{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3033765142","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fi12060097","title":"Input Selection Methods for Soft Sensor Design: A Survey","display_name":"Input Selection Methods for Soft Sensor Design: A Survey","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-06-04","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3033765142","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fi12060097","mag":"3033765142"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/fi12060097","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fi12060097","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/6/97/pdf?version=1592814647","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S34838331","display_name":"Future Internet","issn_l":"1999-5903","issn":["1999-5903"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Future Internet","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/6/97/pdf?version=1592814647","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5023282829","display_name":"Francesco Curreri","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7135-9534"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I900890020","display_name":"University of Palermo","ror":"https://ror.org/044k9ta02","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I900890020"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Francesco Curreri","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I900890020"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079151275","display_name":"Giacomo Fiumara","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1528-7203"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I112862951","display_name":"University of Messina","ror":"https://ror.org/05ctdxz19","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I112862951"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Giacomo Fiumara","raw_affiliation_strings":["MIFT Department, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"MIFT Department, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I112862951"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5087482922","display_name":"Maria Gabriella Xibilia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7723-2051"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I112862951","display_name":"University of Messina","ror":"https://ror.org/05ctdxz19","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I112862951"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Maria Gabriella Xibilia","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Engineering, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Engineering, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I112862951"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5087482922"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I112862951"],"apc_list":{"value":1400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1515},"apc_paid":{"value":1400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1515},"fwci":2.5285,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":38,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.89308406,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"12","issue":"6","first_page":"97","last_page":"97"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10876","display_name":"Fault Detection and Control Systems","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2207","display_name":"Control and Systems Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10876","display_name":"Fault Detection and Control Systems","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2207","display_name":"Control and Systems Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10791","display_name":"Advanced Control Systems Optimization","score":0.9950000047683716,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2207","display_name":"Control and Systems Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11236","display_name":"Control Systems and Identification","score":0.9926000237464905,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2207","display_name":"Control and Systems Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8851633071899414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/selection","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","score":0.6405857801437378},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.5313072204589844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/measure","display_name":"Measure (data warehouse)","score":0.4894193708896637},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/function","display_name":"Function (biology)","score":0.4829551577568054},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/soft-sensor","display_name":"Soft sensor","score":0.47881633043289185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/industrial-engineering","display_name":"Industrial engineering","score":0.3945727050304413},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.3110302686691284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process","display_name":"Process (computing)","score":0.29759854078292847}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8851633071899414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81917197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628760","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","level":2,"score":0.6405857801437378},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.5313072204589844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780009758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6804172","display_name":"Measure (data warehouse)","level":2,"score":0.4894193708896637},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14036430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736076","display_name":"Function (biology)","level":2,"score":0.4829551577568054},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115575686","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18822403","display_name":"Soft sensor","level":3,"score":0.47881633043289185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13736549","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4489420","display_name":"Industrial engineering","level":1,"score":0.3945727050304413},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.3110302686691284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.29759854078292847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78458016","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840400","display_name":"Evolutionary biology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3390/fi12060097","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fi12060097","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/6/97/pdf?version=1592814647","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S34838331","display_name":"Future Internet","issn_l":"1999-5903","issn":["1999-5903"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Future Internet","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:gam:jftint:v:12:y:2020:i:6:p:97-:d:367401","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/6/97/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:d5a60d46d6a3402d973320c53fbd455f","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/d5a60d46d6a3402d973320c53fbd455f","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S112646816","display_name":"SHILAP Revista de lepidopterolog\u00eda","issn_l":"0300-5267","issn":["0300-5267","2340-4078"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Future Internet, Vol 12, Iss 6, p 97 (2020)","raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:mdpi.com:/1999-5903/12/6/97/","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fi12060097","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400947","display_name":"MDPI (MDPI AG)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4210097602","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210097602"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Future Internet","raw_type":"Text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/fi12060097","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fi12060097","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/6/97/pdf?version=1592814647","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S34838331","display_name":"Future Internet","issn_l":"1999-5903","issn":["1999-5903"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Future Internet","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.5600000023841858}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3033765142.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3033765142.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":207,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W65738273","https://openalex.org/W204885769","https://openalex.org/W267261000","https://openalex.org/W572368116","https://openalex.org/W639344798","https://openalex.org/W1486198022","https://openalex.org/W1493357981","https://openalex.org/W1494235660","https://openalex.org/W1506069954","https://openalex.org/W1515777901","https://openalex.org/W1517118877","https://openalex.org/W1559923427","https://openalex.org/W1588337522","https://openalex.org/W1606954856","https://openalex.org/W1774711529","https://openalex.org/W1833005471","https://openalex.org/W1855258198","https://openalex.org/W1963955836","https://openalex.org/W1964940105","https://openalex.org/W1964960433","https://openalex.org/W1966048762","https://openalex.org/W1967527559","https://openalex.org/W1969404656","https://openalex.org/W1972414162","https://openalex.org/W1974076946","https://openalex.org/W1975182247","https://openalex.org/W1978461925","https://openalex.org/W1978698367","https://openalex.org/W1979064770","https://openalex.org/W1980857039","https://openalex.org/W1981888723","https://openalex.org/W1982292327","https://openalex.org/W1985134713","https://openalex.org/W1985941806","https://openalex.org/W1989809604","https://openalex.org/W1991329666","https://openalex.org/W1993436046","https://openalex.org/W1995064442","https://openalex.org/W1996195892","https://openalex.org/W1998745983","https://openalex.org/W1999466943","https://openalex.org/W2000651380","https://openalex.org/W2001141328","https://openalex.org/W2004630602","https://openalex.org/W2008794359","https://openalex.org/W2011967084","https://openalex.org/W2016751857","https://openalex.org/W2017337590","https://openalex.org/W2017366726","https://openalex.org/W2018123123","https://openalex.org/W2018338598","https://openalex.org/W2019176983","https://openalex.org/W2020468367","https://openalex.org/W2020575235","https://openalex.org/W2029592171","https://openalex.org/W2030748132","https://openalex.org/W2040135606","https://openalex.org/W2041602210","https://openalex.org/W2043205127","https://openalex.org/W2048917690","https://openalex.org/W2049691667","https://openalex.org/W2052809458","https://openalex.org/W2053186076","https://openalex.org/W2054658115","https://openalex.org/W2056734875","https://openalex.org/W2058180570","https://openalex.org/W2058815839","https://openalex.org/W2060662742","https://openalex.org/W2061593315","https://openalex.org/W2062368510","https://openalex.org/W2062756335","https://openalex.org/W2064152727","https://openalex.org/W2066541111","https://openalex.org/W2067878879","https://openalex.org/W2069478489","https://openalex.org/W2070266031","https://openalex.org/W2070625729","https://openalex.org/W2072421553","https://openalex.org/W2073227277","https://openalex.org/W2076118331","https://openalex.org/W2076423279","https://openalex.org/W2077615838","https://openalex.org/W2078491101","https://openalex.org/W2080956836","https://openalex.org/W2081168814","https://openalex.org/W2082796663","https://openalex.org/W2084169316","https://openalex.org/W2089498273","https://openalex.org/W2093402979","https://openalex.org/W2093404056","https://openalex.org/W2095365800","https://openalex.org/W2097308346","https://openalex.org/W2099741732","https://openalex.org/W2101445134","https://openalex.org/W2107296782","https://openalex.org/W2108587916","https://openalex.org/W2108619906","https://openalex.org/W2111836897","https://openalex.org/W2112346151","https://openalex.org/W2113890143","https://openalex.org/W2118561568","https://openalex.org/W2119387367","https://openalex.org/W2121402967","https://openalex.org/W2121854064","https://openalex.org/W2122538988","https://openalex.org/W2122825543","https://openalex.org/W2125027820","https://openalex.org/W2126174145","https://openalex.org/W2131253515","https://openalex.org/W2132549764","https://openalex.org/W2133671203","https://openalex.org/W2134578724","https://openalex.org/W2134838492","https://openalex.org/W2135046866","https://openalex.org/W2138438505","https://openalex.org/W2139526978","https://openalex.org/W2140095548","https://openalex.org/W2142635246","https://openalex.org/W2144097240","https://openalex.org/W2145979309","https://openalex.org/W2149772057","https://openalex.org/W2150371843","https://openalex.org/W2154053567","https://openalex.org/W2156483112","https://openalex.org/W2157702969","https://openalex.org/W2165143551","https://openalex.org/W2166874444","https://openalex.org/W2168175751","https://openalex.org/W2170766530","https://openalex.org/W2187201771","https://openalex.org/W2197112043","https://openalex.org/W2201252546","https://openalex.org/W2274441380","https://openalex.org/W2295249686","https://openalex.org/W2314188473","https://openalex.org/W2316060816","https://openalex.org/W2317854956","https://openalex.org/W2329800881","https://openalex.org/W2329931337","https://openalex.org/W2329986705","https://openalex.org/W2414388458","https://openalex.org/W2496897087","https://openalex.org/W2509565210","https://openalex.org/W2550999023","https://openalex.org/W2582033547","https://openalex.org/W2587920002","https://openalex.org/W2604919407","https://openalex.org/W2612239882","https://openalex.org/W2613933396","https://openalex.org/W2623100897","https://openalex.org/W2726539084","https://openalex.org/W2736056301","https://openalex.org/W2736780093","https://openalex.org/W2745057892","https://openalex.org/W2753261066","https://openalex.org/W2768613868","https://openalex.org/W2789290525","https://openalex.org/W2803169691","https://openalex.org/W2807699117","https://openalex.org/W2819245054","https://openalex.org/W2894146450","https://openalex.org/W2899901572","https://openalex.org/W2904298380","https://openalex.org/W2906083317","https://openalex.org/W2908502436","https://openalex.org/W2910298682","https://openalex.org/W2912644212","https://openalex.org/W2921849857","https://openalex.org/W2923142038","https://openalex.org/W2931025210","https://openalex.org/W2938577525","https://openalex.org/W2946994806","https://openalex.org/W2953917091","https://openalex.org/W2964356616","https://openalex.org/W2972849700","https://openalex.org/W2974238426","https://openalex.org/W2983671399","https://openalex.org/W2985283329","https://openalex.org/W2987038463","https://openalex.org/W2998216295","https://openalex.org/W3000218070","https://openalex.org/W3015571647","https://openalex.org/W3018110575","https://openalex.org/W3018985493","https://openalex.org/W3031706961","https://openalex.org/W3099514962","https://openalex.org/W3105524694","https://openalex.org/W3106063097","https://openalex.org/W3123608679","https://openalex.org/W3142390808","https://openalex.org/W4214773574","https://openalex.org/W4235507090","https://openalex.org/W4237171445","https://openalex.org/W4237532635","https://openalex.org/W4245008302","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W4302420581","https://openalex.org/W6638646117","https://openalex.org/W6643929640","https://openalex.org/W6686804699","https://openalex.org/W6732109010","https://openalex.org/W6748195515","https://openalex.org/W6751938722","https://openalex.org/W6755923013","https://openalex.org/W6758972637","https://openalex.org/W6884930029","https://openalex.org/W7066667914"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2097933059","https://openalex.org/W2374290272","https://openalex.org/W4386158748","https://openalex.org/W4255837520","https://openalex.org/W3127658115","https://openalex.org/W3152705324","https://openalex.org/W2408812858","https://openalex.org/W1970956258","https://openalex.org/W2737942854","https://openalex.org/W1496210503"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Soft":[0],"Sensors":[1],"(SSs)":[2],"are":[3,30,97],"inferential":[4],"models":[5],"used":[6,90],"in":[7,43,55,99],"many":[8],"industrial":[9,63],"fields.":[10],"They":[11],"allow":[12],"for":[13,94],"real-time":[14],"estimation":[15],"of":[16,22,49,62],"hard-to-measure":[17],"variables":[18],"as":[19],"a":[20,56],"function":[21],"available":[23,54],"data":[24],"obtained":[25],"from":[26],"online":[27],"sensors.":[28],"SSs":[29],"generally":[31],"built":[32],"using":[33],"industries":[34],"historical":[35],"databases":[36],"through":[37,113],"data-driven":[38],"approaches.":[39],"A":[40],"critical":[41],"issue":[42],"SS":[44,95],"design":[45,73,96],"concerns":[46],"the":[47,60,72,111],"selection":[48,84,92],"input":[50,83,91],"variables,":[51],"among":[52],"those":[53],"candidate":[57,65],"dataset.":[58],"In":[59],"case":[61],"processes,":[64],"inputs":[66],"can":[67],"reach":[68],"great":[69],"numbers,":[70],"making":[71],"computationally":[74],"demanding":[75],"and":[76,102,107],"leading":[77],"to":[78,109],"poorly":[79],"performing":[80],"models.":[81],"An":[82],"procedure":[85],"is":[86],"then":[87],"necessary.":[88],"Most":[89],"approaches":[93],"addressed":[98],"this":[100,114],"work":[101],"classified":[103],"with":[104],"their":[105],"benefits":[106],"drawbacks":[108],"guide":[110],"designer":[112],"step.":[115]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":8}],"updated_date":"2026-04-05T17:49:38.594831","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}