EEG Signal Processing Based on Genetic Algorithm for Extracting Mixed Features

Abstract

In order to improve the classification of motor imagery EEG accuracy, this paper proposes a method based on Genetic Algorithm (GA) EEG signal classification method to extract mixed characteristics. This method uses wavelet analysis and Hilbert–Huang Transform (HHT) to analyze EEG signals and optimizes the characteristics through Common Spatial Patterns (CSP). Finally, the 14 sub features are optimized by GA, and the weights and data credibility of different sub features are obtained. The experiment was tested with 2003BCI competition data and the EEG signal collected by the laboratory. The accuracy rate of competition data was increased from about 75% before weighting to more than 80% after weighting, and the laboratory data increased from about 65% before weighting to about 75% after weighting. Experimental results show that this method can effectively improve the classification accuracy of EEG signals, and the most useful EEG signals can be extracted from large amounts of data for feature extraction and classification. Finally, the online test is carried out to further verify the feasibility of the method.