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The purpose of the Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems: Applications in Engineering and Technology is to foster advancements of knowledge and help disseminate results concerning recent applications and case studies in the areas of fuzzy logic, intelligent systems, and web-based applications among working professionals and professionals in education and research, covering a broad cross-section of technical disciplines.
The journal will publish original articles on current and potential applications, case studies, and education in intelligent systems, fuzzy systems, and web-based systems for engineering and other technical fields in science and technology. The journal focuses on the disciplines of computer science, electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, engineering management, bioengineering, and biomedical engineering. The scope of the journal also includes developing technologies in mathematics, operations research, technology management, the hard and soft sciences, and technical, social and environmental issues.
Authors: Tan, Guimei | Yu, Yuehai | Yu, Xichang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Due to the complexity of the real world, randomness and uncertainty are ubiquitous and interconnected in the real world. In order to measure the research objects that contain both randomness and uncertainty in practical problems, and extend the entropy theory of uncertain random variables, this paper introduces the arc entropy of uncertain random variables and the arc entropy of their functions. On this basis, the mathematical properties of arc entropy and two key formulas for calculating arc entropy are also studied and derived. Finally, two types of the mean variance entropy model with the risk and diversification are established, and …the corresponding applications to rare book selection for the rare book market are also introduced. Show more
Keywords: Uncertainty theory, chance theory, uncertain random variable, arc entropy
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-230995
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1583-1595, 2024
Authors: Nandhini, S.S. | Kannimuthu, S.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: It is obvious that the problem of Frequent Itemset Mining (FIM) is very popular in data mining, which generates frequent itemsets from a transaction database. An extension of the frequent itemset mining is High Utility Itemset Mining (HUIM) which identifies itemsets with high utility from the transaction database. This gains popularity in data mining, because it identifies itemsets which have more value but the same was not identified as frequent by Frequent Itemset Mining. HUIM is generally referred to as Utility Mining. The utility of the items is measured based on parameters like cost, profit, quantity or any other measures …preferred by the users. Compared to high utility itemsets (HUIs) mining, high average utility itemsets (HAUIs) mining is more precise by considering the number of items in the itemsets. In state-of-the-art algorithms that mines HUIS and HAUIs use a single fixed minimum utility threshold based on which HAUIs are identified. In this paper, the proposed algorithm mines HAUIs from transaction databases using Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm (AFSA) with computed multiple minimum average utility thresholds. Computing the minimum average utility threshold for each item with the AFSA algorithm outperforms other state-of-the-art HAUI mining algorithms with multiple minimum utility thresholds and user-defined single minimum threshold in terms of number of HAUIs. It is observed that the proposed algorithm outperforms well in terms of execution time, number of candidates generated and memory consumption when compared to the state-of-the-art algorithms. Show more
Keywords: Artificial fish swarm algorithm, data mining, frequent itemset mining, high average utility itemsets, itemset mining, utility mining
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231852
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1597-1613, 2024
Authors: Kumari, Ankita | Dutta, Sandip | Chakraborty, Soubhik
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: M obile A d-Hoc Net works (MANET) are considered one of the significant and growing areas in today’s scenario of technological advancement. It is an infrastructure-less and dynamic ad-hoc network that requires a connection between nodes to deliver packets and data. However, its design adopts a connection-less approach, at the helm of which no monitoring node exists. Hence, the threat of maintaining the network’s security remains an uphill task. Many attacks have been attempted to breach the protection of the MANET. This paper discusses one of the most potent attacks in a MANET infrastructure, the Sinkhole Attack . We try …to minimize the possibility of a sinkhole attack using a Fuzzy Q-learning- based approach, a reinforcement learning technique. The results are encouraging, suggesting that sinkhole attacks can be minimized to a great extent after the adaption of the proposed approach. Show more
Keywords: Sinkhole attack, MANET, fuzzy Q –learning, security, cryptography
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232003
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1615-1626, 2024
Authors: Arif, Waqar | Khan, Waheed Ahmad | Khan, Asghar | Mahmood, Tariq | Rashmanlou, Hossein
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In this manuscript, we develop TOPSIS (Technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution) method in the setting of bipolar fuzzy environment which has the ability to deal the data while keeping in view the positive and negative aspects. By using bipolar fuzzy sets, we establish the novel concept of rating the numerous preferences of any object described through the connection number(CN) of set pair analysis(SPA). In this regard, we extend the TOPSIS method based on the connection number(CN) of set pair analysis(SPA) in the frame of bipolar fuzzy sets. For the sake of verification, effectiveness and superiority …of our method, we conduct the comparative study of some real life problem related to decision making theory. Moreover, we observe that our proposed method also fulfills the existing test criterions. Show more
Keywords: BFSs, SPA, CN, TOPSIS
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232838
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1627-1635, 2024
Authors: Yin, Liru | Yang, Zhiwei
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: When the traditional evolution model studies the regional distribution of agricultural parks, the relationship between regions is not clear enough, which leads to the lack of generality of regional distribution. In order to solve this problem, this study adopts the methods of topological division and cluster analysis, establishes the model of regional diversity and evolution of farms, and clusters the spatial information of agricultural parks. According to the feature factors, the images are classified, and the image dimension values are reduced. The data space is divided into cellular space by the method of network topology structure division, and the effective …coefficient of each cell is calculated, and the spatial structure and characteristics of agricultural parks are extracted to reveal the similarities and differences between different parks. The experimental results show that the evolution model of agricultural parks constructed by topological division and clustering method shows obvious clustering characteristics in space, and the relationships among the factors are good. It is proved that the model can describe the spatial differences and evolution trends of agricultural parks more accurately, so as to provide more targeted suggestions for the planning, management and sustainable development of agricultural parks. Show more
Keywords: Network partition, cluster method, agricultural park, regional difference, evolutionary model, collaborative
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234165
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1637-1645, 2024
Authors: Zhu, Yimin | Gao, Qing | Shi, Hongyan | Liu, Jinguo
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Gestures have long been recognized as an interaction technique that can provide a more natural, creative, and intuitive way to communicate with computers. However, some existing difficulties include the high probability that the same type of movement done at different speeds will be recognized as a different category of movement; cluttered, occluded, and low-resolution backgrounds; and the near-impossibility of fusing different types of features. To this end, we propose a novel framework for integrating different scales of RGB and motion skeletons to obtain higher recognition accuracy using multiple features. Specifically, we provide a network architecture that combines a three-dimensional convolutional …neural network (3DCNN) and post-fusion to better embed different features. Also, we combine RGB and motion skeleton information at different scales to mitigate speed and background issues. Experiments on several gesture recognition public datasets show desirable results, validating the superiority of the proposed gesture recognition method. Finally, we do a human-computer interaction experiment to prove its practicality. Show more
Keywords: Multi-modal action recognition, body action, robot simulation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234791
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1647-1661, 2024
Authors: Jia, Wanjun | Li, Changyong
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This study proposes a method to help people with different degrees of hearing impairment to better integrate into society and perform more convenient human-to-human and human-to-robot sign language interaction through computer vision. Traditional sign language recognition methods make it challenging to get good results on scenes with backgrounds close to skin color, background clutter, and partial occlusion. In order to realize faster real-time display, by comparing standard single-target recognition algorithms, we choose the best effect YOLOv8 model, and based on this, we propose a lighter and more accurate SLR-YOLO network model that improves YOLOv8. Firstly, the SPPF module is replaced …with RFB module in the backbone network to enhance the feature extraction capability of the network; secondly, in the neck, BiFPN is used to enhance the feature fusion of the network, and the Ghost module is added to make the network lighter; lastly, in order to introduce partial masking during the training process and to improve the data generalization capability, Mixup, Random Erasing and Cutout three data enhancement methods are compared, and finally the Cutout method is selected. The accuracy of the improved SLR-YOLO model on the validation sets of the American Sign Language Letters Dataset and Bengali Sign Language Alphabet Dataset is 90.6% and 98.5%, respectively. Compared with the performance of the original YOLOv8, the accuracy of both is improved by 1.3 percentage points, the amount of parameters is reduced by 11.31%, and FLOPs are reduced by 11.58%. Show more
Keywords: Machine vision, sign language recognition, YOLO, deep learning, lightweight
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235132
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1663-1680, 2024
Authors: Sun, Qiong | Sun, Yu | Jiang, Jingjing
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: As an important choice of strategic transformation of energy enterprises, digital transformation has a profound impact on the stock price fluctuation of enterprises. From the perspective of dynamic capacity and environmental regulation, analyzes influences of digital transformation upon energy companies’ share movement volatility, constructs a theoretical model that considers digital transformation and stock price volatility as the primary effects, dynamic capabilities as the mediator, and environmental regulation as the moderator. In addition, the study employs data from China’s A-share listed energy enterprises from 2013 to 2020, utilizing a fixed-effect model to perform an empirical test. The findings demonstrate a significant …positive correlation between the digital transformation of energy enterprises and the volatility of stock prices, indicating that the greater the extent of digital transformation, the higher the volatility of enterprise stock prices. Among the dimensions of dynamic capability, only adaptability and innovation ability appears to mediate the relation between digital transformation and stock price fluctuation. Moreover, environmental regulation positively moderates the relationship between digital transformation and the learning ability dimension. Finally, from the macro and micro levels, this study puts forward the policies and supportive measures to stabilize the stock price of energy enterprises, and suggestions on how to implement the digital transformation strategy reasonably according to their own development status and characteristics to provide valuable insights for encouraging the digital transformation among energy firms. Show more
Keywords: Energy enterprises, digital transformation, dynamic capability, stock price fluctuation, environmental regulation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232161
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1681-1695, 2024
Authors: Sumathi, S. | Balaji Ganesh, A.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Arrhythmia disorders are the leading cause of death worldwide and are primarily recognized by the patient’s irregular cardiac rhythms. Wearable Internet of Things (IoT) devices can reliably measure patients’ heart rhythms by producing electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. Due to their non-invasive nature, ECG signals have been frequently employed to detect arrhythmias. The manual procedure, however, takes a long time and is prone to error. Utilizing deep learning models for early automatic identification of cardiac arrhythmias is a preferable approach that will improve diagnosis and therapy. Though ECG analysis using cloud-based methods can perform satisfactorily, they still suffer from security issues. It …is essential to provide secure data transmission and storage for IoT medical data because of its significant development in the healthcare system. So, this paper proposes a secure arrhythmia classification system with the help of effective encryption and a deep learning (DL) system. The proposed method mainly involved two phases: ECG signal transmission and arrhythmia disease classification. In the ECG signal transmission phase, the patient’s ECG data collected through the IoT sensors is encrypted using the optimal key-based elgamal elliptic curve cryptography (OKEGECC) mechanism, and the encrypted data is securely transmitted to the cloud. After that, in the arrhythmia disease classification phase, the system collects the data from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Beth Israel Hospital (MIT-BIH) database to perform training. The collected data is preprocessed by applying the continuous wavelet transform (CWT) to improve the quality of the ECG data. Next, the feature extraction is carried out by deformable attention-centered residual network 50 (DARNet-50), and finally, the classification is performed using butterfly-optimized Bi-directional long short-term memory (BOBLSTM). The experimental outcomes showed that the proposed system achieves 99.76% accuracy, which is better than the existing related schemes. Show more
Keywords: Internet of things, electrocardiogram, data security, arrhythmia disease classification, machine learning
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235885
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1697-1712, 2024
Authors: Zheng, Lina | Chen, Lijun | Wang, Yini
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Information amount has been shown to be one of the most efficient methods for measuring uncertainty. However, there has been little research on outlier detection using information amount. To fill this void, this paper provides a new unsupervised outlier detection method based on the amount of information. First, the information amount in a given information system is determined, which offers a thorough estimate of the uncertainty of this information system. Then, the relative information amount and the relative cardinality are proposed. Following that, the degree of outlierness and weight function are shown. Furthermore, the information amount-based outlier factor is constructed, …which determines whether an object is an outlier by its rank. Finally, a new unsupervised outlier detection method called the information amount-based outlier factor (IAOF) is developed. To validate the effectiveness and advantages of IAOF, it is compared to five existing outlier identification methods. The experimental results on real-world data sets show that this method is capable of addressing the problem of outlier detection in categorical information systems. Show more
Keywords: Outlier detection, CIS, Information amount, IAOF
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236518
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1713-1734, 2024
Authors: Paul, Milner | Adhikari, Shuma | Singh, Loitongbam Surajkumar | Parekkattil, Adarsh V. | Athappilly, George
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The ability to learn and to comprehend is fundamental to a human being. In this article, authors intend to develop a system to enhance the cognitive skills specifically of intellectually challenged children, by stimulation techniques. Authors have analysed the components and concepts of the brain with the intellectually challenging situation at the cognitive level and then we move on to analyse the causes and followed by the stimulation techniques in improving the learning skills. Our method has been tested to evaluate the device. The system we have designed is called the Self-Involved Motivated Action Reward Technique (SMART) that can show …improvement in the conditions of intellectually challenged children. The customised product that we developed in this system is elaborated with all the technical details. The stimulation caused by the SMART has caused intervention in the brain thereby increasing the efficiency of the brain. The surrounding environment and effort can change and shape the performance of the brain, whereas the number of neurons, their ability to make connections and to retain them, determines the quality of behaviour of the subject. This study demonstrates changes in cerebral blood flow patterns over a period of time during the execution of certain cognitive activities by people. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) are considered to be prohibitively expensive modalities. When used for the purpose of monitoring the progress of children with performance graph calculate up to 20, 40, and 60 days. Show more
Keywords: Learning disability, brain stimulation, intelligent system, reward-based activity, intellectual disability
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236583
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1735-1752, 2024
Authors: Chen, Tianwen | Zhou, Ronghu | Chen, Haoliang | Liu, Changqing
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to study the coordination, price and sales effort decisions of a dual channel supply chain under live streaming commerce mode. In nowadays’ e-commerce age, more and more people have interest in live streaming especially after the outbreak of COVID-19, but the research on live streaming supply chain is lacking. To fill this gap, a supply chain composed of a manufacturer and an internet celebrity is established, in which the demand is affected by the internet celebrity’s sales effort and personal influence. Considering different power structures of the supply chain, price and sales effort …decisions are studied in four models: Nash, manufacturer dominant (MD), internet celebrity dominant (KD) and cooperative game models. Subsequently, the feasible region of bargaining game is discussed in terms to share the extra profits and coordinate the supply chain. The manufacturer and the internet celebrity can be coordinated through bargaining problem in the cooperation model, and the extra profits sharing ratio is depend on each other’s bargaining power. Numerical analysis is further provided to test the propositions and show the impacts of market share rate, internet celebrity’s commission rate and personal influence on supply chain’s performance. Show more
Keywords: Supply chain, live E-commerce, internet celebrity, sales effort, personal influence
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231500
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1753-1769, 2024
Authors: He, Yu | Pan, Yigong | Hu, Xinying | Sun, Guangzhong
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Concept prerequisite relation refers to the learning order of concepts, which is useful in education. Concept prerequisite learning refers to using machine learning methods to infer prerequisite relation of a concept pair. The process of concept prerequisite learning requires large amounts of labeled data to train classifier. Usually, the labels of prerequisite relation are assigned by specialists. The specialist labelling method is costly. Thus, it is necessary to reduce labeling expense. An effective strategy is using active learning methods. In this paper, we propose a pool-based active learning framework for concept prerequisite learning named PACOL. It is a …fact that concept u and concept v cannot be prerequisite of each other simultaneously. The idea of PACOL is to select the concept pair with the greatest deviation between the classifier’s prediction and the fact. Besides, PACOL can be used in two situations: when specialists assign three kinds of labels or two kinds of labels. In experiments, we constructed data sets for three subjects. Experimental results on both our constructed data sets and public data sets demonstrate that PACOL outperforms than existing active learning methods in all situations. Show more
Keywords: Educational data mining, prerequisite relation, active learning, Wikipedia
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231878
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1771-1787, 2024
Authors: Naveen, Palanichamy | NithyaSai, S. | Udayamoorthy, Venkateshkumar | Ashok kumar, S.R.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In the current industry, quality inspection in semiconductor manufacturing is of immense significance. Significant achievements have been made in fault diagnosis in fabricated semiconductor wafer manufacturing due to the development of machine learning. Since real-time intermediate signals are non-linear and time-varying, the signals undergo various distortions due to changes in equipment, material, and process. This leads to a drastic change in information in intermediate signals. This paper presents a fault diagnosis model for semiconductor manufacturing processes using a generative adversarial network (GAN). The study aims to address the challenges associated with efficient and accurate fault identification in these complex processes. …Our approach involves the extraction of relevant components, development of a paired generator model, and implementation of a deep convolutional neural network. Experimental evaluations were conducted using a comprehensive dataset and compared against six existing models. The results demonstrate the superiority of our proposed model, showcasing higher accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity across various shift tasks. This research contributes to the field by introducing a novel approach for fault diagnosis, paving the way for improved process control and product quality in semiconductor manufacturing. Future work will focus on further optimizing the model and extending its applicability to other manufacturing domains. Show more
Keywords: Semiconductor manufacturing, GAN, fault diagnosis, quality inspection, wafer fabrication, deep CNN
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231948
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1789-1800, 2024
Authors: Pitchandi@Sankaralingam, R. | Arunachalaperumal, C. | Mary Anita, E.A.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Source Location Privacy (SLP) in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) refers to a set of techniques and strategies used to safeguard the anonymity and confidentiality of the locations of sensor nodes (SNs) that are the source of transmitted data within the network. This protection is important in different WSN application areas like environmental monitoring, surveillance, and healthcare systems, where the revelation of the accurate location of SNs can pose security and privacy risks. Therefore, this study presents metaheuristics with sequential assignment routing based false packet forwarding scheme (MSAR-FPFS) for source location privacy protection (SLPP) on WSN. The contributions of the MSAR-FPFS …method revolve around enhancing SLP protection in WSNs through the introduction of dual-routing, SAR technique with phantom nodes (PNs), and an optimization algorithm. In the presented MSAR-FPFS method, PNs are used for the rotation of dummy packets using the SAR technique, which helps to prevent the adversary from original data transmission. Next, the MSAR-FPFS technique uses an improved reptile search algorithm (IRSA) for the optimal selection of routes for real packet transmission. Moreover, the IRSA technique computes a fitness function (FF) comprising three parameters namely residual energy (RE), distance to BS (DBS), and node degree (ND). The experimental evaluation of the MSAR-FPFS system was investigated under different factors and the outputs show the promising achievement of the MSAR-FPFS system compared to other existing models. Show more
Keywords: Wireless sensor networks, metaheuristics, source location privacy preserving, fitness function, routing, false data forwarding
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233541
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1801-1812, 2024
Authors: Zhou, Bolong | Yu, Menghong | Guo, Jie
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Trailing suction hopper dredger is a kind of hydraulic dredger, it has the characteristics of self-propelled, selfloading, self-dredging, self-unloading, it is the main force in dredging and blowing works, it is widely used in the world, it can be said that where there is a big dredging project where there is a trailing suction hopper dredger’s figure. The loading optimization process of trailing suction hopper dredger contains a lot of dredging parameters related to soil type, and the soil type under different working conditions is not very clear. In this study, we present a hybrid optimization technique based on simulated …annealing and multi-population genetic algorithm to enhance the loading efficiency of a trailing suction hopper dredger and to examine the variation of dredged soil parameters. The soil parameters of the spoil hopper deposition model were estimated using this hybrid optimization algorithm. The experimental results show that the soil parameters are successfully estimated and verified by our measured construction data of a trailing suction hopper dredger. In addition, our proposed method has the highest accuracy of soil parameter estimation, the fastest algorithm convergence, and excellent robustness compared to the other three intelligent optimization methods. In addition, our method successfully avoids the phenomenon of premature convergence that usually occurs in traditional genetic algorithms, and the parameters show strong adaptability to different vessels under the same dredging area. Show more
Keywords: Trailing suction hopper dredger, spoil hopper deposition model, simulated annealing and multi-population genetic algorithm, soil parameters estimation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233959
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1813-1831, 2024
Authors: Li, Xingge | Zhang, Shufeng | Chen, Xun | Wang, Yashun | Fan, Zhengwei
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) devices has generated an increasing demand for reliability in their utilization. Nevertheless, the significant concern persists regarding the absence of suitable assessment and testing techniques to evaluate the performance of these intelligent systems in real-world conditions. In response to these issues, this paper conducts research on the reliability testing and assessment of AI visual perception systems under vibration stress. The paper introduces the working mechanism of the visual perception system and the various testing methods for AI devices. Based on this, a reliability assessment method for intelligent devices is proposed, which uses the Fréchet …distance as the measurement function and environmental adaptability as the reliability metric. Additionally, a vibration test platform for the visual perception system is established, which offers a cost-effective and reliable solution to the high cost issue of field testing for AI devices. Finally, the reliability level of the visual perception system under various vibration conditions is tested through vibration testing. The research findings indicate that the reliability of AI models decreases as the degradation caused by vibration increases, following a normal distribution. Show more
Keywords: Reliability, fréchet distance (FD), visual perception system (VPS), environmental adaptability, vibration test
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234179
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1833-1852, 2024
Authors: Wang, Feng
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: A real-time sharing model of energy big data based on end cloud collaboration technology is built to safely and efficiently share energy big data in all fields. Through the collaboration between the client layer and the cloud platform layer in the end cloud collaboration module, combined with the vertical federation learning algorithm and the homomorphic encryption algorithm, the energy big data knowledge in various fields is extracted and encrypted, and the encrypted knowledge is stored in the cloud platform as shared data. After the blockchain module combines the smart contract identification coding and parsing of such shared ciphertext, the ciphertext …key is provided to the data user, and the shared energy big data plaintext is obtained after decryption, so as to realize the real-time security sharing of energy big data. According to the result analysis, the model performs well in data knowledge extraction and encryption, and has a good effect in ensuring the security and reliability of energy big data sharing. At the same time, the identification coding and analysis time of shared data knowledge is relatively short, making energy big data can be shared in real time. These results demonstrate the potential and feasibility of the model in facilitating big data sharing in the energy sector. Show more
Keywords: End cloud collaboration, energy big data, real-time sharing, client, cloud platform, blockchain
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234892
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1853-1865, 2024
Authors: Shanthi, A.S. | Ignisha Rajathi, G. | Velumani, R. | Srihari, K.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In older people, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a precursor to more severe forms of dementia like AD (AD). In diagnosing patients with primary AD and amnestic MCI, modern neuroimaging techniques, especially MRI, play a key role. To efficiently categorize MRI images as normal or abnormal, the research presents a machine learning-based automatic labelling system, with a focus on boosting performance via texture feature analysis. To this end, the research implements a preprocessing phase employing Log Gabor filters, which are particularly well-suited for spatial frequency analysis. In addition, the research uses Gray Wolf Optimization (GWO) to acquire useful information from …the images. For classification tasks using the MRI images, the research also make use of DenseNets, a form of deep neural network. The proposed method leverages Log Gabor filters for preprocessing, Gray Wolf Optimization (GWO) for feature extraction, and DenseNets for classification, resulting in a robust approach for categorizing MRI images as normal or abnormal. When compared to earlier trials performed without optimization, the proposed systematic technique shows a significant increase in classification accuracy of 15%. For neuroimaging applications, our research emphasizes the use of Log Gabor filters for preprocessing, GWO for feature extraction, and DenseNets for classification, which can help with the early detection and diagnosis of MCI and AD. Show more
Keywords: Dementia, mild cognitive impairment, MRI, AD, Gray Wolf Optimization, DenseNets, log gabor filter
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235118
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1867-1879, 2024
Authors: Wang, Kejun | Zhang, Hebing
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: With the ongoing evolution of the novel coronavirus pathogen and continuous improvements in our social environment, the mortality rate of COVID-19 is on a decline. In response to this, we introduce an adaptive control strategy known as intentional control, which offers cost-efficiency and superior control effectiveness. The classical SEIR model faces limitations in accurately representing close contacts and sub-close contacts and fails to distinguish their varying levels of infectivity. To address this, our study modifies the classical model by incorporating close contact (E) and a sub-close contact (E2) while reworking the infectious mechanism. Once the model is formulated, we employ …various statistical methods to identify crucial parameters, including R 2 , adjusted R 2 , and standard deviation. For disease control, we implement an intentional control program with four distinct grades. We develop and apply a scheme in MATLAB for our proposed model, generating diverse simulation results based on realistic parameter values for discussion. Additionally, we explore a range of strategy combinations to differentiate their effectiveness under various social conditions, aiming to identify an optimal approach. Comparing the intentional control strategy to random control, our findings consistently demonstrate the superiority of intentional control across all scenarios. Furthermore, the results indicate that our approach better aligns with the characteristics of the novel coronavirus, characterized by an “extremely low fatality rate and strong infectivity,” while offering detailed insights into the transmission dynamics among different compartments. Show more
Keywords: COVID-19, SEIR model, intentional control
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235149
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1881-1898, 2024
Authors: Li, Zhaowen | Wei, Shengxue | Liu, Suping
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Outlier detection is critically important in the field of data mining. Real-world data have the impreciseness and ambiguity which can be handled by means of rough set theory. Information entropy is an effective way to measure the uncertainty in an information system. Most outlier detection methods may be called unsupervised outlier detection because they are only dealt with unlabeled data. When sufficient labeled data are available, these methods are used in a decision information system, which means that the decision attribute is discarded. Thus, these methods maybe not right for outlier detection in a a decision information system. This paper …proposes supervised outlier detection using conditional information entropy and rough set theory. Firstly, conditional information entropy in a decision information system based on rough set theory is calculated, which provides a more comprehensive measure of uncertainty. Then, the relative entropy and relative cardinality are put forward. Next, the degree of outlierness and weight function are presented to find outlier factors. Finally, a conditional information entropy-based outlier detection algorithm is given. The performance of the given algorithm is evaluated and compared with the existing outlier detection algorithms such as LOF, KNN, Forest, SVM, IE, and ECOD. Twelve data sets have been taken from UCI to prove its efficiency and performance. For example, the AUC value of CIE algorithm in the Hayes data set is 0.949, and the AUC values of LOF, KNN, SVM, Forest, IE and ECOD algorithms in the Hayes data set are 0.647, 0.572, 0.680, 0.676, 0.928 and 0.667, respectively. The advantage of the proposed outlier detection method is that it fully utilizes the decision information. Show more
Keywords: Rough set theory, outlier detection, outlier factor, conditional information entropy
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236009
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1899-1918, 2024
Authors: Kahraman, Cengiz
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The direct assignment of decimal numbers for membership and non-membership degrees of an element in intuitionistic fuzzy sets is not practical. The problem is that the expert cannot assign the same values to the degrees of membership, non-membership and hesitancy in decimal numbers for the same proposition in every attempt. Rather than the former, the assignment of proportional relationships between membership and non-membership degrees is more appropriate. We propose proportion-based models for intuitionistic fuzzy sets that include arithmetic and aggregation operators. Proportional intuitionistic fuzzy (PIF) sets require only the proportion relations between an intuitionistic fuzzy set’s parameters. These models will …make it easier to define intuitionistic fuzzy sets with more accurate data that better represents expert judgments. We transform AHP method, one of the traditional multi-criteria decision making methods, to PIF AHP using PIF sets. We compare the proposed PIF AHP method by interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy AHP method existing in the literature. A wind turbine selection problem is handled to show the validity of the proposed PIF AHP method. Show more
Keywords: Proportional intuitionistic fuzzy sets, aggregation operators, multi-criteria decision making, AHP
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236035
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1919-1933, 2024
Authors: Lai, Yibo | Fan, Libo | Sun, Zhiqing | Fang, Xiang | Shen, Bin | Tu, Yongwei
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Aiming at the problems of low convective heat transfer coefficient and high energy consumption in the air-cooled data center of immersed liquid cooling, an improved deep learning algorithm is proposed for the data center system of immersed liquid cooling equipment room. By improving the design of the immersed liquid cooling system, heat exchange is carried out between the immersed liquid cooling system and heating components such as the central processing unit of the server. The insulation coolant and cooling water achieve server heat dissipation through energy exchange, achieving data management of the immersed liquid cooling room. The proposed algorithm improves …data management efficiency while ensuring computational accuracy by conducting in-depth training and learning on the obtained immersed liquid cooling data, thus achieving the management of data in the immersed liquid cooling room. Through experiments, it has been proven that the immersed liquid cooling system in this study has high data management efficiency and low error, and can maintain server memory heat below 37 ° C, with a research accuracy of up to 92%. Show more
Keywords: Immersive liquid cooling, liquid cooling heat exchanger, deep learning, non relaxation hash algorithm, data management system
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233140
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1935-1944, 2024
Authors: Wu, Jian-Zhang | Zhang, Xue | Beliakov, Gleb
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Both the nonadditivity index and nonmodularity index have emerged as valuable indicators for characterizing the interaction phenomenon within the realm of fuzzy measures. The axiomatic representation plays a crucial role in distinguishing and elucidating the relationship and distinctions between these two interaction indices. In this paper, we employ a set of fundamental and intuitive properties related to interactions, such as equality, additivity, maximality, and minimality, to establish a comprehensive axiom system that facilitates a clear comprehension of the interaction indices. To clarify the impact of new elements’ participation on the type and density of interactions within an initial coalition, we …investigate and confirm the existence of proportional and linear effects in relation to null and dummy partnerships, specifically concerning the nonadditivity and nonmodularity indices. Furthermore, we propose the concept of the t -interaction index to depict a finer granularity for the interaction situations within a coalition, which involves subsets at different levels and takes the nonadditivity index and nonmodularity index as special cases. Finally, we establish and discuss the axiomatic theorems and empirical examples of this refined interaction index. In summary, the contributions of this work shed light on the axiomatic characteristics of the t -interaction indices, making it a useful reference for comprehending and selecting appropriate indices within this category of interactions. Show more
Keywords: Fuzzy measure, capacity, nonadditivity index, nonmodularity index, t-interaction index
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233196
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1945-1956, 2024
Authors: Gobinath, C. | Gopinath, M.P.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: PURPOSE: Many researchers have found that the improvement in computerised medical imaging has pushed them to their limits in terms of developing automated algorithms for the identification of illness without the need for human participation. The diagnosis of glaucoma, among other eye illnesses, has continued to be one of the most difficult tasks in the area of medicine. Because there are not enough skilled specialists and there are a lot of patients seeking treatment from ophthalmologists, we have been encouraged to build efficient computer-based diagnostic methods that can assist medical professionals in early diagnosis and help reduce the amount of …time and effort they spend working on healthy situations. The Optic Disc position is determined with the help of the LoG operator, and a Disc Image map is projected with the help of a U-net architecture by utilising the location and intensity profile of the optic disc. After this, a Generative adversarial network is suggested as a possible solution for segmenting the disc border. In order to verify the performance of the model, a well-defined investigation is carried out on many retinal datasets. The usage of a multi-encoder U-net framework for optic cup segmentation is the second key addition made by this proposed work. This framework greatly outperforms the state-of-the-art in this area. The suggested algorithms have been tested on public standard datasets such as Drishti-GS, Origa, and Refugee, as well as a private community camp-based difficult dataset obtained from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi. All of these datasets have been verified. In conclusion, we have shown some positive outcomes for the detection of diseases. The unique strategy for glaucoma treatment is called ensemble learning, and it combines clinically meaningful characteristics with a deep Convolutional Neural Network. Show more
Keywords: Glaucoma, Cup-To-Disc Ratio (CDR), neuro-retinal rim (NRR) Loss, peripapillary atrophy (PPA), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), deep convolutional neural network
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234363
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1957-1971, 2024
Authors: Li, Junwei | Liu, Huanyu | Jin, Yong | Zhao, Aoxiang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Research on conflict evidence fusion is an important topic of evidence theory. When fusing conflicting evidence, Dempster-Shafer evidence theory sometimes produces counter-intuitive results. Thus, this work proposes a conflict evidence fusion method based on improved conflict coefficient and belief entropy. Firstly, the proposed method uses an improved conflict coefficient to measure the degree of conflict, and the conflict matrix is constructed to get the support degree of evidence. Secondly, in order to measure the uncertainty of evidence, an improved belief entropy is proposed, and the information volume of evidence is obtained by the improve entropy. Next, connecting with the support …degree and information volume, We get the weight coefficient, and use it to modify the evidence. Finally, using the combination rule of Dempster for fusion. Simulation experiments have demonstrated the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method in this paper. Show more
Keywords: Evidence theory, conflict evidence, conflict coefficient, beleief entropy, combination rule
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-221507
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1973-1984, 2024
Authors: Yapali, Reha | Korkmaz, Erdal | Çinar, Muhammed | Çoskun, Hüsamettin
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The idea of lacunary statistical convergence sequences, which is a development of statistical convergence, is examined and expanded in this study on L - fuzzy normed spaces, which is a generalization of fuzzy spaces. On L - fuzzy normed spaces, the definitions of lacunary statistical Cauchy and completeness, as well as associated theorems, are provided. The link between lacunary statistical Cauchyness and lacunary statistical boundedness with regard to L - fuzzy norm is also shown.
Keywords: ℒ-fuzzy normed space, lacunary double sequences, lacunary statistically convergence, lacunary statistical Cauchy, lacunary statistical boundedness
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-222695
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1985-1993, 2024
Authors: Prabaharan, P.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Recent developments in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have generated interest in the area of sensor tracking events. The proposed work aims to decrease energy usage by identifying functional relay nodes utilizing the enhanced energy proficient clustering (EEPC) method. To minimize long-distance interaction between CH and BS, a power-efficient relay chosen technique is proposed using improved Grasshopper Optimization algorithm (IGOA). The network is constructed using both mobile and fixed nodes. Mobile nodes first choose cluster head (CH) among fixed nodes after broadcasting information. Depending on the related positioning and power density, mobile nodes choose their CH. CH receives information from mobile …sensor nodes (SNs). Based on the nodes’ velocity and position, the EEPC method computes particle fitness value and chooses the relay nodes. Performance metrics include Throughput, End-to-End Delay, Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR), Quantity of Received Packets, Total Residual Energy, and Total Energy Consumption, network lifetime. The suggested technique enhances network lifetime and reduces energy consumption when compared to other existing protocols. After 200 simulation rounds, the suggested EEPC displays 98.87% PDR. However, during 200 simulation cycles, ANFISRS, ORNS and DTC-ORS show 97.82%, 96.03%, and 89.585% PDR, respectively. Show more
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231729
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1995-2008, 2024
Authors: Sandhu, Muhammad Abdullah | Amin, Asjad | Tariq, Sana | Mehmood, Shafaq
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Dengue mosquitoes are the only reason for dengue fever. To effectively combat this disease, it is important to eliminate dengue mosquitoes and their larvae. However, there are currently very few computer-aided models available in scientific literature to prevent the spread of dengue fever. Detecting the larvae stage of the dengue mosquito is particularly important in controlling its population. To address this issue, we propose an automated method that utilizes deep learning for semantic segmentation to detect and track dengue larvae. Our approach incorporates a contrast enhancement approach into the semantic neural network to make the detection more accurate. As there …was no dengue larvae dataset available, we develop our own dataset having 50 short videos with different backgrounds and textures. The results show that the proposed model achieves up to 79% F-measure score. In comparison, the DeepLabV3, Resnet achieves up to 77%, and Segnet achieves up to 76% F-measure score on the tested frames. The results show that the proposed model performs well for small object detection and segmentation. The average F-measure score of all the frames also indicates that the proposed model achieves a 76.72% F-measure score while DeepLabV3 achieves a 75.37%, Resnet 75.41%, and Segnet 74.87% F-measure score. Show more
Keywords: Dengue larvae, detection, tracking, semantic segmentation, image enhancement
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233292
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2009-2021, 2024
Authors: Keikha, Abazar | Sabeghi, Narjes
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: As the rapidly progressing applications of uncertainty theories, the need for modifications to some of their existing mathematical tools or creating new tools to deal correctly with them in various environments is also exposed. Hesitant fuzzy numbers (HFNs), as a particular case of fuzzy numbers, are not an exception to this rule. Considering the necessity of determining the distance between given HFNs in many of their practical applications, this article shows that the existing methods either do not provide correct results or are not able to meet the needs of users. This paper aims to present new methods for distance …measures of hesitant fuzzy numbers. To do them, three prevalent distance measures, i.e., the generalized distance measure, the Hamming distance measure, and the Euclidean distance measure, will be optimized into three distinct trinal categories. With the approach of reducing error propagation via reducing some unnecessary mathematical computations, new distance measures on HFNs will be introduced, first. The middle is the modification of the first category, which is more suitable when the given HFNs are equal-distance by the previous formula. Also, as the third category, the weighted form of these distance measures has been proposed, to be used where the real and membership parts of HFNs are not of equal importance. As an application of these, a TOPSIS-based technique for solving multi-attribute group decision-making problems with HFNs has been proposed. A numerical example will be implemented to describe the presented method. Finally, along with the validation of the proposed method, its numerical comparison with some other existing methods will be discussed in detail. Show more
Keywords: Hesitant fuzzy numbers, MAGDM, Hamming distance, Euclidean distance, TOPSIS
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234619
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2023-2035, 2024
Authors: Yin, Rui | Lu, Wei | Yang, Jianhua
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The amalgamation of fuzzy model and deep learning has become one hot topic in today’s fuzzy community. However, with the model goes deeper, a pivotal aspect for performance enhancement, the interpretability of the model will deteriorate. To enhance the classification accuracy of classifiers while ensuring interpretability, we propose a stacked architecture-based fuzzy classifier named PT-SAFC. Borrowing the hierarchically stacked thought originated from deep learning, the PT-SAFC is composed by stacking two distinct fuzzy systems, implemented by fuzzy neuro-networks. Here, we propose an improved Takagi-Sugeno-Kang (TSK) model (PTFS) for data transfer by incorporating fuzzy cognitive maps (FCM). It imparts the TSK …model with the data processing capability akin to deep learning models, thereby mitigating the interpretability loss arising from an increase in model depth. Furthermore, the multi-prototypes fuzzy system for decision making (MPDFS) is constructed to map data onto classes. An enhanced gradient descent method with restriction mechanism of prototype position is designed for parameter optimization. The experiments underscore PT-SAFC’s achievement of a harmonious equilibrium between interpretability and classification accuracy. And, PT-SAFC maintains an advantage in classification performance even compared to deep learning methods. Furthermore, experiments validate PT-SAFC’s capability to manipulate data distribution to augment classification efforts. Show more
Keywords: fuzzy classifier, fuzzy cognitive map, data position transformation, gradient descent method
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236087
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2037-2052, 2024
Authors: Bhukya, Raghuram | Vodithala, Swathy
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Social media is becoming a crucial part of our everyday lives, whether it’s for product advertising, developing brand value, or reaching out to users. At the same time, sentiment analysis (SA) is a method for determining the emotions associated with online information. The main obstacle to SA’s success is the presence of sarcasm in the text. Previous studies on the identification of sarcasm use lexical and pragmatic signs such as interjection, punctuation, and sentimental change, amongst others. Deep learning (DL) models can be used to learn the lexical and contextual aspects of informal language because handcrafted features cannot be generalised. …In addition, word embedding can be used to train the DL models and provide effective results on big datasets at the same time. Optimal Deep Learning based Sarcasm detection and classification using an ODL-SDC method is presented in this study. ODL-SDC analyses social media data to look for and classify any sarcasm that may have been used there. In addition, the Glove embedding approach is used to transform feature vectors. A approach known as the chaotic crow search optimization on deep belief network (CCSO-DBN) is also used to classify and detect satire. Many benchmark datasets were used to evaluate the ODL-SDC method, and the results show it to be more effective than existing approaches in a number of performance metrics. Show more
Keywords: Sarcasm detection, deep learning, social media, word embedding, feature vectors, classification
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-222633
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2053-2066, 2024
Authors: Tasbozan, Hatice
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Hypersoft set theory represents an advanced version to soft set theory, offering enhanced capabilities for addressing uncertainty. By combining hypersoft set theory with nearness approximation spaces, a novel mathematical model known as near hypersoft set emerges. This hybrid model enables improved decision-making accuracy. In this study, our focus is on selecting an object from a product containing a function parameter set described by a distinct Cartesian feature with multiple arguments. Furthermore, we define fundamental features and topology on this set.
Keywords: Soft sets, near sets, near soft sets, hypersoft set, near hypersoft set
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-224526
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2067-2076, 2024
Authors: Gong, Zengtai | Jiang, Taiqiang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In the existing conflict analysis models, they used a triangular fuzzy number on [0, 1] to describe the range of an agent’s attitude towards an issue, but there are still some shortcomings in describing the specific attitude and degree of conflict represented by the triangular fuzzy number. In this paper, the conflict analysis model is extended, improved and perfected. Firstly, the expectation of triangular fuzzy number is used in the [-1, 1] triangular fuzzy information system to reasonably express the specific attitudes represented by a triangular fuzzy number. Secondly, the weights of each issue are obtained by using the Sugeno …measure, which determines the total attitude of the agent towards all issues. Thirdly, the relationship between agents is obtained with the help of the weighted distance of triangular fuzzy numbers. Finally, the thresholds α and β are calculated by means of triangular fuzzy decision theory rough sets. Show more
Keywords: Conflict analysis, three-way decisions, triangular fuzzy number
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231296
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2077-2090, 2024
Authors: Huang, Juan | Gou, Fangfang | Wu, Jia
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: With the development of Internet of Things technology, 5G communication has gradually entered people’s daily lives. The number of network users has also increased dramatically, and it has become the norm for the same user to enjoy the services provided by multiple network service providers and to complete the exchange and sharing of a large amount of information at the same time. However, the existing opportunistic social network routing is not sufficiently scalable in the face of large-scale network data. Moreover, only the transaction information of network users is used as the evaluation evidence, ignoring other information, which may lead …to the wrong trust assessment of nodes. Based on this, this study proposes an algorithm called Trust and Evaluation Mechanism for Users Based on Opportunistic Social Network Community Classification Computation (TEMCC). Firstly, communication communities are established based on community classification computation to solve the problem of the explosive growth of network data. Then a trust mechanism based on the Bayesian model is established to identify and judge the trustworthiness of the recommended information between nodes. This approach ensures that more reliable nodes can be selected for interaction and complete data exchange. Through simulation experiments, the delivery rate of this scheme can reach 0.8, and the average end-to-end delay is only 190 ms. Show more
Keywords: Trust mechanism, evaluation mechanism, community, opportunistic social networks
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232264
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2091-2108, 2024
Authors: Chen, Rong | Lan, Furong | Wang, Jianhua
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In order to effectively control the pressure and energy consumption of multiple air compressors within an acceptable range, an intelligent pressure switching control method for air compressor group control based on multi-agent RL is studied. This method uses sensors in the air compressor field control cabinet to collect data such as header pressure, air storage tank pressure, and air storage tank temperature and sends them to the edge data collector for integration. After integration, the main control cabinet sends them to the upper computer. Combined with the on-site collected data, a multi-agent-based air compressor group control model is designed to …convert multiple air compressors in the air compressor group control problem into a multi-agent mode, facilitating unified switching control of the air compressor group. Then, using the intelligent pressure switching control method based on deep Q-learning, driven by a neural network controller, the frequency of the frequency converter is adjusted to control the pressure at the outlet of the air compressor terminal header within the set value range, completing the pressure intelligent switching control. After testing, this method has good application results in pressure control, energy saving, and other aspects after being used for intelligent pressure switching control of air compressor group control. Show more
Keywords: Multi-agent, intensive learning, air compressor group control, pressure intelligence, neural network controller
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233217
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2109-2122, 2024
Authors: Xu, Huifen | Fang, Cheng | Zhang, Shuai
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Remanufacturing, with its environmental and economic implications, is gaining significant traction in the contemporary industry. Owing to the complementarity between remanufacturing process planning and scheduling in actual remanufacturing systems, the integrated remanufacturing process planning and scheduling (IRPPS) model provides researchers and practitioners with a favorable direction to improve the performance of remanufacturing systems. However, a comprehensive exploration of the IRPPS model under uncertainties has remained scant, largely attributable to the high complexity stemming from the intrinsic uncertainties of the remanufacturing environment. To address the above challenge, this study proposes a new IRPPS model that operates under such uncertainties. Specifically, the …proposed model utilizes interval numbers to represent the uncertainty of processing time and develops a process planning approach that integrates various failure modes to effectively address the uncertain quality of defective parts during the remanufacturing process. To facilitate the resolution of the proposed model, this study proposes an extended non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II with a new multi-dimensional representation scheme, in which, a new self-adaptive strategy, multiple genetic operators, and a new local search strategy are integrated to improve the algorithmic performance. The simulation experiments results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed algorithm over three other baseline multi-objective evolutionary algorithms. Show more
Keywords: Integrated remanufacturing process planning and scheduling, remanufacturing systems, uncertainty environment, interval processing time, non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233408
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2123-2145, 2024
Authors: Xu, Dongsheng
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Universities are important talent training bases in China and the main driving force for achieving the strategic layout of “revitalizing the country through science and education” and “strengthening the country through talent". Oil painting is a global art with rich humanistic and artistic value. Most art colleges in China have set up oil painting courses. Analyze the current situation and value of oil painting course teaching in local art (teacher training) majors, and leverage the educational role of oil painting courses by enriching course offerings, emphasizing the integration of humanistic innovation, improving teacher literacy, and striving to further improve the …quality and efficiency of oil painting course teaching. The quality evaluation of oil painting teaching in universities is viewed as multiple-attribute decision-making (MADM). The grey relational analysis (GRA) is a useful tool to cope with the MADM issue. The probabilistic simplified Neutrosophic set (PSNSs) is easy to characterize uncertain information during the quality evaluation of oil painting teaching in universities. In this paper, in order to obtain the weight information, an optimization model implemented to obtain a simple and exact formula which can be employed to derive the attribute weights values based on the Lagrange function and the probabilistic simplified neutrosophic number grey relational analysis (PSNN-GRA) technique is implemented for MADM to rank the alternatives. Finally, a numerical example for quality evaluation of oil painting teaching in universities is used to verify the practicability of the PSNN-GRA technique and compares it with other techniques. Show more
Keywords: Multiple attributes decision making (MADM), probabilistic simplified neutrosophic sets (PSNSs), GRA technique, teaching quality evaluation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235975
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2147-2159, 2024
Authors: Liu, Chen | Zhou, Kexin | Zhou, Lixin
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Stance detection for user reviews on social platforms aims to classify the stance of users’ reviews toward a specific topic. Existing studies focused on the internal semantic features of reviews’ texts, but ignored the external knowledge associated with the review. This paper retrieves external knowledge related to the key information of each review by mapping it to a knowledge graph. Thereafter, this paper infuses the external knowledge into deep learning model for stance detection. Considering that infusing external knowledge may bring noise to the model, this paper adopts the personalized PageRank method to filter the introduced irrelevant external knowledge. Infusing …external knowledge can improve the classification performance by providing background knowledge. In addition to considering the textual features of reviews when constructing the stance detection model, this paper employs a gated graph neural network (GGNN) approach to fuse the structural information between reviews to capture the interactions of reviews. The experiments show that the model improves 1.5% –6.9% in macro-average scores compared to six benchmark models in this paper. By combining the textual features and structural information of reviews and introducing external knowledge, the model effectively improves the stance detection performance. Show more
Keywords: Knowledge graph, structural information, gate graph neural network, stance detection
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-224217
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2161-2177, 2024
Authors: Jayalakshmi, N. | Shanmugapriya, M.M.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This study provides the generalization of fuzzy real numbers by imposing the elevator’s condition upon it’s legs. Our aim is to construct three types of Lift Fuzzy Real Numbers, an extension of h-generalized fuzzy real numbers, to indicate medical signals, stock market values, and commercial establishment profits over time. It explores concepts like ɛ-cut, strong ɛ-cut, β-level set, and convexity, and presents a graphical representation based on profit earned by three industries. Appropriate numerical examples are provided to support the new ideas. It’s interesting to note that Lift Fuzzy Real Numbers are also used to represent real numbers. Additionally, the …connections between the Lift Fuzzy real numbers have been established. The new fuzzy real numbers offer an advantage in representing data sets not represented by existing fuzzy numbers. Show more
Keywords: Fuzzy set, fuzzy number, α-cut, strong α-cut
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-224320
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2179-2192, 2024
Authors: Hu, Fang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: There is a lack of domestic and foreign research on the evaluation and improvement strategies of business performance of performing arts enterprises, especially in the context of the “restructuring” of cultural groups in China. Most of the existing studies are distributed in bulk, not only lacking in theoretical depth, but also lacking in systematization to a certain extent, which shows that the existing studies have not fully formed a mature and valuable theoretical system. The business performance evaluation of performing arts enterprises is a multiple attributes group decision making (MAGDM). This paper constructs a novel probabilistic hesitant fuzzy Multi-Objective Optimization …Simple Ratio Analysis (PHF-MOOSRA) model based on the integrated determination of objective criteria weights (IDOCRIW) under the probabilistic hesitant fuzzy sets (PHFSs) for this issue. The PHFSs provides an evaluation circumstance containing more information which make the final decision-making results more accurately. Additionally, the IDOCRIW method separately and the MOOSRA method based on the MOORA method is proposed in PHFSs circumstance in this model. In the end, this model is then applied in a numerical case study for business performance evaluation of performing arts enterprises and compare this model with other existing methods. Show more
Keywords: Multiple attributes group decision making (MAGDM), probabilistic hesitant fuzzy sets (PHFSs), MOOSRA method, IDOCRIW method, business performance evaluation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-224342
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2193-2205, 2024
Authors: Bhandari, Samir Kumar | De la Sen, Manuel | Chandok, Sumit
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In this article, the probabilistic metric distance between two disjoint sets is utilised to define the essential criteria for the existence and uniqueness of the best proximity point, which takes into account the global optimization problem. In order to solve this problem, we pretend that we are trying to obtain the optimal approximation to the solution of a fixed point equation. Here, we introduce two types of probabilistic proximal contraction mappings and use a geometric property called Ω -property in the context of probabilistic metric spaces. We also obtain some consequences for self-mappings, which give the fixed point results. Some …examples are provided to validate the findings. As an application, we obtain the solution to a second-order boundary value problem using a minimum t -norm in the context of probabilistic metric spaces. Show more
Keywords: Probabilistic metric spaces, best proximity point, Ω-property, fixed point
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231315
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2207-2218, 2024
Authors: Cui, Tong | Sun, Peixi | Liu, Xiao
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Corporate culture has its own development laws and may play a significant role in a short period of time, but its development and improvement are a relatively long-term task. The construction of corporate culture is a systematic project that varies depending on the enterprise. For enterprises, the construction of corporate culture has very important practical significance for the re integration of the enterprise team and the enhancement of competitive strength. Culture is a productive force, and the role of corporate culture is more direct. Therefore, enterprises should focus on their own development goals, create their own unique corporate culture based …on learning and reference, and meet market challenges with a new look and strong strength. The effectiveness evaluation of corporate culture construction is a classical multiple attribute decision making (MADM). Recently, the TODIM and VIKOR method has been used to cope with MADM issues. The neutrosophic cubic sets (NCSs) are used as a tool for characterizing uncertain information during the effectiveness evaluation of corporate culture construction. In this manuscript, the neutrosophic cubic number TODIM-VIKOR (NCN-TODIM-VIKOR) method is built to solve the MADM under NCSs. In the end, a numerical case study for effectiveness evaluation of corporate culture construction is given to validate the proposed method. The research aim of the paper is summarized: (1) the NCN-TODIM-VIKOR is proposed for MADM problem with NCSs; (2) The attributes weight information is obtained through information entropy; (3) the NCN-TODIM-VIKOR method is designed for effectiveness evaluation of corporate culture construction and were compared with some existing methods; (4) Through the comparison, it is found that NCN-TODIM-VIKOR method for effectiveness evaluation of corporate culture construction proposed are effective. Show more
Keywords: Multiple attribute decision making (MADM), Neutrosophic cubic sets (NCSs), TODIM, VIKOR, effectiveness evaluation of corporate culture construction
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231841
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2219-2231, 2024
Authors: Hosseini Monfared, Seyede Nasrin | Hosseinzadeh Lotfi, Farhad | Mozaffari, Mohammad Reza | Rostamy malkhalifeh, Mohsen
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In conventional DEA models it has been assumed that each measure status is considered input or output. However, a performance measure in some cases can have input role for some DMUs and output role for others and is known as flexible measure. In this paper new slacks-based FNSBM models are proposed in general two-stage network DEA to determine the relative efficiency of units and the role of flexible measures. Then new radial FNDEA-R models and new slacks-based FNSBM-DEA-R models are developed in the presence of flexible measures based on the ratio of input components to output components or vice versa …in the input and output orientation under constant returns to scale in general two-stage network. In our proposed models, flexible measures are determined as input or output to improve performance to maximize the relative efficiency of the DMU under evaluation. The FNDEA-R and FNSBM-DEA-R models versus FNSBM models prevent efficiency underestimation and pseudo inefficiency issues. The status of one flexible measure in the input-oriented and output-oriented FNDEA-R and FNSBM-DEA-R models may have different conclusions. The radial FNDEA and FNDEA-R models have unitsinvariant and the objective function of the FNSBM and FNSBM-DEA-R models are invariant with respect to the units of data. A numerical example is used to illustrate the procedures. Show more
Keywords: Data envelopment analysis, flexible measures, SBM model, ratio analysis, general two-stage network
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231925
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2233-2259, 2024
Authors: Kumar, Ashish | Maan, Vijay Singh | Choudhary, Ravi | Saini, Monika
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The main objective of present investigation is to evaluate and optimize the operational availability of the solar photovoltaic systems. As the solar energy is a prominent source of renewal energy and contribute a lot in global development having less environmental impacts but the safety and reliability issues of these systems also observed during the operational phase. Availability is an effective tool that is used to discourse the safety and performance issues of renewal energy sources especially solar photovoltaic systems. Here, a stochastic model is developed for solar photovoltaic system having solar photovoltaic plates, solar charger, solar battery, and inverter. The …Markov birth-death process is applied for development of the mathematical model of the proposed system. The chapman-Kolmogorov differential difference equations of the proposed solar photovoltaic system used to predict the steady state availability of system. On the basis of literature, the failure and repair rates of all components of solar photovoltaic system are considered as exponentially distributed. In addition, an effort is also made to predict the optimum availability of solar photovoltaic system using well-known optimization technique cuckoo search algorithm. It is revealed that, the predicted availability of the solar photovoltaic system is 0.9988799 at population size 60 after 700 iterations. The estimated parametric values of the failure and repair rates also derived. To highlight the importance of the study the numerical and graphical results are presented and shared with the system designers and maintenance engineers. Show more
Keywords: Renewal energy sources, solar photovoltaic systems, markov models, cuckoo search algorithm, availability
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231940
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2261-2272, 2024
Authors: Elrawy, A. | Smarandache, Florentin | Temraz, Ayat A.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: We use a neutrosophic set, instead of an intuitionistic fuzzy because the neutrosophic set is more general, and it allows for independent and partial independent components μ (χ) , γ (χ) , ζ (χ), while in an intuitionistic fuzzy set, all components are totally dependent. In this article, we present and demonstrate the concept of neutrosophic invariant subgroups. We delve into the exploration of this notion to establish and study the neutrosophic quotient group. Further, we give the concept of a neutrosophic normal subgroup as a novel concept.
Keywords: Neutrosophic set, invariant sub-groups, normal sub-group
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232941
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2273-2280, 2024
Authors: Mu, Li
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The financial management capability of enterprises, as an important component of their soft power, has a decisive impact on the success or failure of their operations. In the increasingly fierce market competition, enterprises must continuously improve their financial management capabilities in order to ensure efficient operation and achieve better economic benefits. Insufficient financial management capabilities in enterprises can seriously affect the stability of production and operation, hinder the realization of profits, and hinder the long-term development of enterprises. In order to better improve the financial management level of enterprises and promote the standardization of financial management, it is necessary to …use scientific techniques to evaluate the financial management ability of enterprises, so as to accurately grasp the key links in the financial management process of enterprises and implement targeted effective measures. The enterprise financial management capability evaluation is a classical multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM). In recent years, the MAGDM problem has become an important research field in modern decision science. This paper extends the EDAS technique to the 2-tuple linguistic Pythagorean fuzzy sets (2TLPFSs). On the basis of the original EDAS technique, 2-tuple linguistic Pythagorean fuzzy number EDAS (2TLPFN-EDAS) technique based on cosine similarity measure (CSM) and Hamming distances is managed for MAGDM. Finally, a case study for enterprise financial management capability evaluation and some comparative analysis with the other techniques show that the new technique proposed in this paper is effective, reasonable and accurate. The main contribution of the paper is summarized: (1) the 2TLPFN-EDAS technique based on CSM and Hamming distances is managed for MAGDM under 2TLPFSs; (2) The entropy is employed to manage the attribute weight based on cosine similarity measure(CSM) and Hamming distances under 2TLPFSs; (3) the 2TLPFN-EDAS technique is employed for enterprise financial management capability evaluation and were compared with some existing techniques; (4) Through the comparison, it is found that 2TLPFN-EDAS technique for enterprise financial management capability evaluation proposed are effective. Show more
Keywords: Multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM), 2-tuple linguistic Pythagorean fuzzy sets (2TLPFSs), EDAS technique, financial management capability
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233395
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2281-2296, 2024
Authors: Alkhalifah, Eman S.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: A satisfactory graphic design and good-looking 3D models and environments are the backbones of a positive user experience, especially in Augmented Reality (AR) / Virtual Reality (VR) app development. Where these technologies is seen as the an excellent realm of human-computer interaction. The purpose is to fool the viewer by the seamless incorporation of simulated features. Every AR system relies on true interaction and three-dimensional registration to function properly. In this research, we present a strategy for real-world 3D image registration and tracking. The primary foci of this study are the first three stages: initial registrations and matrix acquisitions, road …scene feature extraction, and virtual information registration. At initial registration, a rough virtual plane is estimated onto which the objects will be projected. To this, we propose YoloV3 for transferring features from a virtual to a real-world setting. The projection process concludes with a guess at the camera’s posture matrix. This tech is used in the vehicle’s head-up display to augment reality. The average time required to register a virtual item is 43 seconds. The final step in making augmented reality content is to merge the computer-generated images of virtual objects with real-world photographs in full colour. Our results indicate that this method is effective and precise for 3D photo registration but has the potential to dramatically increase the verisimilitude of AR systems. Show more
Keywords: Graphic designs, human-computer interaction, computer vision, real-scene, AR/VR applications, 3D image registration, and tracking and mapping
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233878
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2297-2309, 2024
Authors: Meera, S. | Valarmathi, K.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Load balancing is an element that must exist for a cloud server to function properly. Without it, there would be substantial lag and the server won’t be able to operate as intended. In a Cloud computing (CC) establishing, load balancing is the process of dividing workloads and computer resources. The distribution of assets from a data centre involves many different factors, including load balancing of workloads in cloud environment. To make best use each virtual machine’s (VM) capabilities, load balancing needs to be done in a way that ensures that all VMs have balanced loads. Both overloading and underloading are …examples of load unbalance, and both of these types of load unbalance could be fixed by using techniques created especially for load balancing. The research that has been done on the subject have not attempted to take into account the factors that affect the problem of load unbalancing. Results indicate that the LSTM and DForest-based load balancing approach significantly improves cloud resource utilization, reduces response times, and minimizes the occurrence of overloading or underloading scenarios. To effectively design those programmes, it is essential to first understand the advantages and disadvantages of current methodologies before developing efficient AI-based load balancing programmes. Compared to existing method the proposed method is high accuracy 0.98, KNN accuracy is 0.97, SVM accuracy is 0.99, and DForest accuracy is 0.987. Show more
Keywords: Load balancing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, DForest, Long Short-Term Memory
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234054
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2311-2330, 2024
Authors: Yalçın, Selin | Kaya, İhsan
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Process capability analysis (PCA) is an important stage to check variability of process by using process capability indices (PCIs) that are very effective statistics to summarize process’ performance. Traditional PCIs can produce some incorrect results and declare misinterpretation about process’ quality if the process includes uncertainties. Additionally, definitions of process’ parameters with exact values is not possible when there are uncertainty caused by measurement errors, sensitivities of measuring instruments or quality engineers’ hesitancies. Although the fuzzy set theory (FST) has been successfully used in PCA, it is the first time to use of Pythagorean fuzzy sets (PFSs) to model uncertainties …of process more than traditional fuzzy sets in PCA. Since the PFSs has two-dimensional configurations by defining membership and non-membership values, they also have a huge ability to model uncertainty that arises from the human’s thinking and hesitancies, and has brought flexibility, sensitivity and reality for PCA. In this paper, specification limits (SLs), mean (μp ), standard deviation (σ ) and target value (T ) main parameters of PCIs have been analyzed by using PFSs and Pythagorean fuzzy process capability indices (PFPCIs) for two well-known PCIs such as ( C ˜ pm ) and ( C ˜ pmk ) have been derived. The Pythagorean ( C ˜ pm ) and ( C ˜ pmk ) indices have also been applied and tested on some numerical examples based on real case applications from manufacturing industry. The obtained results show that PFPCIs provide wider knowledge about capability of process and to obtain more realistic results. As a result of considering all possibilities about the process, it has been concluded that the process is incapable. In light of this information, the results obtained using different fuzzy set extensions for (C pm ) and (C pmk ) indices can be compared. Show more
Keywords: Process capability analysis, process capability indices, flexible parameters Pythagorean fuzzy sets
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234683
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2331-2355, 2024
Authors: Xu, Xuezhu
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Sports events, as large-scale events that provide products and services, have received widespread attention for their economic benefits and influence. Event organizers expect to achieve high efficiency by providing high-quality products and services. The quality of competition products and services is mainly evaluated through the subjective feelings of the audience, and usually the audience’s evaluation of service quality is vague. Therefore, this article intends to establish an evaluation index system for the quality of spectator service in sports events, in order to provide a reasonable evaluation of the service products provided by sports event organizers. The audience service quality evaluation …for large-scale sports-events is a MAGDM problems. Recently, the EDAS and CRITIC technique has been employed to cope with MAGDM issues. The interval neutrosophic sets (INSs) are employed as a tool for characterizing uncertain information during the audience service quality evaluation for large-scale sports-events. In this paper, the interval neutrosophic number EDAS (INN-EDAS) technique based on the Hamming distance and Euclid distance is founded to manage the MAGDM under INSs. The CRITIC technique is employed to obtain the weight information based on the Hamming distance and Euclid distance under INSs. Finally, a numerical case study for audience service quality evaluation for large-scale sports-events is employed to validate the proposed technique. The main contributions of this paper are proposed: (1) The INN-EDAS technique based on the Hamming distance and Euclid distance is founded to manage the MAGDM under INSs; (2) The CRITIC technique is employed to obtain the weight information based on the Hamming distance and Euclid distance under INSs; (3) a numerical case study for audience service quality evaluation for large-scale sports-events is employed to validate the proposed technique. Show more
Keywords: Multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM), interval neutrosophic sets (INSs), EDAS technique, CRITIC technique, audience service quality evaluation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236124
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2357-2370, 2024
Authors: Liu, Mingtang | Zhang, Mengxiao | Zhang, Peng | Wang, Guanghui | Chen, Xiaokang | Zhang, Hao
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Aiming at the shortcomings of traditional water level prediction methods such as insufficient information mining ability and unclear mechanism of heuristic algorithms, this paper proposes for the first time a water level prediction method based on blockchain technology fused with long short-term memory (LSTM) network. The method utilizes blockchain and LSTM neural network to build a combined model, and directly uploads monitoring data such as import and export water flow and water level to predict the water level, which avoids the secondary error brought by the indirect calculation of flow. In this paper, the flow compensation strategy is proposed for …the first time, and the monitoring data with large deviations are compensated accordingly to reduce the prediction error from the source. The results show that the combined Blockchain-LSTM model has the smallest prediction error after adopting the compensation strategy, with the MAE of 0.290 and the RMSE of 0.490, which are smaller than those of other models, and has high prediction accuracy and practicability, which provides technical support for real-time scheduling of the South-to-North Water Diversion Reservoir. Show more
Keywords: LSTM, Blockchain-LSTM, water level prediction, compensation strategy
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231411
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2371-2380, 2024
Authors: Ameksa, Mohammed | Elamrani Abou Elassad, Zouhair | Elamrani Abou Elassad, Dauha | Mousannif, Hajar
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: While road accidents’ prediction has been of crucial importance in the development of intelligent transportation technologies; a profound analysis within the driver-vehicle-environment system is no doubt of great interest and necessity. Three categories of features namely vehicle kinematics, driver inputs and environmental conditions collected using a desktop driving simulator have been systematically recorded in order to outline a fusion strategy based on various base classifiers and a Meta classifier that learns from base classifiers’ results to acquire more efficient accidents’ predictions. Highly heuristic optimized tree-based models namely AdaBoost, XGBoost, RF along with the MLP deep learning technique have been endorsed …to establish effective predictions. Furthermore, to ensure that the proposed system provide superior and stable decisions as road accidents are generally unexpected and occur rarely, an imbalance-learning approach was conducted to add to the current knowledge by adopting three performant balancing strategies: ROS, SMOTE and ADASYN. To the best our knowledge, there has been a limited interest at adopting a fusion-based system examining the impact of real-time features’ combinations and fused tree-based models along with deep learning technique as meta-classifier on the prediction of road accidents while taking into account class imbalance. The findings depict that the superior performance of the proposed fusion system with precision, recall and f1-score over 90%. As a whole, the results highlight the significance of the explanatory features related to potential accidents and can be employed in designing efficient intelligent transportation systems. Show more
Keywords: Crash prediction, machine learning, fusion framework, balancing techniques
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232078
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2381-2397, 2024
Authors: Arulalan, V. | Premanand, V. | Kumar, Dhananjay
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: An efficient model to detect and track the objects in adverse weather is proposed using Tanh Softmax (TSM) EfficientDet and Jaccard Similarity based Kuhn-Munkres (JS-KM) with Pearson-Retinex in this paper. The noises were initially removed using Differential Log Energy Entropy adapted Wiener Filter (DLE-WF). The Log Energy Entropy value was calculated between the pixels instead of calculating the local mean of a pixel in the normal Wiener filter. Also, the segmentation technique was carried out using Fringe Binarization adapted K-Means Algorithm (FBKMA). The movement of segmented objects was detected using the optical flow technique, in which the optical flow was …computed using the Horn-Schunck algorithm. After motion estimation, the final step in the proposed system is object tracking. The motion-estimated objects were treated as the target that is initially in the first frame. The target was tracked by JS-KM algorithm in the subsequent frame. At last, the experiential evaluation is conducted to confirm the proposed model’s efficacy. The outcomes of Detection in Adverse Weather Nature (DAWN) dataset proved that in comparison to the prevailing models, a better performance was achieved by the proposed methodology. Show more
Keywords: Object detection, adverse weather, weiner filter, object tracking, Retinex
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233623
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2399-2413, 2024
Authors: Wang, Yao | Yu, Tao | Luo, Tianmin | Ye, Haojie | Pan, Yiru
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Fault detection and diagnosis in electrical machines are periodical for preventing operational interruptions and unexpected shutdowns. However, a Wavelet Feature-dependent Clustering Technique (WFCT) is introduced to address the cyclic fault detection between successive operation intervals. This technique identifies override features from the time-frequency operational wavelets throughout the machine running time. This grouping binds time and operational frequency for identifying override exceeding shutdown/ failure instances. Based on their revamping time, the identified instances are further grouped to prevent overrides in successive operational hours. The fuzzy clustering prevents variation features based on conventional to high-fuzzified extractions.
Keywords: Electrical machines, fault diagnosis, feature extraction, fuzzy clustering, time-frequency wavelet
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234256
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2415-2431, 2024
Authors: Muniz, Rafael Ninno | de Sá, José Alberto Silva | da Rocha, Brigida Ramati Pereira | Buratto, William Gouvêa | Nied, Ademir | da Costa Jr., Carlos Tavares
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Energy sustainability indicators are essential for evaluating and measuring energy systems’ environmental, social, and economic impact. These indicators can be used to assess the sustainability of different energy sources, such as renewable or fossil fuels, as well as the performance of energy systems in various regions or countries. The goal of this paper is to propose a new energy sustainability index based on fuzzy logic for the Amazon region. The fuzzy inference system enabled the operationalization of subjective sustainability concepts, resulting in a final index that can evaluate the performance of the states in the Legal Amazon and compare them …to each other. The results indicated that Mato Grosso had the highest ranking, followed by Tocantins, Amapá, Roraima, Rondônia, Pará, Acre, Maranhão, and Amazonas in the last position. These findings demonstrate that the selected indicators and the final index are effective tools for evaluating the energy sustainability of the Amazon region and can aid public managers in making decisions and proposing sustainable regional development policies for the region. Show more
Keywords: Amazon, energy planning, fuzzy logic, indicators, sustainability
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235750
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2433-2446, 2024
Authors: Sweatha, S. | Sindu Devi, S.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: During the period of 2019–20, forecasting was of utmost priority for health care planning and to combat COVID-19 pandemic. Almost everyone’s life has been greatly impacted by COVID-19. Understanding how the disease spreads is crucial to know how the disease behaves dynamically. The aim of the research is to construct an SEI Q 1 Q 2 R model for COVID-19 with fuzzy parameters. The fuzzy parameters are the transmission rate, the infection rate, the recovery rate and the death rate. We compute the basic reproduction number, using next-generation matrix method, which will be used further to study the model’s …prediction. The COVID-free and endemic equilibrium points attain local and global stability when R0 < 1. A sensitivity analysis of the reproduction number against its internal parameter has been done. The results of this model showed that intervention measures. The numerical simulation along with graphical representations at COVID-free and endemic points are shown. The SEIQ 1 Q 2 R model is a successful model to analyse the spreading and controlling the epidemics like COVID-19. Show more
Keywords: Stability, fuzzy basic reproduction number, sensitivity analysis
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231945
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2447-2460, 2024
Authors: Saranya, D. | Bharathi, A.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: A sudden increase in electrical activity in the brain is a defining feature of one of the severe neurological diseases known as epilepsy. This abnormality appears as a seizure, and identifying seizures is an important field of research. An essential technique for examining the features of neurological issues brain activities, and epileptic seizures is electroencephalography (EEG). In EEG data, analyzing epileptic irregularities visually requires a lot of time from neurologists. For accurate detection of epileptic seizures, numerous scientific techniques have been used with EEG data, and most of these techniques have produced promising results. For EEG signal classification with a …high classification accuracy rate, the present research proposes an enhanced machine learning-based epileptic seizure detection model. The present research provides a hybrid Improved Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (IANFIS)-Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM) technique for automatically detecting and diagnosing epilepsy from EEG data. The experimental findings were supported by EEG records made available by the German University of Bonn and scalp EEG data acquired at Children’s Hospital Boston. The suggested IANFIS-LightGBM, according to the results, offers the most significant classification accuracy ratings in both situations. Show more
Keywords: Electroencephalography (EEG), epileptic seizure detection, machine learning, LightGBM, and accuracy rate
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233430
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2463-2482, 2024
Authors: Subbiah, Priyanga | Nagappan, Krishnaraj
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Since it satisfies all prerequisites for the growth of humanity, agriculture is currently regarded as being the most significant sector for civilization. One of the main forms of human energy production is thought to be plants, which also provide nutrients, cures, etc. Any damage or disease brought on by exposure to pathogens, viruses, bacteria, etc., while cultivating plants results in a decline in productivity, making it crucial to prevent such diseases and take the required precautions to avoid them. Accurately identifying such fatal diseases is a crucial first step for both the businesses and farmers. Six different Convolutional Neural Networks …(CNNs) that accept plant leaf images as input, along with the Enhanced Symbiotic Organism Search (ESOS) optimization algorithm, have been implemented in our research. We intend to extensively contrast the various models based on accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score. In the area of image recognition and classification, convolutional neural networks (CNNs), in particular, and deep learning, in general, are developing. The literature contains a variety of CNN designs. The dataset size, the number of classes, the model’s weights, hypermeters, and optimizers are a few examples of the variables that have an impact on a CNN model’s performance. Because of its benefits, transfer learning and fine-tuning a pre-trained model are now very popular. This study examines the impact of six popular CNN models: DenseNet, MobileNet, EfficientNet, VGG19, ResNet and Inception. As a result, DenseNet demonstrates an optimal accuracy rate of 98% when compared to other models. Show more
Keywords: Plant disease detection, tomato plant leaf disease detection, deep learning, CNN, DenseNet, MobileNet, EfficientNet, VGG19, ResNet and inception
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232067
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2483-2494, 2024
Authors: Jenifer, L. | Radhika, S.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and more than half million people were died around the world. However, cardiovascular health monitoring is crucial for effective heart disease diagnosis and management. In this paper, a novel deep learning-based YOLO-ECG model is proposed to ECG arrhythmia classification method for portable monitoring. Initially, the ECG signals are gathered using 12-lead electrodes in the real time and these signals are denoised using two-dimensional stationary wavelet transform (2D-SWT). In SWT, zeros are inserted between filter taps rather than decimal points to eliminate repetitions and increase robustness. The denoised ECG signals are fed into …the deep learning-based YOLO network with Gaussian error linear unit (GELU) activation function for detecting the ECG abnormalities of arrythmia. ECG waveforms are analyzed for the local fractal dimension at each sample point before heartbeat waveforms are extracted within a set length window. A squeeze and excitation attention (SEAN) module is introduced in the YOLO network for selecting size of 1D convolution kernel, and the dimension is preserved during local cross-channel interactions, decrease network complexity and enhance model efficiency. The classification findings demonstrate that the proposed YOLO-ECG model performs better by ECG recordings from the MIT-BIH arrhythmia dataset. From the experimental analysis, the proposed YOLO-ECG model yields the overall accuracy of 99.16% for efficient classification of arrythmia ECG signals. Show more
Keywords: Arrythmia classification, ECG signal, deep learning, 2D stationary wavelet transform, YOLO network
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235858
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2495-2505, 2024
Authors: Jiang, Xianliang | Yang, Ze | Huang, Junkai | Jin, Guang | Yu, Guitao | Zhang, Xi | Qin, Zhen
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Rivers serve as vital water sources, maintain ecological equilibrium, and enhance landscapes. However, the looming issue of floating debris stemming from improper waste disposal and illegal discharge, poses an imminent threat to river ecosystems and their aesthetic appeal. Conventional human-led inspections prove labor-intensive, inefficient, and prone to errors. This study introduces an innovative approach for river debris detection, employing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) imagery in conjunction with a refined YOLOv5n model. This approach offers three key contributions. Primarily, the YOLOv5n model is bolstered by integrating the Efficient Channel Attention (ECA) module and reshaping the MobileNetV3 backbone to align with MobileNetV3S, …thereby significantly streamlining computational demands and model intricacy. Additionally, precision and speed are augmented by eliminating the detection head for larger targets, while decreasing computational requirements. Subsequently, to counter dataset scarcity, we curate a UAV-derived river debris dataset, encompassing five prevalent debris types, serving as an indispensable resource for method refinement and assessment. Lastly, the upgraded model’s evaluation on Jetson Nano yields an mAP of 87.2%, merely 0.7% lower than the original YOLOv5n model. Remarkably, the refined model achieves substantial reductions of 57.1% in parameters, 52.6% in volume, and 54.8% in GFLOPs. Additionally, inference time is abbreviated to 57.3ms per Jetson Nano image, 13.4ms faster than the original. These findings underscore edge computing’s potential in river restoration. In conclusion, the fusion of deep learning object detection and UAV imagery empowers adept river debris detection. Show more
Keywords: Rivers, floating debris, UAV Imagery, YOLOv5n model, edge computing
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234222
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2507-2520, 2024
Authors: Sruthi, S. | Anuradha, B.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Fire poses a significant threat to both lives and property, necessitating effective early detection measures. Despite challenges in identifying smoke and fire in their initial stages, we have devised a cost-efficient visual detection system. Early fire detection enhances its potential effectiveness. CCTV surveillance systems are now commonplace in developed countries, serving as tools for periodic monitoring of various locations. However, fluctuating ambient light conditions, camera angles, and seasonal variations can introduce data distortions, occlusions, and impact model accuracy. To address these issues, we’ve implemented a method combining deep learning networks and machine learning strategies for flame detection and direction classification. …Our innovative QuickDenseNet extracts dense features from segmented flame video frames. We introduce the Ensemble Score Voted SVM (ESV-SVM), employing SVM as the primary learner and score voting as the auxiliary learner. Our approach is rigorously evaluated through simulations, measuring accuracy and various Key Performance Indices (KPIs), including Precision, F1-score, Recall, Correlation, Error, FPR, and Correlation Coefficients. Remarkably, our proposed method achieves an impressive precision rate of approximately 99.5%. Show more
Keywords: Fire detection, ensemble learning, deep feature, CNN, video surveillance, color segmentation, dense network
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236387
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2521-2535, 2024
Authors: Kaur, Ranjeet | Tripathi, Alka
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The present work is an effort to support the typographical errors of keywords that are not supported by existing compilers and integrated development environment(IDE) in ’C’ language. The fuzzy automata modelling approximate string matching is proposed for error handling during lexical analysis. By introducing fuzziness to lexemes the typographical errors can be rectified at the time of compilation and flexibility of lexical analyser can be greatly improved. The recognition of fuzzy tokens during lexical analysis is described in order to correct errors caused by sticking key, deletion, typing and swapping key in keywords during C programming. Algorithms and pseudo code …are being developed to measure the degree of membership of crisp and fuzzy lexemes. Accuracy is tested and examined once the fuzzy lexemes are trained using a neural network. The proposed method is an add on feature that can be incorporated in existing compilers and IDEs to increase their flexibility. Show more
Keywords: Fuzzy lexemes, fuzzy automata, error handling, approximate string matching, fuzzy lexical analysis
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-223021
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2537-2546, 2024
Authors: Konduru, Ashok Kumar | Mazher Iqbal, J.L.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Emotion recognition from speech signals serves a crucial role in human-computer interaction and behavioral studies. The task, however, presents significant challenges due to the high dimensionality and noisy nature of speech data. This article presents a comprehensive study and analysis of a novel approach, “Digital Features Optimization by Diversity Measure Fusion (DFOFDM)”, aimed at addressing these challenges. The paper begins by elucidating the necessity for improved emotion recognition methods, followed by a detailed introduction to DFOFDM. This approach employs acoustic and spectral features from speech signals, coupled with an optimized feature selection process using a fusion of diversity measures. The …study’s central method involves a Cuckoo Search-based classification strategy, which is tailored for this multi-label problem. The performance of the proposed DFOFDM approach is evaluated extensively. Emotion labels such as ‘Angry’, ‘Happy’, and ‘Neutral’ showed a precision rate over 92%, while other emotions fell within the range of 87% to 90%. Similar performance was observed in terms of recall, with most emotions falling within the 90% to 95% range. The F-Score, another crucial metric, also reflected comparable statistics for each label. Notably, the DFOFDM model showed resilience to label imbalances and noise in speech data, crucial for real-world applications. When compared with a contemporary model, “Transfer Subspace Learning by Least Square Loss (TSLSL)”, DFOFDM displayed superior results across various evaluation metrics, indicating a promising improvement in the field of speech emotion recognition. In terms of computational complexity, DFOFDM demonstrated effective scalability, providing a feasible solution for large-scale applications. Despite its effectiveness, the study acknowledges the potential limitations of the DFOFDM, which might influence its performance on certain types of real-world data. The findings underline the potential of DFOFDM in advancing emotion recognition techniques, indicating the necessity for further research. Show more
Keywords: Hidden markov model, emotion detection, speech signal, artificial intelligence, cuckoo search, distributed diversity measures
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231263
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2547-2572, 2024
Authors: Gao, Lijun | Zhu, Jialong | Zhang, Xuedong | Wu, Jiehong | Yin, Hang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Deep neural networks have been extensively applied in fields such as image classification, object detection, and face recognition. However, research has shown that adversarial samples with subtle perturbations can effectively deceive these networks. Existing methods for generating such adversarial images often lack stealth and robustness. In this study, we present an enhanced attack strategy based on traditional Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). We integrate image texture into the unsupervised training scheme, guiding the model to focus perturbations in high-texture areas. We also introduce a dynamic equilibrium training strategy that employs Differential Evolution algorithms to adaptively adjust both network weight parameters and …the training ratio between the generator and discriminator, achieving a self-balancing training process. Further, we propose an image local optimization algorithm to eliminate perturbations in non-sensitive areas through weighted filtering. The model is validated using benchmark datasets such as MNIST, ImageNet and SVHN. Through extensive experimental evaluations, our approach shows a 4.93% improvement in attack success rate against conventional models and a 10.23% increase against defense models compared to state-of-the-art attack methods. Show more
Keywords: Adversarial samples, texture sensitive region, GAN networks, micro parallax, optimization algorithm
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231653
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2573-2584, 2024
Authors: Liu, Cong | She, Wenhao
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Defect detection in mobile phone cameras constitutes a critical aspect of the manufacturing process. Nonetheless, this task remains challenging due to the complexities introduced by intricate backgrounds and low-contrast defects, such as minor scratches and subtle dust particles. To address these issues, a Bilateral Feature Fusion Network (BFFN) has been proposed. This network incorporates a bilateral feature fusion module, engineered to enrich feature representation by fusing feature maps from multiple scales. Such fusion allows the capture of both fine and coarse-grained details inherent in the images. Additionally, a Self-Attention Mechanism is deployed to garner more comprehensive contextual information, thereby enhancing …feature discriminability. The proposed Bilateral Feature Fusion Network has been rigorously evaluated on a dataset of 12,018 mobile camera images. Our network surpasses existing state-of-the-art methods, such as U-Net and Deeplab V3+, particularly in mitigating false positive detection caused by complex backgrounds and false negative detection caused by slight defects. It achieves an F1-score of 97.59%, which is 1.16% better than Deeplab V3+ and 0.99% better than U-Net. This high level of accuracy is evidenced by an outstanding precision of 96.93% and recall of 98.26%. Furthermore, our approach realizes a detection speed of 63.8 frames per second (FPS), notably faster than Deeplab V3+ at 57.1 FPS and U-Net at 50.3 FPS. This enhanced computational efficiency makes our network particularly well-suited for real-time defect detection applications within the realm of mobile camera manufacturing. Show more
Keywords: Defect detection, image segmentation, feature fusion, deep learning, mobile camera
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232664
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2585-2594, 2024
Authors: Jiang, Li | Yang, Lu | Zang, Xiaoning | Dong, Junfeng | Lu, Wenxing
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This paper focuses on addressing the “last 100 metres” home delivery in rural areas, using a cooperated delivery method of drones and truck. Considering the constraints of drone load, drone energy consumption and customer time window, a mixed integer linear programming model is established to minimize the delivery cost. Owing to the computational complexity of this problem, a double ant colony optimization with neighbourhood search is proposed. First, the raw data are sorted and encoded. Second, the ant colony optimization with search operators is used to solve drone routes and truck route. Finally, the local search algorithm with search operators …is used to solve the connection point between the drones and truck to obtain the cooperated delivery routes. Extensive experiments are conducted on the instances randomly generated in the Solomon dataset, and results demonstrate the proposed algorithm effectively solves problems within reasonable runtimes. Sensitivity analysis is conducted on factors that may affect the delivery cost of the solution and provide insights about drones participating in the “last hundred metres” home delivery service. Show more
Keywords: Collaborative distribution, “last 100 metres” delivery, ant colony optimization, neighbourhood search
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233045
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2595-2614, 2024
Authors: Zheng, Lingfei | Hu, Zhubing | Yao, Meiling | Xu, Pengwei | Ma, Jing
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Hand gesture recognition is important in human-computer interaction with wide applications in many fields. Different from common hand gesture recognition based on 2D images acquired from RGB camera, the utilization of 3D images provides additional spatial information about the target and attracts more and more attention in hand gesture recognition. However, most 3D images for hand gesture recognition are based on depth maps, which only take the distance information as a channel of 2D images, without taking full use of the 3D information. Besides, greater data volume of 3D images brings challenges to the arithmetic facility of hand gesture recognition. …Here, we proposed a point cloud based method for hand gesture recognition. To fully use the 3D information, plane points for template matching were extracted based on their normal distributions, which leads to the average recognition rate over 97%. Pre-classification was implemented to ensure a high-efficient recognition without additional requirements for the computer. The proposed method may provide approach for accurate and efficient hand gesture recognition based on 3D images. Show more
Keywords: Hand gesture recognition, point cloud, 3D images, template matching
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233120
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2615-2627, 2024
Authors: Hameed, Saira | Ahmad, Uzma | Ullah, Samee | Shah, Abdul Ghafar
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Fuzzy graphs are of great significance in the modeling and analysis of complex systems characterized by uncertain and imprecise information. Among various types of fuzzy graphs, cubic fuzzy graphs stand out due to their ability to represent the membership degree of both vertices and edges using intervals and fuzzy numbers, respectively. The study of connectivity in fuzzy graphs depends on understanding key concepts such as fuzzy bridges, cutnodes and trees, which are essential for analyzing and interpreting intricate networks. Mastery of these concepts enhances decision-making, optimization and analysis in diverse fields including transportation, social networks and communication systems. This paper …introduces the concepts of partial cubic fuzzy bridges and partial cubic fuzzy cutnodes and presents their relevant findings. The necessary and sufficient conditions for an edge to be a partial cubic fuzzy bridge and cubic fuzzy bridge are derived. Furthermore, it introduces the notion of cubic fuzzy trees, provides illustrative examples and discusses results relevant to cubic fuzzy trees. The upper bonds for the number of partial cubic fuzzy bridges in a complete CFG is calculated. As an application, the concept of partial cubic fuzzy bridges is used to identify cities most severely affected by traffic congestion resulting from accidents. Show more
Keywords: Fuzzy graph, connectivity, bridges, trees, cubic fuzzy graph
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233142
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2629-2647, 2024
Authors: Mohamed Nusaf, A. | Kumaravel, R.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Air pollution exerts a profound impact on both public health and the natural environment. In India, festivals like Diwali also contaminate the air by releasing pollutants into the atmosphere. It is essential to identify the most polluted region by estimating these pollutants. Since air quality assessment involves multiple air pollutants, there may be inherent uncertainty associated with data. This study employs a fuzzy Multi Attribute Decision Making (MADM) framework fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process-Entropy-fuzzy VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (FAHP-Entropy-FVIKOR) to model the impact of air pollution as a decision-making problem to address the uncertainty and assess the air quality during …the Diwali festival from 2019 to 2021 in Tamil Nadu, India. An integrated weighting approach is utilised to determine the weights of the air pollutants using a fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process and Entropy methods. Mainly, the fuzzy VIKOR approach is employed to rank the polluted regions. The validation of the proposed model is established through a comparative analysis using Spearman’s rank correlation with two other existing fuzzy MADM methods. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis is conducted to evaluate the influence of priority weights and the interdependence of pollutants in determining regional rankings. The results conclude that a strong positive correlation is attained between the proposed and existing methods and the highest levels of air pollution during the festival period are observed in Gandhi Nagar (2019), Rayapuram (2020), T. Nagar, Sowcarpet and Triplicane (2021) in their respective years. These findings substantiate the consistency and effectiveness of the proposed approach. Show more
Keywords: Air pollution, entropy, fuzzy MADM, fuzzy VIKOR, fuzzy AHP
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233593
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2649-2663, 2024
Authors: Zhang, Zhi-Hao | Wang, Jie-Sheng | Chen, Lin
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The colony is one of the important research objects in microbial technology, which can realize the evaluation of food safety level, environmental pollution degree, therapeutic effect of medical drugs, and characteristics of agricultural fungicides. Traditional colony image research requires human visual observation and statistics, which will result in low work efficiency and high work intensity. Colony image edge detection is an important basis for colony image research. Traditional edge detection operators cannot meet the accuracy requirements of the detection results. This paper proposes a Mediocrity Ant Colony Algorithm (MACA) to achieve edge detection of colony images. MACA combines the mediocrity …rule, uses empirical functions to establish a pheromone database that can be used as a pheromone update reference table, adopts the Chebyshev distance as a weight that affects pheromone update, and combines heuristic information acquisition with maximum variance classification method and local path weights. The method that jointly affects the ant transition probability incorporates feedback rules for obtaining path weights to improve the edge detection effect. By performing edge detection simulation experiments on six colonies of three types of bacteria, and comparing with the classic edge detection operators and two classic ant colony edge detection algorithms, the detection performance, detection results and running time are proposed. The stability and accuracy of MACA algorithm is better than other methods, and the ideal results of the colony image edge detection by the ant colony algorithm are obtained. Show more
Keywords: Colony image, mediocrity ant colony algorithm, edge detection
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233769
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2665-2691, 2024
Authors: Wang, Bing | Yue, Wei | Zhang, Lu
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The California Bearing Ratio (CBR) holds significant importance in the design of flexible pavements and airport runways, serving as a critical soil parameter. Moreover, it offers a means to gauge the soil response of subgrades through correlation, an aspect pivotal in soil engineering, particularly in shaping subgrade design for rural road networks. The CBR value of soil is influenced by numerous factors, encompassing variables like maximum dry density (MDD), optimum moisture content (OMC), liquid limit (LL), plastic limit (PL), plasticity index (PI), soil type, and soil permeability. The condition of the soil, whether soaked or unsoaked, also contributes to this …value. It is worth noting that determining CBR is time-consuming and extensive. Acknowledging the gravity of this determination, the study introduces a pioneering approach employing machine learning. This innovative technique uses a foundational multi-layer perceptron model, harnessing the algorithm’s robust capabilities in addressing regression challenges. A hybridization approach enhances the multi-layer perceptron’s performance and achieves optimal results. This approach integrates the Bonobo Optimizer (BO), Smell Agent Optimization (SAO), Prairie Dog Optimization (PDO), and Gold Rush Optimizer (GRO). The hybrid models proposed in this study exhibit promising results in predicting CBR values. The MLAO3 hybrid model is particularly noteworthy, emerging as the most accurate predictor among the range of models, with an impressive R2 value of 0.994 and an RMSE value of 2.80. Show more
Keywords: California bearing ratio, multi-layer perceptron, meta-heuristic algorithms, hybrid machine learning
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233794
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2693-2711, 2024
Authors: Zhang, Benfei | Huang, Lijun | Wang, Jie | Zhang, Li | Wu, Yue | Jiang, Yizhang | Xia, Kaijian
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In this paper, a novel semi-supervised fuzzy clustering algorithm, MFM-SFCM, based on a membership fusion mechanism is proposed for Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) brain infarction lesion segmentation. The proposed MFM-SFCM algorithm addresses the issue of weakened constraints and insufficient influence of labeled samples on the clustering process that arises in the semi-supervised fuzzy C-means clustering (SFCM) when emphasizing supervised information. By using a new membership fusion mechanism, MFM-SFCM eliminates this issue, greatly improving the accuracy of clustering results and accelerating convergence speed. This allows fuzzy clustering to achieve good results in the segmentation of DWI brain infarction lesions using a small …amount of labeled information. The effectiveness of the MFM-SFCM algorithm is demonstrated through experiments conducted on a real-world dataset of DWI brain images. Show more
Keywords: Semi-supervised clustering, supervised information, FCM, membership fusion mechanism, medical image segmentation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234148
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2713-2726, 2024
Authors: Zhang, Ju | Zhang, Tao | Xiang, Yanpeng | Liu, Jiahao | Zhang, Yu
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Information hiding is a crucial technology in the field of information security. Embedding capacity and stego-image quality are two key performance metrics in information hiding. In recent years, many information-hiding methods have been proposed to enhance embedding capacity and stego-image quality. However, through the study of these methods, we found that there is still room for improvement in terms of performance. This paper proposes a high-capacity information-hiding method based on a chunking matrix (CM). CM divides a 256×256 matrix into blocks, where each block contains k ×k corresponding secret numbers. A pair of pixels is extracted from the original …image and used as the coordinates for the matrix. In the search domain at that coordinate position, the corresponding secret number is found, and the matrix coordinates of the secret information are used as the pixel value for the stego-image. This paper evaluates the security and effectiveness of CM through measures such as embedding capacity, peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), and bit-plane analysis. CM achieves a maximum embedding capacity of 4.806 bits per pixel (bpp ) and maintains a PSNR value of more than 30 dB. Furthermore, the bit-plane analysis fails to detect the presence of the information hidden using CM method. Show more
Keywords: Information hiding, security, chunking matrix, block, stego-image
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234236
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2727-2741, 2024
Authors: Wang, Ling | Ni, Zhiyun
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In recent years, the smart city concept has become popular due to its ability to improve the quality of life for urban residents. Smart community, smart transportation, and smart healthcare are among the several fields the idea covers. Integrating cloud computing technology into the healthcare industry has revolutionized healthcare delivery, enabling efficient data storage, analysis, and remote access to critical medical resources. However, choosing high-quality healthcare services from many cloud service providers remains challenging. This study presents the Quality of Service-driven Cloud Healthcare Services Selection (QCHSS) framework, underpinned by deep reinforcement learning, to tackle the intricate challenge of optimizing cloud-based …healthcare services. QCHSS prioritizes Quality of Service (QoS) criteria, elevating patient experiences and outcomes. Leveraging Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), particularly the Deep Q-network (DQN) technique, we intelligently select cloud healthcare services, resulting in substantial improvements in availability, reliability, energy efficiency, and throughput. This research not only advances cloud-based healthcare service selection but also underscores the transformative potential of DRL in complex decision-making processes, offering a significant contribution to the field and enhancing healthcare service quality. Show more
Keywords: Healthcare services, cloud computing, reinforcement learning, neural network
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234582
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2743-2757, 2024
Authors: Sun, Haibin | Li, Zheng
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Millions of traffic accidents occur worldwide each year, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths. The primary cause is the distracted behavior of drivers during the driving process. If the distracted behaviors of drivers during driving can be detected and recognized in time, drivers can regulate their driving and the goal of reducing the number of traffic fatalities can be achieved. A deep learning model is proposed to detect driver distractions in this paper. The model can identify ten behaviors including one normal driving behavior and nine distracted driving behaviors. The proposed model consists of two modules. In the first …module, the cross-domain complementary learning (CDCL) algorithm is used to detect driver body parts in the input images, which reduces the impact of environmental factors in vehicles on the convolutional neural network. Then the output images of the first module are sent to the second module. The Resnet50 and Vanilla networks are ensembled in the second module, and then the driver behavior can be classified. The ensemble architecture used in the second module can reduce the sensitivity of only a single network on the data, and then the detection accuracy can be improved. Through the experiments, it can be seen that the proposed model in this paper can achieve an average accuracy of 99.0%. Show more
Keywords: Deep learning, neural networks, distracted behavior, ensemble learning, semantic segmentation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234593
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2759-2773, 2024
Authors: Wang, Fang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The rapid development of cultural tourism in recent years refers to a process of cultural experience of tourist objects with cultural characteristics. It can not only vigorously carry forward the rich and colorful history and cultural deposits, but also combine the huge economic and cultural benefits generated by tourism, and promote the rapid development of cultural construction. Cultural tourism is a kind of way that all kinds of social groups enjoy, and it is a deep and lasting way of communication, which can promote the communication between people of different social strata. The existing literature has explored the influence of …tourists’ psychological carrying capacity, but failed to explain the process and degree of influence. Based on behavioral and experience theories, this paper proposes that culture has a positive impact on tourists’ psychological carrying capacity through tourist experience, and tests relevant hypotheses. The primary psychological traits of historical and cultural tourists include curiosity about historical mysteries, the desire for historical knowledge, motivation to collect spiritual enrichment, academic interest in cultural heritage exploration, and an aesthetic appreciation for classical history. Key determinants include the scale and conservation of historical and cultural resources, their combination with natural attractions, and the personal qualities of tourists and the cultural competence of tour guides. The mental health care model combines tourism and psychology to facilitate both physical and mental well-being through professional psychological counseling services, aiding tourists in their recovery and self-healing. This integrated approach offers a broad scope and potential as an effective tool for addressing negative emotions, with demonstrated therapeutic effects focusing on psychological and social factors. Show more
Keywords: Role of psycho-occupational therapy, cultural tourism, tourists, mode of physical and mental recovery
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235010
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2775-2788, 2024
Authors: Zhaoxian, Ren | Min, Qu
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: People’s demands for a higher quality of life are increasing, and furniture remains an essential part of daily life. In traditional furniture design methods, designers typically rely on their experience, leading to significant disparities between design solutions and user expectations. A comprehensive model is proposed with combination of Fuzzy KANO (FKANO) method, the Criteria Importance through Intercriteria Correlation (CRITIC) method, and the Coupling Coordination Degree (CCD) method for furniture design and evaluation, using desk design as an example. Firstly, FKANO model is applied to classify and filter user requirements, identifying crucial user needs as the basis for subsequent design. Secondly, …three desk design proposals that align with user requirements are formulated. Thirdly, the CRITIC method is introduced, using the filtered user requirements to construct an evaluation system and calculate the weights of various indicators. Lastly, the CCD method is applied to select the optimal desk design from five samples, including three designed by this study and two existing on the market. This comprehensive approach contains critical stages such as requirement identification, weight determination, and solution selection, achieving comprehensive research objectives. Besides, sensitivity analysis was conducted to validate the effectiveness of this integrated model, demonstrating its ability to balance different user requirements under different weight settings. The results indicate that the proposed approach enhances the scientific rigor, systematization, and user satisfaction of the furniture design and decision-making process. It offers valuable guidance for furniture manufacturers and designers, allowing furniture products to more effectively align with market demands, thus enhancing their competitiveness. Show more
Keywords: FKANO model, CRITIC method, CCD technique, design and evaluation, furniture design
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235272
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2789-2810, 2024
Authors: Tran-Anh, Dat | Nguyen Huu, Quynh | Nguyen Thi Phuong, Thao | Dao Thi Thuy, Quynh
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The wilting of leaves caused by disease poses risks to both harvest yield and the environment. Therefore, the timely detection of disease signs on leaves is crucial to enable farmers to prevent disease outbreaks and safeguard their crops. However, manually observing all diseased leaves on a large scale demands substantial time and human effort. In this study, we propose an effective method for automated disease detection on leaves. Specifically, this method utilizes images captured from mobile phones. The proposed technique combines four models (ensemble of models) with distinct features: (1) ResNeXt50 model with a high-quality image processing, (2) ViT model …with a low-quality image processing, (3) Efficientnet B5 model combines a self-learning with noisy input, and (4) Mobilenet V3 model with image segmentation. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms some of the state-of-the-art methods on TLU-Leaf dataset (ours) with F1-score of 90% and Cassava Leaf Disease dataset with F1-score of 87%. Show more
Keywords: Convolutional neural network, deep learning, multiple-model, leaf disease classification
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235940
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2811-2823, 2024
Authors: Hu, Huixian | Wang, Xiu | Li, Tian
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In the IP sector, the combination of visible image fusion (VIF) with infrared (IR) gives a more comprehensive and accurate description of a target image. To get over the problems of detail and energy loss during the fusion process caused by current deep learning fusion approaches, it is proposed to use a fusion strategy of IR and visible pictures based on full convolutional network (FCN) applying transfer learning. FCN model can take any size of the input and generate constant size of the output with desired rules. Through effective inference and learning procedure, the ability of features extraction and energy …conservation can be enhanced a lot. Experimental results demonstrate that the suggested method succeeds in improving IF quality over the other two comparable methods by preserving high light intensity and retrieving detail information. This also confirms its dominance across five different objective assessment indices: mutual information (MI), entropy (EN), edge-based similarity measure (Qabf), sum of correlations of differences (SCD), and multi-scale structural similarity for image (MS-SSIM). Show more
Keywords: Image fusion, full convolutional network, transfer learning, zero-phase component analysis
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236094
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2825-2834, 2024
Authors: Awodutire, Phillip Oluwatobi | Sule, Ibrahim
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In this work, a new family of distribution, which generalizes the Beta Weibull-G family by the introduction of a shape parameter to enhance better fit and flexibility, called the Modified Beta Weibull-G family of distributions is obtained. The mixture representation of the derived family of distributions was discussed, with the results effective in studying moments, moment generating functions, order statistics. Parameters of the family of distributions were estimated using the maximum likelihood estimation method. By utilizing this modified class of distributions, we build a new distribution called the modified beta Weibull Weibull and applied it to engineering datasets. Application revealed …a better performance in model fit, compared to some other distributions. Show more
Keywords: Modified Beta-G Distribution, Weibull-G, Modified Beta Weibull G distribution, estimation, real life data
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-223042
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2835-2850, 2024
Authors: Che, Gaofeng | Yu, Zhen
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This work investigates trajectory-tacking control problem for underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) with unknown dynamics. Due to the unknown dynamics, an action-critic networks based adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) scheme combined with backstepping approach is designed, which can achieve high-level system stability and tracking control accuracy. Firstly, the backstepping approach is introduced into the kinematic model of underactuated AUV and produces a virtual velocity control which is taken as the desired velocity input of the dynamic model of underactuated AUV. Secondly, the error tracking system is constructed according to the dynamic model of underactuated AUV. Thirdly, the critic neural network and …the action neural network are employed to transform the trajectory-tracking control problem into optimal control problem based on policy iteration algorithm. At last simulation results are given to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme. Show more
Keywords: Adaptive dynamic programming (ADP), backstepping approach, tracking control, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-230232
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2851-2863, 2024
Authors: Xie, Tian-Tian | Wang, Rui-Ying
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Connectivity is one of the most essential notions in general topology. Convex structures are topological-like structures. Many properties in topological spaces have been generalized to convex structures, such as separation. However, connectivity has not been studied in convex structures yet. In this paper, firstly, based on the consideration to hull operators, separatedness is defined in classical convex structures, and then we provide the concept of connectivity. Secondly, some equivalent characterizations of connectivity are discussed, and we investigate the related properties of connectivity. In additional, through (L , M )-fuzzy convex hull operators, we propose the separatedness degrees of (L , …M )-fuzzy convex structures. Furthermore, the notion of connectedness degrees of (L , M )-fuzzy convex structures is introduced. Finally, many properties of connectivity in general convex structures can be generalized to (L , M )-fuzzy convex structures. Show more
Keywords: Convex structure, connectivity, (L, M)-fuzzy convex structure, separatedness degree, connectedness degree
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232309
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2865-2876, 2024
Authors: Yan, Guangzhou | Ni, Yaodong
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This paper studies the pricing and low-carbon decision problems in a supply chain containing a manufacturer and a downstream retailer. The manufacturer produces a single product under the cap-and-trade scheme. We formulate the price and carbon-concerned demand function. To maximize their revenue, the manufacturer and the retailer determine their selling prices and carbon emission reduction rates separately. Due to the fast product updates speed, some parameters do not have enough historical data. For example, the sales cost of the retailer, the demand of consumers, and the total carbon emissions of manufacturers are far from frequency stability. This fact makes the …distribution function obtained in practice usually deviate from the frequency. They are all uncertain variables whose distributions are estimated from the empirical data of experts or managers. In this paper, we give three decentralized game models to explore the equilibrium behaviors in the corresponding decision environment under an uncertain environment. Corresponding analytical solutions are offered under different game scenarios. Finally, numerical experiments are performed to illustrate the effectiveness of the established models and yield some remarkable insights. Show more
Keywords: Supply chain management, Pricing decision, Cap-and-trade, Low-carbon, Stackelberg game
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232607
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2877-2897, 2024
Authors: Li, Shi | Zhang, Yongkang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Entity linking is an important task for information retrieval and knowledge graph construction. Most existing methods use a bi-encoder structure to encode mentions and entities in the same space, and learn contextual features for entity linking. However, this type of system still faces some problems: (1) the entity embedding part of the model only learns from the local context of the target entity, which is too unique for entity linking model to learn the context commonality of information; (2) the entity disambiguation part only uses similarity calculation once to determine the target entity, resulting in insufficient interaction between the mentions …and candidate entities, and ineffective recall of real entities. We propose a new entity linking model based on graph neural network. Different from other bi-encoder retrieval systems, this paper introduces a fine-grained semantic enhancement information into the entity embedding part of the bi-encoder to reduce the specificity of the model. Then, the cross-attention encoder is used to re-rank the target mention and each candidate entity after the entity retrieval model. Experimental results show that although the model is not optimal in inference speed, it outperforms all baseline methods on the AIDA-CoNLL dataset, and has good generalization effects on four datasets in different fields such as MSNBC and ACE2004. Show more
Keywords: Entity linking, semanic reinforcement, cross-attention mechanism, graph convolutional network
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233124
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2899-2910, 2024
Authors: Dineshkumar, R. | Alphy, Anna | Kalaivanan, C. | Bashkaran, K. | Pattanaik, Balachandra | Logeswaran, T. | Saranya, K. | Deivasikamani, Ganeshkumar | Johny Renoald, A.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Microgrids (MGs) have become a reliable power source for supplying energy to rural areas in a secure, consistent, and low-carbon emission manner. Power quality disturbance (PQD) is a common issue that reduces the MGs networks’ reliability and restricts its usage on a small scale. The performance, reliability and lifetime of the various power devices can be affected due to the problem of PQD in the network. Researchers have proposed numerous PQD monitoring techniques based on artificial intelligence. However, they are limited to low margins and accuracy. So, this paper suggests a novel hyperparameter-tuned or optimized deep learning model with an …attention-based feature learning mechanism for PQD prediction. The critical stages of the proposed work, such as data collection, feature extraction, and PQD prediction, are as follows. The PQD signals are first produced using the IEEE 1159 standard. Following that, the original time-domain features are directly recovered from the dataset, and the frequency-domain features using discrete wavelet transform (DWT). The extracted features were fed into visual geometry group 16 with multi-head attention and optimal hyperparameter-based bidirectional long short-term memory (V16MHA-OHBM) to perform spatial and temporal feature extraction. These extracted features are concatenated and given to the fully connected layer to forecast the PQD. The results showed that the suggested approach surpasses the prior state-of-the-art algorithms when trained and tested using 16 different types of synthetic noise PQD data produced using mathematical models in line with IEEE 1159. Show more
Keywords: Micro-grids, power quality disturbance, PQD prediction, data acquisition, IEEE 1159
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233263
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2911-2927, 2024
Authors: Jiang, Jianming | Ban, Yandong | Li, Jiayi | Zhou, Yane
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Accurate prediction of the aging population can provide valuable reference and corresponding theoretical support for the adjustment of national population development policy and economic development strategy. To explore the future development trend of China’s aging population, this paper establishes a novel fractional grey prediction model with the time power term (abbreviated as FGM (1, 1, t α ) model) to study China’s aging population. FGM (1, 1, t α ) has the properties of fractional order accumulation operation and GM (1, 1, t α ) model, which makes it good at capturing nonlinear features in time series. …Furthermore, the quantum genetic algorithm is used to search for unknown parameters in the model to facilitate the solving task of the model. Data on China’s aging population from 2000 to 2009 are used to train the prediction models, and data from 2010 to 2019 are used to evaluate the models’ prediction performance. The results show that the FGM (1, 1, t α ) model outperforms the other competing models, which means that it has good generalization. Finally, the FGM (1, 1, t α ) model is used to forecast China’s aging population from 2020 to 2029. Show more
Keywords: Grey system theory, grey prediction model, china’s elderly population, simpson formula, fractional order accumulation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234205
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2929-2939, 2024
Authors: Sri Vinitha, V. | Renuka, D. Karthika
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Spam Email is a serious concern which can steal user’s personal information and cause huge financial loss due to the increasing rate of internet users. Therefore, the demand for accurate spam filtering has become more sophisticated for the Email spam detection. In the existing techniques, it is difficult to intricate the relationship between words in the Email using certain word embedding techniques and learning rate tuning is one of the greatest challenges of stochastic optimization. To overcome this difficulty, the proposed framework uses diverse ensemble based Email spam classification by incorporating multiple word embedding’s with Continuous Coin Betting optimizer. Word2Vec …is used to produce the first set of 200D, next set of 200D word embedding is produced by Glove and 768D is produced by using Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) respectively. After generating word embedding, then it is classified through diverse ensemble based classifier with base level classifier consists of Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) Networks, Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) and Bi-directional Gated Recurrent Unit (Bi-GRU) and LSTM as Meta-classifier using COCOB optimizer. Experiments were conducted on 3 benchmark Email dataset and result shows that the proposed system outperforms well with a low false positive rate. Show more
Keywords: Word2Vec, bidirectional encoder representations from transformers, global vectors, gated recurrent unit, bi-directional gated recurrent unit, long short term memory, continuous coin betting
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235464
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2941-2954, 2024
Authors: Hu, Kuang-Hua | Chen, Fu-Hsiang | Zeng, Jhih-Hong | Lin, Sin-Jin
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Blockchain technology holds considerable amount of potential for all types of industries by executing transactions in a verifiable, efficient, and permanent channel. It has been widely viewed as a standard requirement for making industry ready for the future, but when it comes to practical applications, it still arouses numerous risks/challenges that need to be addressed. Therefore, it is essential to address this gap and establish a comprehensive and effective practical framework to align the information technology revolution with sustainable value creation. The purpose of this research is to realize to what extent an enterprise legacy system’s transformation benefits a blockchain-based …system and to minimize its specific risk through a hybrid fuzzy MRDM (multiple rule-based decision making) model that integrates data envelopment analysis with rough set theory (DEA-RST) and the fuzzy DEMATEL approach grounded on a questionnaire derived from domain experts. We aim to point out the inherent risks of blockchain-based technology adoption and to assist senior engineers in designing or adopting a suitable architecture for practical operation and planning of any future integration and development. The potential risk evaluation of business blockchain adoption reveals that the priority improvement sequence based on dimensions is smart contract risk, value transfer risk, and standard risk. Furthermore, law and regulation are the most critical criteria. Show more
Keywords: Blockchain-based technology adoption risk, decision making, multiple rule-based decision making, data envelopment analysis, risk management
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-223381
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2955-2969, 2024
Authors: Li, Dan | Chen, Ming | Peng, Kaixiang | Wu, Libing
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: As for the problem of trajectory tracking of a multi-joint serial manipulator, a novel fixed-time control scheme is proposed based on non-singular fast terminal sliding mode control. By employing a fast terminal sliding mode surface, we solve the singularity problem existed in traditional terminal sliding mode surface. In the meantime, in order to improve the rapidity of the system, the fixed-time control is incorporated with the fast terminal sliding mode surface control. Theoretical analysis proves that the proposed control scheme guarantees that better tracking performance is obtained, and its convergence time upper limit is not affected by the initial states. …In addition, a reaching law with the exponential approach characteristic is added to the control law, which effectively reduces the chattering phenomenon in the controller design. Finally, the effectiveness and feasibility of the designed controller are verified through a numerical simulation. Show more
Keywords: Fixed-time control, non-singular fast terminal sliding mode, trajectory tracking
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231664
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2971-2979, 2024
Authors: Khatun, Jasminara | Amanathulla, Sk | Pal, Madhumangal
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In the realm of handling imprecise information, picture fuzzy cubic sets have emerged as a more versatile tool compared to cubic sets, cubic intuitionistic fuzzy sets, and similar models. These sets offer better adaptability, precision and compatibility with the system than existing fuzzy models. This paper extends the concept of picture fuzzy cubic sets to the domain of graph theory, introducing the novel concept of picture fuzzy cubic graphs that surpasses previous results in terms of generality. The paper explores various essential operations, including composition, the Cartesian product, P -join, R -join, P -union, R -union of picture fuzzy cubic …graphs. It also investigates the order and degree of picture fuzzy cubic graphs. Furthermore, this work presents two practical applications of picture fuzzy cubic graphs. The first application involves computing the impact of other companies on a specific company and the second application focuses on evaluating the overall impact within a group of companies. Show more
Keywords: Picture fuzzy cubic set, picture fuzzy cubic graph, R-union, R-join
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232523
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2981-2998, 2024
Authors: Mutar, Emad Kareem
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In reliability analysis, the structure-function is a commonly used mathematical representation of the studied system. A signature vector is used for systems with independently and identically distributed (i.i.d.) component lifetimes. Each element in the signature represents the probability that the failure of the corresponding component will fail the entire system. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of assessing the performance of two complex systems for optimal communication design. The study compares two systems with the same components using signatures, expected cost rate, survival signature, and sensitivity to determine which system is preferred. It also provides several sufficient conditions …for comparing the lifetimes of two systems based on the usual stochastic order. The results are applied to two communication systems that have the same components. The mathematical properties presented in the study have been proven to enable efficient weighting of the optimal design. Show more
Keywords: Coherent system, signature, survival signature, sensitivity, stochastic order
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234456
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 2999-3011, 2024
Authors: Peng, Yaxin | Yang, Keni | Zhao, Fangrong | Shen, Chaomin | Zhang, Yangchun
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Domain adaptation solves the challenge of inadequate labeled samples in the target domain by leveraging the knowledge learned from the labeled source domain. Most existing approaches aim to reduce the domain shift by performing some coarse alignments such as domain-wise alignment and class-wise alignment. To circumvent the limitation, we propose a coarse-to-fine unsupervised domain adaptation method based on metric learning, which can fully utilize more geometric structure and sample-wise information to obtain a finer alignment. The main advantages of our approach lie in four aspects: (1) it employs a structure-preserving algorithm to automatically select the optimal subspace dimension on the …Grassmannian manifold; (2) based on coarse distribution alignment using maximum mean discrepancy, it utilizes the smooth triplet loss to leverage the supervision information of samples to improve the discrimination of data; (3) it introduces structure regularization to preserve the geometry of samples; (4) it designs a graph-based sample reweighting method to adjust the weight of each source domain sample in the cross-domain task. Extensive experiments on several public datasets demonstrate that our method achieves remarkable superiority over several competitive methods (more than 1.5% improvement of the average classification accuracy over the best baseline). Show more
Keywords: Domain adaptation, metric learning, triplet loss, structure regularization, sample reweighting
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235912
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 3013-3027, 2024
Authors: Zekrifa, Djabeur Mohamed Seifeddine | Saravanakumar, R. | Nair, Sruthi | Pachiappan, Krishnagandhi | Vetrithangam, D. | Kalavathi Devi, T. | Ganesan, T. | Rajendiran, M. | Rukmani Devi, S.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The increasing need for effective energy storage solutions has led to the prominence of lithium-ion batteries as a crucial technology across multiple industries. The proficient administration of these batteries is imperative in order to guarantee maximum efficiency, prolong their longevity, and uphold safety measures. This study presents a novel methodology for enhancing battery management systems (BMS) through the integration of cloud-based solutions, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning approaches. In this study, we present a conceptual framework that utilises cloud computing to augment the practical functionalities of battery management systems (BMS) specifically in the context of lithium-ion batteries. The incorporation …of cloud computing facilitates the implementation of scalable data storage, remote monitoring, and processing resources, hence enabling the execution of real-time analysis and decision-making processes. By leveraging the capabilities of machine learning and artificial intelligence, our methodology focuses on addressing crucial battery metrics, including the state of charge (SoC) and state of health (SoH). Through the ongoing collection and analysis of data obtained from battery systems that are deployed in real-world settings, the framework iteratively improves its predictive models, hence facilitating precise assessment of battery states. Ensuring safety is a crucial element in the management of batteries. The solution we propose utilises anomaly detection algorithms driven by artificial intelligence to detect potential safety issues, facilitating prompt responses and mitigating dangerous circumstances. In order to showcase the efficacy of our methodology, we offer practical implementations in several industries, encompassing the integration of renewable energy, use of electric vehicles, and optimisation of industrial processes. Through the utilisation of cloud-based machine learning techniques, we are able to enhance the efficiency of energy storage and consumption, while simultaneously enhancing the dependability and security of battery systems. This study highlights the potential of the proposed framework to revolutionise battery management paradigms, thereby guaranteeing secure and efficient energy prospects for a sustainable future. Show more
Keywords: Battery management system, state of health, state of charge, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud-based solutions
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236391
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 3029-3043, 2024
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