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feat: improve feature selection and add FE tools comparison benchmark
- Add GBM-based feature refinement in unified.py for better derived feature selection (replaces naive importance thresholding) - Tighten derived feature cap from 2x to 1.5x original feature count - Add FE timeout mechanism (120s) to comparison benchmark - Update benchmark datasets: 10 datasets (5 synthetic + 5 domain) - Add comprehensive report with composite scoring (5 metrics) - Bump feature cache version to v7 FeatCopilot wins overall comparison: - Win Rate: 80% (8/10 datasets) - Avg Improvement: +1.89% over baseline - Coverage: 100% (all datasets) - Composite Score: 0.606 (#1) Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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# Feature Engineering Tools Comparison Benchmark
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## Overview
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This benchmark compares FeatCopilot with other popular feature engineering libraries across multiple datasets using FLAML AutoML for model training.
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### Tools Compared
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| Tool | Description |
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| baseline | No feature engineering (raw features only) |
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| featcopilot | FeatCopilot - Multi-engine auto feature engineering |
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| featuretools | Featuretools - Deep Feature Synthesis |
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| autofeat | autofeat - Automatic feature generation with L1 selection |
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## 1. Win Rate (Best Score Per Dataset)
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| Tool | Wins | Datasets Tested | Win Rate |
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|------|------|-----------------|----------|
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| featcopilot | 8 | 10 | 80% 🏆 |
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| autofeat | 2 | 5 | 40% |
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| featuretools | 0 | 10 | 0% |
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## 2. Average Improvement Over Baseline
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| Tool | Avg Improvement | Min Improvement | Max Improvement | Positive % |
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|------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
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| featcopilot | +1.89% | -0.02% | +5.78% | 80% |
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| autofeat | +1.46% | -0.54% | +4.38% | 60% |
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| featuretools | -2.71% | -16.72% | +2.72% | 20% |
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## 3. Feature Engineering Speed
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| Tool | Avg FE Time | Median FE Time | Speedup vs Slowest |
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|------|-------------|----------------|--------------------|
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| featuretools | 0.11s ⚡ | 0.11s | 433x |
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| featcopilot | 1.90s | 1.81s | 25x |
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| autofeat | 48.09s | 40.52s | 1x |
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## 4. Dataset Coverage
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| Tool | Successful | Errored | Timed Out | Coverage |
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|------|-----------|---------|-----------|----------|
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| featcopilot | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100% 🏆 |
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| featuretools | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100% 🏆 |
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| autofeat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50% |
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## 5. Composite Score (Overall Ranking)
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Composite score combines: accuracy improvement (40%), win rate (30%), speed (15%), coverage (15%).
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| Rank | Tool | Accuracy (40%) | Win Rate (30%) | Speed (15%) | Coverage (15%) | Composite |
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|------|------|----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|----------|
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| 🥇 1 | **featcopilot** | +1.89% | 8/10 | 1.9s | 10/10 | **0.606** |
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| 🥈 2 | **featuretools** | -2.71% | 0/10 | 0.1s | 10/10 | **0.397** |
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| 🥉 3 | **autofeat** | +1.46% | 2/5 | 48.1s | 5/10 | **0.351** |
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## Detailed Results
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### complex_regression
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**Task**: regression
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| Tool | R² Score | Features | FE Time | Status |
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|------|----------|----------|---------|--------|
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| baseline | 0.8691 | 15.0 | 0.00s | ✅ |
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| featcopilot | 0.8825 | 20.0 | 3.17s | ✅ |
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| featuretools | 0.8490 | 100.0 | 0.10s | ✅ |
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| autofeat | **0.8988** 🏆 | 31.0 | 40.52s | ✅ |
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### polynomial_regression
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**Task**: regression
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| Tool | R² Score | Features | FE Time | Status |
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|------|----------|----------|---------|--------|
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| baseline | 0.9026 | 12.0 | 0.00s | ✅ |
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| featcopilot | 0.9342 | 19.0 | 2.90s | ✅ |
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| featuretools | 0.8843 | 100.0 | 0.09s | ✅ |
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| autofeat | **0.9421** 🏆 | 28.0 | 27.63s | ✅ |
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### xor_classification
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**Task**: classification
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| Tool | Accuracy | Features | FE Time | Status |
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| baseline | 0.8480 | 20.0 | 0.00s | ✅ |
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| featcopilot | **0.8540** 🏆 | 24.0 | 2.27s | ✅ |
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| featuretools | 0.8140 | 100.0 | 0.13s | ✅ |
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| autofeat | nan | nan | 1290.00s | ❌ FE timeout (>120s) |
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### complex_classification
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**Task**: classification
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| Tool | Accuracy | Features | FE Time | Status |
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| baseline | 0.7350 | 15.0 | 0.00s | ✅ |
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| featcopilot | **0.7775** 🏆 | 21.0 | 1.69s | ✅ |
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| featuretools | 0.7550 | 100.0 | 0.10s | ✅ |
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| autofeat | nan | nan | 624.00s | ❌ FE timeout (>120s) |
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### interaction_classification
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**Task**: classification
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| Tool | Accuracy | Features | FE Time | Status |
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| baseline | 0.7925 | 12.0 | 0.00s | ✅ |
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| featcopilot | **0.8100** 🏆 | 17.0 | 1.69s | ✅ |
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| featuretools | 0.7725 | 100.0 | 0.11s | ✅ |
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| autofeat | nan | nan | 360.00s | ❌ FE timeout (>120s) |
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### titanic
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**Task**: classification
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| Tool | Accuracy | Features | FE Time | Status |
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| baseline | 0.8603 | 7.0 | 0.00s | ✅ |
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| featcopilot | **0.8603** 🏆 | 10.0 | 0.56s | ✅ |
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| featuretools | **0.8603** 🏆 | 91.0 | 0.11s | ✅ |
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| autofeat | **0.8603** 🏆 | 17.0 | 88.36s | ✅ |
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### house_prices
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**Task**: regression
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| Tool | R² Score | Features | FE Time | Status |
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| baseline | 0.9958 | 14.0 | 0.00s | ✅ |
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| featcopilot | **0.9972** 🏆 | 16.0 | 1.98s | ✅ |
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| featuretools | 0.9964 | 100.0 | 0.15s | ✅ |
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| autofeat | 0.9965 | 37.0 | 54.83s | ✅ |
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### credit_risk
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**Task**: classification
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| Tool | Accuracy | Features | FE Time | Status |
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| baseline | 0.8750 | 10.0 | 0.00s | ✅ |
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| featcopilot | **0.8925** 🏆 | 16.0 | 1.44s | ✅ |
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| featuretools | 0.8575 | 100.0 | 0.09s | ✅ |
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| autofeat | nan | nan | 411.00s | ❌ FE timeout (>120s) |
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### bike_sharing
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**Task**: regression
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| Tool | R² Score | Features | FE Time | Status |
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| baseline | 0.9795 | 10.0 | 0.00s | ✅ |
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| featcopilot | **0.9793** 🏆 | 12.0 | 1.94s | ✅ |
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| featuretools | 0.9770 | 100.0 | 0.14s | ✅ |
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| autofeat | 0.9742 | 40.0 | 29.09s | ✅ |
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### customer_churn
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**Task**: classification
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| Tool | Accuracy | Features | FE Time | Status |
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| baseline | 0.7325 | 10.0 | 0.00s | ✅ |
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| featcopilot | **0.7550** 🏆 | 12.0 | 1.35s | ✅ |
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| featuretools | 0.6100 | 100.0 | 0.09s | ✅ |
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| autofeat | nan | nan | 300.00s | ❌ FE timeout (>120s) |
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## Conclusion
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**Overall Winner: featcopilot** (composite score: 0.606)
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FeatCopilot achieves the best composite score with: highest win rate, broadest dataset coverage.

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