Table 3.

Comparison of the running time of EGFAFS with eight FS methods.

Method	HNSC	LIHC	LUAD	LUSC	PRAD	STAD	THCA	UCEC	Total
GA	167.42	134.33	167.65	155.10	188.16	130.12	172.39	162.00	1277.17
PSO	52.41	43.33	50.38	48.11	59.48	44.53	51.93	51.70	401.87
SA	190.29	148.71	186.36	175.60	221.18	151.78	203.82	187.39	1465.13
DE	79.14	62.51	77.43	70.20	87.37	63.52	79.46	76.00	595.63
EGSG	29.49	26.85	30.41	30.59	30.33	26.91	30.80	29.88	235.26
Boruta	209.31	195.87	191.85	180.71	194.19	197.39	201.10	192.56	1562.98
HSICLasso	48.10	37.22	50.17	52.37	47.23	35.88	47.87	50.32	369.16
DNN-FS	142.47	115.33	148.91	141.82	141.28	109.35	146.92	149.16	1095.24
EGFAFS	143.49	109.79	151.83	138.50	147.37	106.78	153.12	140.49	1091.37