Table 2.

Outline of the datasets used.

Dataset name	No. of instances	No. of features∗	No. of missing values	Class labels with no. of instances associated with each class label	Interpretation of class labels
WDBC	569	31	Nil	M (212)/B (357)	M-malignant, B-benign
SHD	270	13	Nil	2 (120)/1 (150)	2-present, 1-absent
HCC	165	49	826	0 (63)/1 (102)	0-dies, 1-lives
HD	155	18	167	1 (32)/2 (123)	1-die, 2-live
VCD	310	6	Nil	0 (210)/1 (100)	0-abnormal, 1-normal
CHD	303	13	Nil	1 (139)/2 (164)	1-presence, 2-absence
ILP	583	10	Nil	1 (416)/2 (167)	1-diseased, 2-nondiseased

^∗ without class label.