Variable selection for payment in social networks: Introducing the Hy-index

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Highlights：

• The main goal is to analyze the individuals' use intention of m-payment in VSN.

• The objective is to determine which variables are the most relevant.

• A comparative analysis of several methods of the machine learning field were included.

• The results obtained by these algorithms were validated by an expert committee.

• The proposed methodology, obtained the best results in terms of optimization.

摘要

•The main goal is to analyze the individuals' use intention of m-payment in VSN.•The objective is to determine which variables are the most relevant.•A comparative analysis of several methods of the machine learning field were included.•The results obtained by these algorithms were validated by an expert committee.•The proposed methodology, obtained the best results in terms of optimization.

论文关键词：Mobile payment,Variable selection,Mutual information,Delta test,Hy-index,Curse of dimensionality,Social networks

论文评审过程：Received 17 April 2015, Revised 15 September 2015, Accepted 19 October 2015, Available online 27 November 2015, Version of Record 27 November 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.10.022