Research Article

An Efficient Rotation Forest-Based Ensemble Approach for Predicting Severity of Parkinson’s Disease

Table 1

Description of selected features.

IndexFeature nameFeature description

1Jitter (%)Metric of changes in the basic voice frequency
2Jitter (Abs)Metric of changes in the basic voice frequency
3Jitter (RAP)Metric of changes in the basic voice frequency
4Jitter (PPQ5)Metric of changes in the basic voice frequency
5Jitter (DDP)Metric of changes in the basic voice frequency
6ShimmerMetric for measure variety in amplitude
7Shimmer (dB)Metric for measure variety in amplitude
8Shimmer: APQ3Metric for measure variety in amplitude
9Shimmer: APQ5Metric for measure variety in amplitude
10Shimmer: APQ11Metric for measure variety in amplitude
11Shimmer: DDAMetric for measure variety in amplitude
12NHRA metric for measuring the ratio of noise to tonal components in the voice
13HNRA metric for measuring the ratio of noise to tonal components in the voice
14RPDEA nonlinear dynamical complexity measure
15DFASignal fractal scaling exponent
16PPEA nonlinear metric for measuring changes in the basic frequency