Discussion of the Master’s thesis in the College of Computer Science and Mathematics -Department of (Department of Statistics and Informatics) entitled: Variable selection in kernel ridge regression

supervised by  Prof. Dr. Zakariya Yahya Algamal

The thesis addressed. The kernel ridge regression

The study addressed the methods of variable selection in kernel ridge regression

The study aims to employ the meta-heuristic algorithms as a variable selection method in the kernel ridge regression.

The discussion committee consists of

Assit. Prof. Dr.   Bashar A. Altalib  (Chairman)

Assit. Prof. Dr.   Najlaa Saad Ibrahim  (Member)

Dr .  Mohammed Qasim Yahya   (Member)

Prof. Dr.  Zakariya Yahya Algamal   (Member and Supervisor)