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Ten fused feature sets are evaluated using three classifiers on both datasets, and their performance is compared in terms of dimensionality reduction and accuracy improvement. The results consistently demonstrate that the DFS-MPA approach outperforms KFS-MPA and other compared fusion methods, achieving notable dimensionality reduction and the highest accuracy levels. ROC-AUC curves further support the superiority of DFS-MPA, highlighting its exceptional discriminative capabilities. Five-fold cross-validation tests and a comparison with the previously proposed feature fusion method (FOWFS-AJS) are performed, confirming the effectiveness of DFS-MPA in enhancing classification performance. The statistical validation based on the Friedman test and Bonferroni-Dunn test also supports DFS-MPA as a promising approach for skin lesion classification among the evaluated feature fusion methods. 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