KF180, CS-NF, CS-ML, ROM-HFKF and ROM-KF
Chi squared attribute evaluator Ranker 0.835 4 ROM-KF, ROM-HFKF, CS-ML and ROM-HE
Classifier attribute evaluator (Naïve Bayes) Ranker 0.874 7 ROM-KF, ROM-HFKF, CS-NF, ISOK-PT-ECC-KF180, ISOM-PT-Hip-Abd and CS-ML, CS-WF
Classifier subset evaluator (Naïve Bayes) Best First 0.774 10 ISOK-PT-CON-KF60, Stature, ISOK-PT-CON-KE180, ISOK-PT-ECC-KF60, ISOK-PTECC-KF180, ISOK-PTECC-KE60, ISOM-PT-Hip-Abd, CS-ML, ROM-HIR, ROM-HER, ROM-HE, ROM-KF, ROM-AKDFKE and ROM-AKDFKF
Consistency subset evaluator Best First 0.699 5 ROM-HIR, ROM-HER, ROM-HE, ROM-KF and ROM-AKDFKF
Correlation attribute evaluator Ranker 0.899 6 ROM-KF, ROM-HFKF, CS-ML, Stature, CS-NF and CS-CD
CV Attribute evaluator Ranker 0.697 7 CS-ML, Dominant-leg, ISOK-PTECC-KF60, ROM-AKDFKF, ISOK-PTECC-KF180, ISOK-PTCON-KE240 and ISOK-PTECC-KE30
Gain ratio attribute evaluator Ranker 0.865 6 CS-ML, ROM-KF, ROM-HFKF, Stature, ROM-HE and CS-CD
Info gain attribute evaluator Ranker 0.874 6 ROM-KF, CS-ML, ROM-HFKF, ROM-HE, CS-CD and ISOK-PTECC-KF180
One R attribute evaluator Ranker 0.857 7 ROM-KF, ROM-HFKF, CS-NF, ISOK-PTECC-KF180, CS-ML, ISOM-PT-Hip-Abd, CS-WF
Wrapper subset evaluator (Naïve Bayes) Best First 0.851 9 Stature, ISOM-PT-Hip-Abd, CS-NF, CS-ML, CS-AP, ROM-HFKF, ROM-HER, ROM-HE, ROM-KF

BN: Bayesian Network Classifiers; AUC: area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; ISOK: isokinetic; KE: knee extensors; CON: concentric; ECC: eccentric; ISOM: isometric; PT: peak torque; Abd: abduction; ROM: range of motion; HFKF: hip flexion with the knee flexed; HE: Hip extension; HIR: hip internal rotation; HER: hip external rotation; KF: knee flexors; AKDFKE: ankle dorsi-flexion with the knee extended; AKDFKF: ankle dorsi-flexion with the knee flexed; CS: core stability; NF: unstable sitting without feedback; WF: unstable sitting with feedback; ML: unstable sitting while performing medial-lateral displacements with feedback; AP: unstable sitting while performing anterior-posterior displacements with feedback; CD: unstable sitting while performing circular displacements with feedback.