Variable selection Variable or feature selection is one of the important step whether in machine learning or statistical analysis. This post is geared more to the machine learning side.
Some note I have written two post previously about multiple imputation using mice package:
A short note on multiple imputation
Variable selection for imputation model in {mice} This post probably my last post about multiple imputation using mice package.
Background Genetic algorithm is inspired by a natural selection process by which the fittest individuals be selected to reproduce. This algorithm has been used in optimization and search problem, and also, can be used for variable selection.