I need some research articles to cite for proving / emphasizing that feature selection or reduction improves classifier performance and prevents overfitting.
One of the most cited papers in the field is the following:
Guyon, Isabelle, and André Elisseeff. "An introduction to variable and feature selection." The Journal of Machine Learning Research 3 (2003): 1157-1182.
Actually, it serves as a review for a special session of the journal, but it is very well written and it covers a large array of topics.
J.M Banda and R.A Angryk “Selection of Image Parameters as the First Step Towards Creating a CBIR System for the Solar Dynamics Observatory”. International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA). Sydney, Australia, December 1-3, 2010. pp. 528-534.
J.M Banda and R.A Angryk “An Experimental Evaluation of Popular Image Parameters for Monochromatic Solar Image categorization” Proceedings of the twenty-third international Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society conference (FLAIRS-23), Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, May 19–21 2010. pp. 380-385.