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Second, a weighting factor selected by statistical experiments is used to balance the relevance and redundancy of features when using the G-mRMR. Third, each feature is ranked in a descending order according to its relevance and redundancy as computed by G-mRMR. A sequential forward selection method is utilized for choosing the optimal subset. Finally, a STLF predictor is constructed based on random forest with the obtained optimal subset. 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