A feature set determining method includes obtaining, according to a received feature set determining request, data used for feature learning. The feature set determining request includes a learning objective of the feature learning. The method includes performing type analysis on the data to divide the data into first-type data and second-type data. The method includes performing semi-supervised learning on the first-type data to extract multiple first-type features. The method includes performing adaptive learning on the second-type data to extract multiple second-type features. The method includes evaluating the first-type features and the second-type features to obtain an optimal feature set.