Optimizing B-Cell Epitope Prediction: A Novel Approach using Support Vector Machine Enhanced with Genetic Algorithm

Vaibhav Sharma*, Sarita Jaiswal**
*-** Department of Information Technology and Computer Science, Dr. C. V. Raman University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India.
Periodicity:October - December'2024

Abstract

In the evolving area of immunoinformatics, accurate prediction of B-cell epitopes is vital for vaccine improvement and healing interventions. This study offers a novel predictive pipeline that employs a Support Vector Machine (SVM) model optimized by way of Genetic Algorithms (GA) to decorate the accuracy and reliability of B-cellular epitope predictions. By systematically extracting key capabilities, inclusive of β-turns, antigenicity, and hydrophobicity, from peptide and protein sequences, this study applied a robust statistics preprocessing approach that consists of labeling, normalization, and dataset splitting. The performance of the proposed SVM model is carefully evaluated towards traditional methods, including Random Forest (RF) and K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN). The proposed SVM model completed an accuracy of 92.5%, a precision of 89.3%, a bear-in-mind of 91.0%, and an F1 rating of 90.1%. In comparison, the RF model obtained an accuracy of 85.0%, at the same time as the KNN version reached an accuracy of 82.5%. Visualizations, together with function importance plots, ROC curves, and confusion matrices, illustrate the model's advanced performance and its capacity for real-international packages. This study's findings underscore the importance of integrating superior machine learning strategies in immunological research and offer a complete framework for future research in epitope prediction.

Keywords

B-Cell Epitopes, Support Vector Machine, Genetic Algorithms, Immunoinformatics, Predictive Modelling, Vaccine Development.

How to Cite this Article?

Sharma, V., and Jaiswal, S. (2024). Optimizing B-Cell Epitope Prediction: A Novel Approach using Support Vector Machine Enhanced with Genetic Algorithm. i-manager’s Journal on Computer Science, 12(3), 49-58.

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