Project Dataset Requirements

For the Ensemble Genetic Algorithm project to function correctly, your input dataset must adhere to specific requirements:

• Format: The data should be a numeric data matrix, typically represented as a Pandas DataFrame.

• Outcome Variable: It must include a binary outcome variable (e.g., 0 or 1).

• Naming Convention: The outcome variable column must have the suffix _outcome_var_1. For example, if your outcome is disease_status, the column name should be disease_status_outcome_var_1.

For a practical example of the expected feature column naming conventions and overall data structure, please refer to the synthetic dataset generated for the unit tests within this project, or explore the pat2vec project: https://github.com/SamoraHunter/pat2vec/tree/main