<s>
Minimum	B-Algorithm
redundancy	I-Algorithm
feature	I-Algorithm
selection	I-Algorithm
is	O
an	O
algorithm	O
frequently	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
method	O
to	O
accurately	O
identify	O
characteristics	O
of	O
genes	O
and	O
phenotypes	O
and	O
narrow	O
down	O
their	O
relevance	O
and	O
is	O
usually	O
described	O
in	O
its	O
pairing	O
with	O
relevant	O
feature	B-General_Concept
selection	I-General_Concept
as	O
Minimum	O
Redundancy	O
Maximum	O
Relevance	O
(	O
mRMR	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Feature	B-General_Concept
selection	I-General_Concept
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
basic	O
problems	O
in	O
pattern	O
recognition	O
and	O
machine	O
learning	O
,	O
identifies	O
subsets	O
of	O
data	O
that	O
are	O
relevant	O
to	O
the	O
parameters	O
used	O
and	O
is	O
normally	O
called	O
Maximum	O
Relevance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
mRMR	O
has	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
applications	O
in	O
many	O
areas	O
such	O
as	O
cancer	O
diagnosis	O
and	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
heuristic	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
used	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
sequential	O
forward	O
,	O
backward	O
,	O
or	O
floating	O
selections	O
.	O
</s>
