AccFIT-IDS: accuracy-based feature inclusion technique for intrusion detection system

In today’s digital landscape, maintaining security has become increasingly difficult. Many organizations implement security mechanisms to protect their valuable resources from potential threats. One such mechanism is the Intrusion Detection System (IDS), which examines network traffic to identify an...

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Main Authors: C. Rajathi, P. Rukmani
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Series:Systems Science & Control Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21642583.2025.2460429
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description In today’s digital landscape, maintaining security has become increasingly difficult. Many organizations implement security mechanisms to protect their valuable resources from potential threats. One such mechanism is the Intrusion Detection System (IDS), which examines network traffic to identify and prevent attack. However, the vast amount of  network data requires an efficient processing approach. Among various studies from existing literature, Machine Learning (ML) algorithms provide a viable solution to detecting intrusion in voluminous data. ML based IDS still faces challenges, particularly due to high-dimensional data complexity, which affects the performance. To address this, the study proposed AccFIT (Accuracy-based Feature Inclusion Technique) for IDS, combining two-stage Feature Selection Algorithms (FSA). In stage 1, various filter-based feature selection methods are applied extract features from intial dataset. The derived features are concatenated and redundant features are excluded to produce an intermediary feature subset (Fintemediary). In stage 2, the Fintemediary is fed to a wrapper-based selection algorithm to derive an optimal subset Foptimal. Features are included or excluded based on their impact on model accuracy. The proposed AccFIT-IDS achieves 99.86% accuracy, with precision, recall and F1-score of 99.81%, 99.92% and 99.86%, respectively, and a false alarm rate of 0.0021, demonstrating its effectiveness.
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spelling doaj-art-b29b620769be4e28bbcb69a55a440bb02025-02-06T19:18:16ZengTaylor & Francis GroupSystems Science & Control Engineering2164-25832025-12-0113110.1080/21642583.2025.2460429AccFIT-IDS: accuracy-based feature inclusion technique for intrusion detection systemC. Rajathi0P. Rukmani1School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, IndiaSchool of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, IndiaIn today’s digital landscape, maintaining security has become increasingly difficult. Many organizations implement security mechanisms to protect their valuable resources from potential threats. One such mechanism is the Intrusion Detection System (IDS), which examines network traffic to identify and prevent attack. However, the vast amount of  network data requires an efficient processing approach. Among various studies from existing literature, Machine Learning (ML) algorithms provide a viable solution to detecting intrusion in voluminous data. ML based IDS still faces challenges, particularly due to high-dimensional data complexity, which affects the performance. To address this, the study proposed AccFIT (Accuracy-based Feature Inclusion Technique) for IDS, combining two-stage Feature Selection Algorithms (FSA). In stage 1, various filter-based feature selection methods are applied extract features from intial dataset. The derived features are concatenated and redundant features are excluded to produce an intermediary feature subset (Fintemediary). In stage 2, the Fintemediary is fed to a wrapper-based selection algorithm to derive an optimal subset Foptimal. Features are included or excluded based on their impact on model accuracy. The proposed AccFIT-IDS achieves 99.86% accuracy, with precision, recall and F1-score of 99.81%, 99.92% and 99.86%, respectively, and a false alarm rate of 0.0021, demonstrating its effectiveness.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21642583.2025.2460429Deterministic selectionfilter-based selectionintrusion detectionmachine learning modelnon-deterministic selectionwrapper-based selection
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AccFIT-IDS: accuracy-based feature inclusion technique for intrusion detection system
Systems Science & Control Engineering
Deterministic selection
filter-based selection
intrusion detection
machine learning model
non-deterministic selection
wrapper-based selection
title AccFIT-IDS: accuracy-based feature inclusion technique for intrusion detection system
title_full AccFIT-IDS: accuracy-based feature inclusion technique for intrusion detection system
title_fullStr AccFIT-IDS: accuracy-based feature inclusion technique for intrusion detection system
title_full_unstemmed AccFIT-IDS: accuracy-based feature inclusion technique for intrusion detection system
title_short AccFIT-IDS: accuracy-based feature inclusion technique for intrusion detection system
title_sort accfit ids accuracy based feature inclusion technique for intrusion detection system
topic Deterministic selection
filter-based selection
intrusion detection
machine learning model
non-deterministic selection
wrapper-based selection
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21642583.2025.2460429
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