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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: Zhao, Liang | Wang, Jiawei | Liu, Shipeng | Yang, Xiaoyan
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Tunnels water leakage detection in complex environments is difficult to detect the edge information due to the structural similarity between the region of water seepage and wet stains. In order to address the issue, this study proposes a model comprising a multilevel transformer encoder and an adaptive multitask decoder. The multilevel transformer encoder is a layered transformer to extract the multilevel characteristics of water leakage information, and the adaptive multitask decoder comprises the adaptive network branches. The adaptive network branches generate the ground truths of wet stains and water seepage through the threshold value and transmit them to the network …for training. The converged network, the U-net, fuses coarse images from the adaptive multitask decoder, and the fusion images are the final segmentation results of water leakage in tunnels. The experimental results indicate that the proposed model achieves 95.1% Dice and 90.4% MIOU, respectively. This proposed model demonstrates a superior level of precision and generalization when compared to other related models. Show more
Keywords: Water leakage, multilevel transformer encoder, adaptive multitask decoder, adaptive network branches, converged network
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-224315
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2023
Authors: Kadry, Heba | Samak, Ahmed H. | Ghorashi, Sara | Alhammad, Sarah M. | Abukwaik, Abdulwahab | Taloba, Ahmed I. | Zanaty, Elnomery A.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Coronavirus is a new pathogen that causes both the upper and lower respiratory systems. The global COVID-19 pandemic’s size, rate of transmission, and the number of deaths is all steadily rising. COVID-19 instances could be detected and analyzed using Computed Tomography scanning. For the identification of lung infection, chest CT imaging has the advantages of speedy detection, relatively inexpensive, and high sensitivity. Due to the obvious minimal information available and the complicated image features, COVID-19 identification is a difficult process. To address this problem, modified-Deformed Entropy (QDE) algorithm for CT image scanning is suggested. To enhance the number of training …samples for effective testing and training, the suggested method utilizes QDE to generate CT images. The retrieved features are used to classify the results. Rapid innovations in quantum mechanics had prompted researchers to use Quantum Machine Learning (QML) to test strategies for improvement. Furthermore, the categorization of corona diagnosed, and non-diagnosed pictures is accomplished through Quanvolutional Neural Network (QNN). To determine the suggested techniques, the results are related with other methods. For processing the COVID-19 imagery, the study relates QNN with other existing methods. On comparing with other models, the suggested technique produced improved outcomes. Also, with created COVID-19 CT images, the suggested technique outperforms previous state-of-the-art image synthesis techniques, indicating possibilities for different machine learning techniques such as cognitive segmentation and classification. As a result of the improved model training/testing, the image classification results are more accurate. Show more
Keywords: Coronavirus, quantum machine learning, quanvolutional neural network, Q-deformed entropy
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233633
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-11, 2023
Authors: Pradeep, M. | Sivaji, U. | Nithya, B. | Kadiravan, G. | Preethi, D. | Painam, Ranjith Kumar
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The mapping function must identify the reference model and detect coordinate arrangement by observing a repository with deep learning. Progression model with coordinate arrangement composition should have various positional displacements from one location to another. A prerogative classification model is an evolution of factor accomplishment in a repository method. Coordinate arrangement with calculation method must formulate a model locality twirl in classification method of a reference in dominance factor of perpetuity position observation by procession of reference localities. In a procession model observation by location, tendency method should be rotated from locality position into another coordinate method, with a PDD …factor measuring DPA of cadent RFT with an origin of 92.6, a cadent DS intermediate factor of 95.2, culmination factor of cadent RFT of 94.1. The docile exploratory arrangement of heuristic parameters is used in existing system to perceive phenomena such as sprout, enrollment discernment, demeanour, gravest perforation measure, Model of a heretic in apprehension method by premonition incongruity. Annotation should identify classification process using a proposed model to obtain massive measure of imputation function, In PDD measure of DPA in Cadent DS, with inception of 96.1, intercession of Cadent RFT in 92.6, with crowning of Cadent RFT in 96.4, 93.2 Show more
Keywords: MRCAI, Goin Twirl, maginot, idiosyncrasy outline, coffer atavism, flocculent utter eminence kedge
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234739
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-18, 2023
Authors: Ahamed, Ayoobkhan Mohamed Uvaze | Joel Devadass Daniel, D.J. | Seenivasan, D. | Rukumani Khandhan, C. | Radhakrishnan, S. | Daya Sagar, K.V. | Bhardwaj, Vivek | Nishant, Neerav
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Time-sensitive programs that are linked to smart services, such as smart healthcare as well as smart cities, are supported in large part by the fog computing domain. Due to the increased speed limitation of the cloud, Cloud Computing (CC) is a competent platform for fog in data processing, but it is unable to meet the demands of time-sensitive programs. The procedure of resource provisioning, as well as allocation in either a fog-cloud structure, takes into account dynamic changes in user requirements, and resources with limited access in fog devices are more difficult to manage. Due to the continual changes in …user requirement factors, the deadline represents the biggest obstacle in the fog computing structure. Hence the objective is to minimize the total cost involved in scheduling by maximizing resource utilization. For dynamic scheduling in the fog-cloud computing model, the efficiency of hybridization of the Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) and Lion Algorithm (LA) is developed in this study. In terms of energy costs, processing costs, and communication costs, the created GWOMLA-based Deep Belief Network (DBN) performed better and outruns the other traditional models. Show more
Keywords: Fog-cloud computing environment, deep learning, deep belief network (DBN), lion algorithm (LA), grey wolf optimizer (GWO).
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234030
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-14, 2023
Authors: Kalaipriya, O. | Dhandapani, S.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality from cancer. Lung cancer is a kind of malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell proliferation in lung tissues. Even though CT scans are the most often used imaging technology in medicine, clinicians find it challenging to interpret and diagnose cancer from CT scan pictures. As a result, computer-aided diagnostics can assist clinicians in precisely identifying malignant cells. Many computer-aided approaches were explored and applied, including image processing and machine learning. A comparison of the various classification methodologies will assist in enhancing the accuracy of lung cancer detection systems that …employ robust segmentation and classification algorithms presented in this research. This research proposed to enhance existing segmentation and classification-basedmethodsof human lung cancer detection with optimization in techniques. The workflow includes initial preprocessing of medical images, for segmentation a novel hybrid methodology is developed by combining enhanced k-means clustering and random forest and classification with an Artificial neural network enhanced with PSO parameter and feature optimization. Show more
Keywords: Machine learning, K-means, ANN, random forest, PSO, image processing technique
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233845
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2023
Authors: Luo, Binghui | Liu, Xin | Qin, Long | Jiao, Xiaolong | Li, Wengui
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The short text matching models can be roughly divided into representation-based and interaction-based approaches. However, current representation-based text matching models often lack the ability to handle sentence pairs and typically only perform feature interactions at the network’s top layer, which can lead to a loss of semantic focus. The interactive text matching model has significant shortcomings in extracting differential information between sentences and may ignore global information. To address these issues, this article proposes a model structure that combines a dual-tower architecture with an interactive component, which compensates for their respective weaknesses in extracting sentence semantic information. Simultaneously, a method …for integrating semantic information is proposed, enabling the model to capture both the interactive information between sentence pairs and the differential information between sentences, thereby addressing the issues with the aforementioned approaches. In the process of network training, a combination of cross-entropy and cosine similarity is used to calculate the model loss. The model is optimized to a stable state. Experiments on the commonly used datasets of QQP and MRPC validate the effectiveness of the proposed model, and its performance is stably improved. Show more
Keywords: Short text matching, representational structure, interactive structure, BERT, multi-angle information
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-230268
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Diao, Xiu-Li | Zhang, Hao-Ran | Zeng, Qing-Tian | Song, Zheng-Guo | Zhao, Hua
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: At present, the Chinese text field is facing challenges from low resource issues such as data scarcity and annotation difficulties. Moreover, in the domain of cigarette tasting, cigarette tasting texts tend to be colloquial, making it difficult to obtain valuable and high-quality tasting texts. Therefore, in this paper, we construct a cigarette tasting dataset (CT2023) and propose a novel Chinese text classification method based on ERNIE and Comparative Learning for Low-Resource scenarios (ECLLR). Firstly, to address the issues of limited vocabulary diversity and sparse features in cigarette tasting text, we utilize Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF) to extract key terms, …supplementing the discriminative features of the original text. Secondly, ERNIE is employed to obtain sentence-level vector embedding of the text. Finally, contrastive learning model is used to further refine the text after fusing the keyword features, thereby enhancing the performance of the proposed text classification model. Experiments on the CT2023 dataset demonstrate an accuracy rate of 96.33% for the proposed method, surpassing the baseline model by at least 11 percentage points, and showing good text classification performance. It is thus clear that the proposed approach can effectively provide recommendations and decision support for cigarette production processes in tobacco companies. Show more
Keywords: Low-resource, Cigarette Tasting, Contrastive Learning, Text classification
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237816
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: Ledesma Roque, Diana Anahí | Kolesnikova, Olga | Menchaca Méndez, Ricardo
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This study addresses the issue of semantic similarity in sentences using the BERT model through various aggregation techniques, such as max-pooling, mean-pooling, and an LSTM network applied to the output of the BERT model. Subsequently, the linguistic interpretability of the BERT-Base transformer model is analyzed through the unsupervised learning approach, specifically through dimensionality reduction using autoencoders and clustering algorithms, utilizing the representation of the classification token CLS. The results highlight that the CLS classification token achieves better abstractions than the proposed methods. In terms of interpretability, it is observed that sequence length is relevant in the early layers, with …a gradual decrease across the layers. Additionally, attention to semantic similarity is concentrated in the intermediate and upper layers, especially in layers 6, 8, 9, and 10. All these findings were obtained by addressing the semantic similarity task using the STS-Benchmark dataset. Show more
Keywords: Linguistic interpretability, aggregation methods, unsupervised learning, attention mechanisms, token CLS
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219359
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-14, 2024
Authors: Cardoso-Moreno, Marco A. | Luján-García, Juan Eduardo | Yáñez-Márquez, Cornelio
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In this study, a thorough analysis of the proposed approach in the context of emotion classification using both single-modal (A-13sbj) and multi-modal (B-12sbj) sets from the YAAD dataset was conducted. This dataset encompassed 25 subjects exposed to audiovisual stimuli designed to induce seven distinct emotional states. Electrocardiogram (ECG) and galvanic skin response (GSR) biosignals were collected and classified using two deep learning models, BEC-1D and ELINA, along with two different preprocessing techniques, a classical fourier-based filtering and an Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) approach. For the single-modal set, this proposal achieved an accuracy of 84.43±30.03, precision of 85.16±28.91, and F1-score of …84.06±29.97. Moreover, in the extended configuration the model maintained strong performance, yielding scores of 80.95±22.55, 82.44±24.34, and 79.91±24.55, respectively. Notably, for the multi-modal set (B-12sbj), the best results were obtained with EMD preprocessing and the ELINA model. This proposal achieved an improved accuracy, precision, and F1-score scores of 98.02±3.78, 98.31±3.31, and 97.98±3.83, respectively, demonstrating the effectiveness of this approach in discerning emotional states from biosignals. Show more
Keywords: Emotion classification, signal preprocessing, convolutional neural network, ECG, GSR, EMD
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219334
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-9, 2024
Authors: Yigezu, Mesay Gemeda | Kolesnikova, Olga | Gelbukh, Alexander | Sidorov, Grigori
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The rise of social media and micro-blogging platforms has led to concerns about hate speech, its potential to incite violence, psychological trauma, extremist beliefs, and self-harm. We have proposed a novel model, Odio-BERT for detecting hate speech using a pretrained BERT language model. This specialized model is specifically designed for detecting hate speech in the Spanish language, and when compared to existing models, it consistently outperforms them. The study provides valuable insights into addressing hate speech in the Spanish language and explores the impact of domain tasks.
Keywords: BERT, hate speech, domain task, fine tune, Odio-BERT, Spanish
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219349
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-12, 2024
Authors: Liang, Weijing | Xue, Ye | Xu, Jing
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: With the increasing global disaster risks, constructing more inclusive, flexible, and resilient communities has become crucial for effectively carrying out disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief work. However, existing research on community resilience mostly focuses on the selection of key factors and the assessment of community resilience, lacking in-depth exploration of the interactions between factors and simulation studies of key paths. Therefore, this paper applies the Fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (Fuzzy DEMATEL) method to select important factors of community resilience. Based on this, the maximum average difference entropy method is used to analyze the relationships and influence mechanisms among …different factors, thus identifying the key factors and key paths affecting community resilience. The Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM) is then used to simulate the paths. The study finds that factors of community resilience can be categorized as input, intermediary, and output types, and further analysis of their influence mechanisms reveals four key paths and four key factors. Through pathway simulation, different improvement states of community resilience are observed when triggering the input-type factors of the key paths. Therefore, under limited resources, a phased and systematic approach to enhancing community resilience should be adopted. The contribution of this study lies in providing a comprehensive analysis of factors and pathway selection methods, and through pathway simulation, it offers a scientific basis and decision support for improving and constructing community resilience in practice. Show more
Keywords: Fuzzy cognitive map, fuzzy DEMATEL, maximum average difference entropy method, community resilience, simulation analysis
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232234
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-23, 2024
Authors: Zhang, Shuguang | Xie, Chengyuan | Zhang, Heng | Gong, Wenzheng | Liu, Lingjie | Zhi, Xuntao
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Graph Convolutional Networks (GCN) are prevalent techniques in collaborative filtering recommendations. However, current GCN-based approaches for collaborative filtering recommendation have limitations in effectively embedding neighboring nodes during node and neighbor information aggregation. Furthermore, weight allocation for the user (or item) representations after convolution of each layer is too uniform. To resolve these limitations, we propose a new Graph Convolutional Collaborative Filtering recommendation method based on temporal information during the node aggregation process (TA-GCCF). The method aggregates and propagates information using Gated Recurrent Units, while dynamically updating features based on the timing and sequence of interactions between nodes and their neighbors. …Concurrently, we have developed a convolution attention coefficient to ascertain the significance of embedding at distinct layers. Experiments on three benchmark datasets show that our method significantly outperforms the comparison methods in the accuracy of prediction. Show more
Keywords: Graph convolutional neural network, collaborative filtering, recommendation, gated recurrent units, temporal information
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238307
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-10, 2024
Authors: Vela-Rincón, Virna V. | Mújica-Vargas, Dante | Luna-Álvarez, Antonio | Arenas Muñiz, Andrés Antonio | Cruz-Prospero, Luis A.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Image segmentation is a very studied area, looking for the best clustering of pixels. However, it is sometimes a complicated task, especially when these pixels are at the edges of regions, where there is a gradient and it is difficult to decide to which region to assign it. Hesitating fuzzy sets (HFS) better describe these situations, allowing to have multiple possible values for each element, giving more flexibility. This type of sets has been mainly applied in decision-making problems, obtaining better results than other types of fuzzy sets. This research proposes a fast and automatic method based on fuzzy hesitant …clustering (FAHFC), which does not require parameters since it is capable of determining the number of clusters, using the Calinski-Harabasz index, in which the segmentation is performed, solving the initialization problem in clustering; it also proposes an alternative to construct the HFS through the use of fuzzy relations. The experiments show superiority in terms of clustering quality and convergence over some selected state-of-the-art algorithms. Show more
Keywords: Fuzzy clustering, hesitant fuzzy sets, image segmentation, Calinski-Harabasz index
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219370
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Zhou, Ning | Ren, Zhihao
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Traffic flow prediction is a significant application of deep learning in spatio-temporal forecasting analysis. Existing research faces challenges that hinder prediction accuracy. One challenge is the inadequate capturing of spatial dependencies in traffic flow due to fixed pre-defined graph structures. Moreover, manually designed prior graphs still have limitations in extracting spatial features. Another challenge is the instability in short-term prediction performance when pre-defined graphs are completely abandoned in favor of parameter training. Additionally, ordinary RNN sequence convolution methods also struggle to capture long-term sequential patterns in large historical traffic data, leading to gradient vanishing or exploding issues. To address these …challenges, we proposes a graph convolutional network for traffic flow prediction. We combine an improved prior graph with an adaptive graph to form a dual-branch spatio-temporal neural network. In the first branch, we introduce a time graph based on rough data inference to complement the predefined static graph. In the second branch, we construct an adaptive learning framework that dynamically learns the adjacency matrix and captures global road information. By utilizing enhanced multi-scale gated convolution, we extract spatio-temporal dependencies. Our method surpasses most baseline approaches according to extensive experiments conducted on public datasets. Show more
Keywords: Traffic flow prediction, graph convolutional network, adaptive graph, rough data inference, dual-branch
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236819
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-11, 2024
Authors: Milovanović, Vladimir | Aleksić, Aleksandar | Milenkov, Marjan | Sokolović, Vlada
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The paper aims to present a hybrid model for measuring the performance of business processes in complex organizations based on the subjective decision-making of expert teams. The subject of the research is finding ways to measure, analyze and improve the key performance indicators (KPIs) process. Obtaining the values of KPIs, which reflect the real state of the process, creates a basis for their ranking, i.e. insight into KPIs that are extremely important for the process as well as KPIs that are of lesser importance, but as such are not excluded from consideration because they are necessary for the beginning, realization …and completion of the process. The model was compiled through five phases and was tested through a case study in a real business organization, which deals with the maintenance of complex combat systems. The obtained results helped the management to take certain measures in order to improve the performance of the maintenance process. In the model, it is proposed to form two expert teams, which make assessments based on experience and express them in linguistic terms according to a predefined scale. Modeling of linguistic expressions is realized using intuitive fuzzy sets of a higher order, more precisely Fermatean fuzzy sets (FFS). Selecting KPIs, decomposing the process into sub-processes and assessing the relative importance of sub-processes is carried out by one team of experts, while another team carries out the assessment of KPIs at the level of each sub-process. Determining the relative importance of sub-processes is realized using the Delphi method extended to FFS while reaching a consensus. The measurement of process performance, i.e. the value of KPIs, is realized using Multi-Criteria Group Decision-Making (MCGDM), such as the ELECTRE method extended with FFS. The sensitivity analysis of the developed model is realized by uncertainty modeling with q-rung orthopair fuzzy sets. Show more
Keywords: Fermatean fuzzy set (FFSs), ELECTRE method, Delphi method, maintenance, performance
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238907
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-17, 2024
Authors: Xin, Ling
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In the era of digital economy, the optimization of enterprise supply chain networks has become a key challenge, while the problems of traditional supply chains, including information asymmetry and lack of trust, seriously hinder the development of enterprise supply chain networks. This paper will use the blockchain distributed technology and the digital economy background to explore how to use the blockchain distributed technology to optimize the existing problems. Firstly, study the supply chain information sharing to develop resources to reduce costs, then use the application of block chain technology and smart contract to establish information sharing mechanism to help the …supply chain information more transparent and improve trust; secondly, use the block chain technology decentralized storage model to realize the decentralized supply chain research, and finally use the consensus method to improve the privacy protection of information, to avoid information asymmetry among users. Through experiments, it could be found that the optimization method of enterprise supply chain network based on blockchain distributed technology had a traceability accuracy of over 92.35% for the extracted products, with an average traceability accuracy of 93.791% for 10 products. Research on the transparency of different supply chain information was above 89.73% . By utilizing blockchain distributed technology, information protection in enterprise supply chains could be effectively improved; trust mechanisms could be better established; risk control effectiveness could be improved; optimization of enterprise supply chain networks could be better assisted. Show more
Keywords: Enterprise supply chain network optimization, blockchain distributed technology, digital economy, smart contracts, deep learning
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234664
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Cruz, Eddy Sánchez-Dela | Fuentes-Ramos, Mirta | Loeza-Mejía, Cecilia-Irene | José-Guzmán, Irahan-Otoniel
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Purpose: Vaginal infections are prevalent causes of gynecological consultations. This study introduces and evaluates the efficacy of four Machine Learning algorithms in detecting vaginitis cases in southern Mexico. Methods: Utilizing Simple Perceptron, Naïve Bayes, CART, and AdaBoost, we conducted classification experiments to identify four vaginitis subtypes (gardnerella, candidiasis, trichomoniasis, and chlamydia) in 600 patient cases. Results: The outcomes are promising, with a majority achieving 100% accuracy in vaginitis identification. Conclusion: The successful implementation and high accuracy of these algorithms demonstrate their potential as valuable diagnostic tools for vaginal infections, particularly in southern Mexico. It …is crucial in a region where health technology adoption lags behind, and intelligent software support is limited in gynecological diagnoses. Show more
Keywords: Machine learning, gynecological pathologies, vaginitis, local dataset, correct identification
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219377
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-14, 2024
Authors: Xie, Mengtong | Chai, Huaqi
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: A human resources management plan is presently recognised as one of the most important components of a corporate technique. This is due to the fact that its major purpose is to interact with people, who are the most precious asset that an organisation has. It is impossible for an organisation to achieve its objectives without the participation of individuals. An organisation may effectively plan as well as manage individual processes to support the organization’s objectives and adapt nimbly to any change if it has well-prepared HR techniques and an action plan for its execution. This investigation puts up a fresh …way for the board of directors of a private firm to increase their assets and advance their growth by using cloud programming that is characterised by networks. The small company resource has been improved by strengthening human resource management techniques, and the cloud SDN network is used for job scheduling using Q-convolutional reinforcement recurrent learning. The proposed technique attained Quadratic normalized square error of 60%, existing SDN attained 55%, HRM attained 58% for Synthetic dataset; for Human resources dataset propsed technique attained Quadratic normalized square error of 62%, existing SDN attained 56%, HRM attained 59%; proposed technique attained Quadratic normalized square error of 64%, existing SDN attained 58%, HRM attained 59% for dataset. Show more
Keywords: Small business management, cloud software defined networks, human resource management, task scheduling, recurrent learning
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235379
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-11, 2024
Authors: Cortés-Antonio, Prometeo | Valdez, Fevrier | Melin, Patricia | Castillo, Oscar
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The computing with words is an approach that has unique characteristics and advantages to model cognitive processes, this article explains the relationship and difference between type-1 and type-2 fuzzy sets in the definition of linguistic values. Here, we perform a compressive review and justify because type-2 sets are more appropriate in modeling linguistic values, and a heuristic procedure by examples is carried out to define linguistic values on a continuous variable. A visual comparison of a rule-based system, when linguistic values use crips, type-1, and type-2 fuzzy sets in modeling a cognitive system.
Keywords: Type-2 and type-1 fuzzy sets, linguistic values and variables, rule-based systems, cognitive computing
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219368
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-11, 2024
Authors: Li, Zhiyuan | Hu, Chunhua | Hou, Zhanshan
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This study goes into the complexities of innovation and entrepreneurial skills by developing a detailed linear model and exploring the essential components that make up these talents. A multi-objective function model is presented to assess the effectiveness of using and distributing educational resources in this setting. For this assessment, the study uses the grey correlation method. Through a series of experimental simulations, the study demonstrates that the optimisation approach significantly improves the utilisation and allocation efficiency of educational resources committed to innovation and entrepreneurship by 18.72% and 20.98%, respectively. This results in a more balanced resource utilisation, which helps to …enhance the allocation of educational resources. A major conclusion of this study is the correlation value of 0.3177 with ideal entrepreneurship, which indicates a high degree of excellence in innovation and entrepreneurship education reached across the population analysed.. Show more
Keywords: Linear spatial model, grey correlation, resource allocation, multi-objective optimization, innovation and entrepreneurship
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236992
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: Li, Jia | Xue, Shuaihao | Li, Minghui | Shi, Xiaoqiu
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Combining the harmony search algorithm (HS) with the local search algorithm (LS) can prevent the HS from falling into a local optimum. However, how LS affects the performance of HS has not yet been studied systematically. Therefore, in this paper, it is first proposed to combine four frequently used LS with HS to obtain several search algorithms (HSLSs). Then, by taking the flexible job-shop scheduling problem (FJSP) as an example and considering decoding times, study how the parameters of HSLSs affect their performance, where the performance is evaluated by the difference rate based on the decoding times. The simulation results …mainly show that (I) as the harmony memory size (HMS) gradually increases, the performance of HSLSs first increases rapidly and then tends to remain unchanged, and HMS is not the larger the better; (II) as harmony memory considering rate increases, the performance continues to improve, while the performance of pitch adjusting rate on HSLSs goes to the opposite; Finally, more benchmark instances are also used to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms. The results of this paper have a certain guiding significance on how to choose LS and other parameters to improve HS for solving FJSP. Show more
Keywords: Algorithm analysis, local search, harmony search, flexible job-shop scheduling problem
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-239142
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-14, 2024
Authors: Ma, Dongdong | He, Xiaohai | Wang, Meiling | Fang, Qingmao | Zhu, Han | Hu, Ping
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Knowledge graph question answering aims to answer natural language questions using structured knowledge graph data. The key to achieving this is having a correct semantic understanding of the question phrases. Query graph generation is an important step for knowledge graph question answering systems to tackle complex questions. Unlike simple single-hop questions, complex questions often require reasoning between multiple triples to get the right answer due to multiple entities, relationships and constraints, making it difficult to generate correct query graphs. In previous studies, researchers have primarily focused on improving the extraction and representation of question features, neglecting the prior structural information …implicated in the question itself. In this paper, we propose a question structure classifier to classify the question structure, and alleviate the noise interference in query graph through classification results. In the classifier, we strengthen the information about the question structure through the attention mechanism, while weakening the irrelevant information. Moreover, a query graph sorting module based on feature cross-coding is proposed to sort candidate paths in the query graph using fine-grained feature interaction between words. Extensive experiments are conducted on two public datasets (MetaQA and WebQuestionsSP) and the experimental results show that the proposed method outperforms other baselines. Show more
Keywords: Knowledge graph question answering, relation embedding, attention enhancement, feature cross-encoding
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233650
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: Yue, Lizhu | Lv, Yue
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The Vlsekriterijumska Optimizacija I Komprosmisno Resenie (VIKOR) method to some extent modifies the utility function to a value function that can consider different risk preferences. However, the weight and risk attitude parameters involved in the model are difficult to determine, which limits its application. To overcome this problem, a Poset-VIKOR model is proposed. A partial order set is a non-parametric decision-making method. Through the combination of partial order set and VIKOR model, the parameters can be “eliminated”, and a robust method that can run the model is obtained. This method uses the Hasse diagram to express the evaluation results, which …can not only directly display the hierarchical and clustering information, but also show the robustness characteristics of the alternative comparison. Show more
Keywords: VIKOR method, poset, weight, multiple attribute decision making
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-230680
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-17, 2024
Authors: Shao, Dangguo | Huang, Chunsheng | Liu, Cuiyin | Ma, Lei | Yi, Sanli
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The automatic segmentation of diabetic retinopathy (DR) holds significant importance for assisting physicians in diagnosis and treatment. Given the complexity, high inter-class similarity, and uncertainty of DR, it is crucial to integrate multiscale information between lesions and establish global correlations among them. To address these issues, a novel HRU-TNet (Hybrid Residual U-Transformer Network) algorithm for retinal lesion segmentation is proposed. In this framework, the network is augmented with lightweight self-attention residual U-modules (LSA-RSU) to capture high-frequency details of the lesions and global contextual information. The skip connections are then enhanced through interactive residual transformer fusion modules (IRTF) and channel-cross attention …(CCA), promoting dependencies among features at different scales and filtering out interfering information to guide feature fusion and eliminate ambiguity. Additionally, a novel retinal image enhancement technique is devised, employing local wavelet transformations to capture detailed components of the retinal images, thereby enhancing the representational capacity of the segmentation network. Data augmentation is also performed to ensure network adaptability to small datasets. Comprehensive experiments conducted on the publicly available IDRID and e_ophtha datasets yielded average AUC_PR values of 0.709 and 0.451, respectively. The proposed approach demonstrated superior generalization on the DDR dataset compared to other methods mentioned in the literature. These results demonstrate that our proposed method is better suited for small retinal datasets, exhibiting improved segmentation accuracy and generalization compared to existing approaches. Show more
Keywords: Lesion segmentation, fundus image enhancement, transformer, cross attention fusion, light self-attention residual
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-240788
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: He, Xiaorong | Fang, Anran | Yu, Dejian
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Electronic commerce (EC) has become the most critical business activity in the world. China has become the world’s largest market for EC. Over the past three decades, numerous researches have examined the current status of the development of monolingual EC research in specific scenarios. However, the paradigm shift in EC development through the analysis of the dynamic evolution of semantic information has not yet been examined, and the distinctions and connections between multilingual EC studies have not yet been established. This study analyzed 16,207 English and 17,850 Chinese EC-related articles from the Web of Science database and CNKI by combining …the BERTopic topic model and SBERT sentence embedding-based similarity computations. The results reveal the distributions of global and local topics in the English and Chinese EC literature, analyze the semantic intricacies of topic convergence and evolution across continuous time, as well as the distinctions and connections between English and Chinese topics. Finally, the evolutionary patterns and life cycle of three crucial English and Chinese topics are explored respectively, including their emergence, development, maturity, and decline. Overall, this study provides a comprehensive overview of EC studies from a topic perspective. Show more
Keywords: Electronic commerce, BERTopic, topic modeling, topic evolution, sentence embedding
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232825
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-22, 2024
Authors: Kazancı, O. | Hoskova-Mayerova, S. | Davvaz, B.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In recent years, the m-polar fuzziness structure has attracted the attention of researchers and has been commonly applied in algebraic structures. In this article, we present the notion of multi-polar fuzzy hyperideals of ordered semihyperrings, which is a generalization of the concept of bi-polar fuzzy hyperideals of ordered semihyperrings. We investigate some of their associated properties. Furthermore, we characterized regular ordered semihyperring in terms of multi-polar fuzzy quasi-ideals and multi-polar fuzzy bi-ideals.
Keywords: Semihyperring, ordered semihyperring, m-polar fuzzy semihyperring, m-polar fuzzy hyperideals
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238654
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-09, 2024
Authors: Ameen, Zanyar A. | Mohammed, Ramadhan A. | Al-shami, Tareq M. | Asaad, Baravan A.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This paper introduces a new fuzzy structure named “fuzzy primal.” Then, it studies the essential properties and discusses their basic operations. By applying the q-neighborhood system in a primal fuzzy topological space and the Łukasiewicz disjunction, we establish a fuzzy operator (·) ⋄ on the family of all fuzzy sets, followed by its core characterizations. Next, we use (·) ⋄ to investigate a further fuzzy operator denoted by Cl ⋄ . To determine a new fuzzy topology from the existing one, the earlier fuzzy operators are explored. Such a new fuzzy topology is called primal fuzzy topology. Various properties of …primal fuzzy topologies are found. Among others, the structure of a fuzzy base that generates a primal fuzzy topology. Furthermore, the concept of compatibility between fuzzy primals and fuzzy topologies is introduced, and some equivalent conditions to that concept are examined. It is shown that if a fuzzy primal is compatible with a fuzzy topology, then the fuzzy base that produces the primal fuzzy topology is itself a fuzzy topology. Show more
Keywords: Fuzzy primal, fuzzy grill, fuzzy ideal, primal fuzzy topology, fuzzy ideal topology
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238408
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-10, 2024
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Background: Breast cancer diagnosis relies on accurate lesion segmentation in medical images. Automated computer-aided diagnosis reduces clinician workload and improves efficiency, but existing image segmentation methods face challenges in model performance and generalization. Objective: This study aims to develop a generative framework using a denoising diffusion model for efficient and accurate breast cancer lesion segmentation in medical images. Methods: We design a novel generative framework, PalScDiff, that leverages a denoising diffusion probabilistic model to reconstruct the label distribution for medical images, thereby enabling the sampling of diverse, plausible segmentation outcomes. Specifically, with the …condition of the corresponding image, PalScDiff learns to estimate the masses region probability through denoising step by step. Furthermore, we design a Progressive Augmentation Learning strategy to incrementally handle segmentation challenges of irregular and blurred tumors. Moreover, multi-round sampling is employed to achieve robust breast mass segmentation. Results: Our experimental results show that PalScDiff outperforms established models such as U-Net and transformer-based alternatives, achieving an accuracy of 95.15%, precision of 79.74%, Dice coefficient of 77.61%, and Intersection over Union (IOU) of 81.51% . Conclusion: The proposed model demonstrates promising capabilities for accurate and efficient computer-aided segmentation of breast cancer. Show more
Keywords: Diffusion model, consistent regularization, breast cancer, medical image segmentation, data augmentation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-239703
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: Yang, Guang | Qi, Juntong | Wang, Mingming | Wu, Chong | Liu, Yansheng | Liu, Zhengjun | Ping, Yuan
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Target encirclement is widely used in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs), which can effectively monitor and intercept external threats. However, the integration from target detection, localization to final tracking is difficult or costly. This article proposes a complete and inexpensive framework of the target encirclement for multiple quadrotors. The framework consists of three modules: object detection, target localization and formation tracking. Firstly, a one-stage object detector based on a convolutional neural network is used to achieve fast and accurate object detection. Then, combined with the position and attitude states of the quadrotor, a 3D target localization scheme to locate …the target position is proposed. Based on consensus theory, a time-varying formation tracking control protocol is proposed. Finally, a multiple quadrotor platform composed of one reconnaissance quadrotor and four hunter quadrotors is built with self-organizing network communication, which avoids the expensive cost of deploying object detection modules on each quadrotor platform. We deployed the framework on the multiple quadrotor platform and conducted static and dynamic localization and encirclement experiments with a minibus as the target. The result shows that the reconnaissance quadrotors can detect and accurately locate targets over 30 fps , and the average deviation of locating the target minibus could reach a minimum of 0.0712 m . The hunter quadrotors could track and encircle the dynamic moving target minibus in a time-varying formation. Experiments demonstrate the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed framework of the target encirclement for multiple quadrotors. Show more
Keywords: Multiple quadrotors, target encirclement, visual detection, target localization, time-varying formation tracking
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238335
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-14, 2024
Authors: Ou, Qiqi | Zhang, Xiaohong | Wang, Jingqian
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Fuzzy rough sets (FRSs) play a significant role in the field of data analysis, and one of the common methods for constructing FRSs is the use of the fuzzy logic operators. To further extend FRSs theory to more diverse information backgrounds, this article proposes a covering variable precision fuzzy rough set model based on overlap functions and fuzzy β-neighbourhood operators (OCVPFRS). Some necessary properties of OCVPFRS have also been studied in this work. Furthermore, multi-label classification is a prevalent task in the realm of machine learning. Each object (sample or instance) in multi-label data is associated with various labels (classes), …and there are numerous features or attributes that need to be taken into account within the attribute space. To enhance various performance metrics in the multi-label classification task, attribute reduction is an essential pre-processing step. Therefore, according to overlap functions and fuzzy rough sets’ excellent work on applications: such as image processing and multi-criteria decision-making, we establish an attribute reduction method suitable for multi-label data based on OCVPFRS. Through a series of experiments and comparative analysis with existing multi-label attribute reduction methods, the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method have been verified. Show more
Keywords: Fuzzy rough sets, overlap functions, fuzzy β-neighbourhood operators, attribute reduction, multi-label classification
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238245
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-19, 2024
Authors: Embriz-Islas, Cesar | Benavides-Alvarez, Cesar | Avilés-Cruz, Carlos | Zúñiga-López, Arturo | Ferreyra-Ramírez, Andrés | Rodríguez-Martínez, Eduardo
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Speech recognition with visual context is a technique that uses digital image processing to detect lip movements within the frames of a video to predict the words uttered by a speaker. Although models with excellent results already exist, most of them are focused on very controlled environments with few speaker interactions. In this work, a new implementation of a model based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) is proposed, taking into account image frames and three models of audio usage throughout spectrograms. The results obtained are very encouraging in the field of automatic speech recognition.
Keywords: CNN, artificial intelligence, deep learning, speech recognition
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219346
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-12, 2024
Authors: Zavala-Díaz, Jonathan | Olivares-Rojas, Juan C. | Gutiérrez-Gnecchi, José A. | Téllez-Anguiano, Adriana C. | Alcaraz-Chávez, J. Eduardo | Reyes-Archundia, Enrique
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Efficient medical information management is essential in today’s healthcare, significantly to automate diagnoses of chronic diseases. This study focuses on the automated identification of diabetic patients through a clinical note classification system. This innovative approach combines rules, information extraction, and machine learning algorithms to promise greater accuracy and adaptability. Initially, the four algorithms evaluated showed similar performance, with Gradient Boosting standing out with an accuracy of 0.999. They were tested on our clinical and oncology notes, where SVM excelled in correctly labeling non-oncology notes with a 0.99. Gradient Boosting had the best average with 0.966. The combination of rules, information …extraction, and Random Forest provided the best average performance, significantly improving the classification of clinical notes and reducing the margin of error in identifying diabetic patients. The principal contribution of this research lies in the pioneering integration of rule-based methods, information extraction techniques, and machine learning algorithms for enhanced accuracy in diabetic patient identification. For future work, we consider implementing these algorithms in natural clinical settings to evaluate their practical performance. Additionally, additional approaches will be explored to improve the accuracy and applicability of clinical note-grading systems in healthcare. Show more
Keywords: NLP, diabetes, machine learning, binary classification, word frequency analysis
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219375
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-11, 2024
Authors: Martinez, German | Duta, Eduard-Andrei | Sanchez-Romero, Jose-Luis | Jimeno-Morenilla, Antonio | Mora-Mora, Higinio
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Within various industrial settings, such as shipping, aeronautics, woodworking, and footwear, there exists a significant challenge: optimizing the extraction of sections from material sheets, a process known as “nesting”, to minimize wasted surface area. This paper investigates efficient solutions to complex nesting problems, emphasizing rapid computation over ultimate precision. We introduce a dual-approach methodology that couples both a greedy technique and a genetic algorithm. The genetic algorithm is instrumental in determining the optimal sequence for placing sections, ensuring each is located in its current best position. A specialized representation system is devised for both the sections and the material sheet, …promoting streamlined computation and tangible results. By balancing speed and accuracy, this study offers robust solutions for real-world nesting challenges within a reduced computational timeframe. Show more
Keywords: Genetic algorithm, 2D nesting, irregular pattern, cutting, industrial automation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219345
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: Ling, Lina | Wen, Mi | Wang, Haizhou | Zhu, Zhou | Meng, Xiangjie
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The detection of out-of-distribution (OoD) samples in semantic segmentation is crucial for autonomous driving, as deep learning models are typically trained under the assumption of a closed environment, whereas the real world presents an open and diverse set of scenarios. Existing methods employ uncertainty estimation, image reconstruction, and other techniques for OoD sample detection. We have observed that different classes may exhibit connections and associations in varying contexts. For example, objects encountered by autonomous vehicles differ in rural road scenes compared to urban environments, and the likelihood of encountering novel objects varies. This aspect is missing in current anomaly detection …methods and is vital for OoD sample detection. Existing approaches solely consider the relative significance of each prediction class, overlooking the inter-object correlation. Although prediction scores (e.g., max logits) obtained from the segmentation network are applicable for OoD sample detection, the same problem persists, particularly for OoD objects. To address this issue, we propose the utilization of the Mahalanobis distance of max logits to evaluate the final predicted score. By calculating the Mahalanobis distance, the paper aims to uncover correlations between different classes, thus enhancing the effectiveness of OoD detection. To this end, we also extend the state-of-the-art segmentation model, DeepLabV3+, to enable OoD sample detection in this paper. Specifically, this paper proposes a novel backbone network, SOD-ResNet101, for extracting contextual and multi-scale semantic information, leveraging the class correlation feature of the Mahalanobis distance to enhance the detection performance of out-of-distribution objects. Notably, our approach eliminates the need for external datasets or separate network training, making it highly applicable to existing pretraining segmentation models. Show more
Keywords: Semantic segmentation, deep learning, anomaly segmentation, automatic driving, out-of-distribution detection
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237799
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Kumar Sahu, Vinay | Pandey, Dhirendra | Singh, Priyanka | Haque Ansari, Md Shamsul | Khan, Asif | Varish, Naushad | Khan, Mohd Waris
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The Internet of Things (IoT) strategy enables physical objects to easily produce, receive, and exchange data. IoT devices are getting more common in our daily lives, with diverse applications ranging from consumer sector to industrial and commercial systems. The rapid expansion and widespread use of IoT devices highlight the critical significance of solid and effective cybersecurity standards across the device development life cycle. Therefore, if vulnerability is exploited directly affects the IoT device and the applications. In this paper we investigated and assessed the various real-world critical IoT attacks/vulnerabilities that have affected IoT deployed in the commercial, industrial and consumer …sectors since 2010. Subsequently, we evoke the vulnerabilities or type of attack, exploitation techniques, compromised security factors, intensity of vulnerability and impacts of the expounded real-world attacks/vulnerabilities. We first categorise how each attack affects information security parameters, and then we provide a taxonomy based on the security factors that are affected. Next, we perform a risk assessment of the security parameters that are encountered, using two well-known multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques namely Fuzzy-Analytic Hierarchy Process (F-AHP) and Fuzzy-Analytic Network Process (F-ANP) to determine the severity of severely impacted information security measures. Show more
Keywords: IoT attacks, fuzzy-ANP, fuzzy-AHP, MCDM, IoT vulnerabilities
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233759
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Bochkarev, Vladimir V. | Savinkov, Andrey V. | Shevlyakova, Anna V. | Solovyev, Valery D.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This work considers implementation of a diachronic predictor of valence, arousal and dominance ratings of English words. The estimation of affective ratings is based on data on word co-occurrence statistics in the large diachronic Google Books Ngram corpus. Affective ratings from the NRC VAD dictionary are used as target values for training. When tested on synchronic data, the obtained Pearson‘s correlation coefficients between human affective ratings and their machine ratings are 0.843, 0.779 and 0.792 for valence, aroused and dominance, respectively. We also provide a detailed analysis of the accuracy of the predictor on diachronic data. The main result of …the work is creation of a diachronic affective dictionary of English words. Several examples are considered that illustrate jumps in the time series of affective ratings when a word gains a new meaning. This indicates that changes in affective ratings can serve as markers of lexical-semantic changes. Show more
Keywords: Affective words, affective norms, sentiment dictionary, word valence ratings, lexical semantic change
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219358
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Zhang, Yingmin | Yi, Afa | Li, Shuo
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The constant development and application of new technologies, such as big data, artificial intelligence and the mobile Internet, have profoundly changed the personal and professional spheres. Despite these advances, finance professionals are still faced with a multitude of routine, repetitive and error-prone tasks. At the same time, they are challenged by the shift to management accounting, resulting in reduced productivity. This paper addresses these issues by introducing a financial statement filing robot developed using Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology. The application of this robot has been shown to provide superior efficiency and accuracy, reduce the heavy burden of routine tasks, …and facilitate a smooth transition to management accounting practices. In addition, this research provides a valuable reference for the application and diffusion of RPA technology in the financial sector. Given the large amount of text data generated by financial processes, this paper proposes an automatic text categorization model. The effectiveness of the model is demonstrated as a response to address the challenges encountered in the consultation and archiving process. This contribution informs the development of text categorization robots tailored to the needs of finance professionals. Show more
Keywords: RPA technology, robot, financial statements, text classification, naive Bayes classifier model
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236716
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-10, 2024
Authors: Jun, Dai | Huijie, Shi | Yanqin, Li | Junwei, Zhao | Naohiko, Hanajima
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Cylinder liner is an internal part of the automobile engine, which plays an important role in the automobile internal combustion engine. Therefore, it is a top priority to accurately and quickly detect the cylinder liner surface defects. In order to effectively achieve the classification and localization of surface defects on the cylinder liner, this paper establishes a dataset for surface defects on cylinder liner and proposes a based on improved YOLOv5 algorithm for detecting surface defects on cylinder liner. Firstly, a machine vision system is established to acquire on-site images and perform manual annotation to build the dataset of surface …defects on cylinder liner. Secondly, the GSConv SlimNeck mechanism is introduced to reduce the model complexity; the Bi-directional Feature Pyramid Network (BiFPN) is used to fuse the feature information at different scales to enhance the detection accuracy of small surface defects on cylinder liner; and embedding the SimAM attention mechanism to focus on the object region of interest and improve the accuracy and robustness of the model. The final improved YOLOv5 model reduces the number of model parameters by 15.8% compared to the non-improved YOLOv5. And the experimental results on our self-built dataset for cylinder liner defects show that the mAP0.5 is improved by 0.4%. This means that the accuracy of model detection was not compromised. This method can be applied to actual production processes. Show more
Keywords: Cylinder liner defect detection, YOLOv5, GSConv SlimNeck, BiFPN, SimAM
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237793
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-14, 2024
Authors: Hu, Man | Sun, Dezhi | Bai, Yihan | Xiao, Han | You, Fucheng
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In the realm of graph representation learning, Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have demonstrated exceptional efficacy across diverse tasks. Typically, GNNs employ message-passing schemes to disseminate node features along graph structures, culminating in learned graph representations. However, their heavy reliance on smoothed node features over graph structures, coupled with limited expressiveness in the presence of node attributes, often constrains link prediction performance. To surmount this challenge, we propose GTLP, a Graph Transformer based link prediction framework. GTLP integrates unsupervised GNNs and structure encoding, enabling a holistic consideration of both topological structures and node features. This approach preserves critical node location and …role information, enhancing the model’s expressiveness. By introducing the Graph Transformer model, GTLP adeptly incorporates neighbor information, refining embedding quality and bolstering the model’s learning and generalization capabilities. Notably, our method exhibits superior scalability, accommodating diverse techniques for information extraction, embedding learning, and sampling. Experimental results underscore GTLP’s state-of-the-art performance, outpacing various baselines across five real-world datasets. Show more
Keywords: Deep learning, graph neural networks, graph transformer, link prediction
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237506
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Chen, Xinying | Hu, Mingjie
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: With the rapid proliferation of substantial textual data from sources such as social media, online comments, and news articles, sentiment analysis has become increasingly crucial. However, existing deep learning methods have overlooked the significance of part-of-speech (POS) and emotional words in understanding the emotion of text. Based on this, this paper proposes a sentiment analysis approach that combines multiple features with a dual-channel network. Firstly, the vector representation of the text is obtained through Robustly Optimized BERT Pretraining Approach (RoBERTa). Secondly, the POS features and word emotional features are separately updated using self-attention to calculate weights. Concatenating words, POS and …emotion, feature dimension reduction and fusion are achieved through a linear layer. Finally, the fused feature vector is input into a dual-channel network composed of Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit (BiGRU) and Deep Pyramid Convolutional Neural Network (DPCNN). Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method achieves higher classification accuracy than the comparative methods on three sentiment analysis datasets. Moreover, the experimental results fully validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Show more
Keywords: Sentiment analysis, part-of-speech, RoBERTa, bidirectional gated recurrent unit, deep pyramid convolutional neural network
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237749
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-12, 2024
Authors: Nisha, B. Muthu | Selvakumar, J. | Nithya, V.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The provision of secure and sustainable energy services is ensured by this research, also contributing to the advancement of technology align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The motivation behind this study stems from the critical need to bolster hardware security within cutting-edge smart grid infrastructure, and more specifically, for smart energy metering technology. To address this need, this paper introduces a feasible and modular approach for enhancing the security through the implementation of a cryptographic key generator. This key generator is based on a modified Delay-based Physically Unclonable Function (PUF), which incorporates the innovative concept of a Delay Locked …Loop(DLL).The reliability of the proposed PUFs has been rigorously assessed, demonstrating impressive performance levels of 98.02% and 99.1% across a wide temperature and supply voltage, spanning from -40°C to 80°C and (3.0-3.6) V. This is showcasing exceptional functionality within the smart meter’s operational parameters.The effectiveness of this approach is confirmed through practical testing conducted on the ZYNQ-7 ZC 702 Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) platform.The outcomes are encouraging by substantial uniqueness (55.96% and 56.2%) and uniformity (51.2% and 49.15%). This research significantly advances the state of the art by surpassing previous investigations into XOR Arbiter PUF (XOR APUF) and Configurable Ring Oscillator PUF (CRO PUF) designs. Furthermore, the paper delves into an examination of the proposed design’s resilience against modeling attacks, along with comprehensive security assessments. Show more
Keywords: Sustainable development goals, smart energy meter, delay locked loop, physically unclonable function, field programmable gate array
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-240099
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Gowri, S. | Vennila, B. | Antony Crispin Sweety, C.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The primary focus of this work is to develop the concept of bipolar N-neutrosophic supra topological spaces. Also, extended some concepts such as closure and interior operators of N-neutrosophic supra topological spaces to Bipolar N-neutrosophic supra topological spaces. The properties and relationship between weak forms of bipolar N-neutrosophic supra topological open sets are also established. Further, suggested several separations amongst bipolar N-neutrosophic supra sets. Some distance between bipolar N-neutrosophic sets is introduced and an efficient approachfor group multi-criteria decision making based on bipolar N-neutrosophic sets is proposed.
Keywords: Bipolar N-neutrosophic supra topology, bipolar N-neutrosophic supra α-open set, bipolar N-neutrosophic supra semi-open, bipolar N-neutrosophic supra β-open and bipolar N-neutrosophic supra pre-open, N-valued interval neutrosophic sets
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-224450
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Vallejos, Sebastian | Armentano, Marcelo G. | Berdun, Luis | Schiaffino, Silvia | González Císaro, Sandra | Nigro, Oscar | Balduzzi, Leonardo | Cuesta, Ignacio
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Product classification is a critical task for the smooth running of the purchase process in e-commerce websites. When it comes to P2P marketplaces, users can act both as sellers and as buyers, and they need to assign predefined categories to the products they want to sell. Besides being tedious for users, this task can result in ambiguous or inaccurate assignments. This article presents a method for the automatic categorization of items offered in a local P2P marketplace using a multi-level classification approach. Our experiments demonstrated a significant improvement in the classification results of the proposed solution compared to a traditional …direct classification approach. Show more
Keywords: Classification, e-commerce, NLP, P2P marketplace
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219344
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-11, 2024
Authors: Brännström, Andreas | Nieves, Juan Carlos
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This paper introduces an automated decision-making framework for providing controlled agent behavior in systems dealing with human behavior-change. Controlled behavior in such settings is important in order to reduce unexpected side-effects of a system’s actions. The general structure of the framework is based on a psychological theory, the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), capturing causes to human motivational states, which enables reasoning about dynamics of human motivation. The framework consists of two main components: 1) an ontological knowledge-base that models an individual’s behavioral challenges to infer motivation states and 2) a transition system that, in a given motivation state, decides …on motivational support, resulting in transitions between motivational states. The system generates plans (sequences of actions) for an agent to facilitate behavior change. A particular use-case is modeled regarding children with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) who commonly experience difficulties in everyday social situations. An evaluation of a proof-of-concept prototype is performed that presents consistencies between ASC experts’ suggestions and plans generated by the system. Show more
Keywords: Interactive agents, strategic decision-making, behavior-change systems, theory of planned behavior, Autism
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219335
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-11, 2024
Authors: Li, Fuxue | Chi, Chuncheng | Yan, Hong | Zhang, Zhen | Zhao, Zhongchao
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Transformer-based neural machine translation (NMT) models have achieved state-of-the-art performance in the machine translation paradigm. These models learn the translation knowledge from the bilingual corpus through the attention mechanism automatically. This differs from the way human translators approach sentence translation, where prior knowledge plays a significant role. Inspired by this, a word translation augmentation (WTA) method is proposed to improve the Transformer-based NMT model. The main steps are as follows: Firstly, constructing the word alignment rules based on the training set. Next, generating the translation rules for source words according to the word alignment rules. Lastly, incorporating the potential translation …candidates for each source word into the NMT model during the training and testing procedure. In addition, the WTA method introduces the idea of Mixup for translation candidates of a source word and employs two augmentation strategies to augment the encoder. The results of experiments on several translation tasks with high-resource and low-resource indicate the effectiveness of the proposed method compared with the corresponding strong baseline, and the improvement in BLEU score achieved ranges from 0.42 to 0.63. Show more
Keywords: Neural machine translation, transformer, word embedding, word translations
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236170
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-12, 2024
Authors: Jia, Liu
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This study explores a predictive approach using a combination of a one-dimensional convolutional neural network and support vector machine to enhance the management of cultural product trade between China and South Korea, addressing the trade deficit challenge. The methodology involves the collection and categorization of diverse data related to the trade of cultural products between the two countries, identifying data mining directions. The research incorporates the design of association rule functions to identify viable data sources, and employs a hybrid data clustering algorithm integrating technology and spectral clustering to cluster available data. The features extracted from the data mining process …are utilized as learning samples for trade prediction. Both a one-dimensional convolutional neural network and support vector machine are employed to model and predict cultural product trade between China and South Korea. Experimental results demonstrate the method’s accuracy in predicting trade situations under parameterized conditions. Throughout the prediction process, credibility measurement values and controllable correlation degrees consistently exceed 19 and 12.5, respectively, while uncertainty discrimination degrees and error coefficients remain below 12 and 6. Show more
Keywords: Big data integration, Chinese and Korean cultural products, trade prediction, data mining, convolutional neural network, support vector machine
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238061
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: López-López, Aurelio | Garcıa-Gorrostieta, Jesús Miguel | González-López, Samuel
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Emotion detection in educational dialogues, particularly within student-teacher interactions, has become a crucial research area for improving the learning experience. In this paper, we employ two models, one generic Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) and the Emotion detection model Robustly Optimized BERT Approach (EmoRoBERTa), to automatically classify emotions in a corpus of student-teacher chat interactions. Then subsequently, we validate these classifications using a scheme based on oracles, employing two generative large language models (ChatGPT and Bard). Experiments on emotion detection in dialogues between students and teachers revealed that EmoRoBERTa exhibited a reasonable level of agreement with the oracles, while …ChatGPT demonstrated the highest consistency with EmoRoBERTa’s predictions. Furthermore, we identified the impact of specific words on emotion classification, offering insights into the decision-making process of these models. The results not only highlight the prominent presence of emotions like approval, gratitude, curiosity, disapproval, amusement, confusion, remorse, joy , and surprise but also provide substantial support for the utilization of the proposed emotion detection model to enhance the student learning environment. Exploring the emotional aspects of educational dialogues holds the potential to enhance instruction methods, provide timely assistance to students in need, and create an improved learning atmosphere. Show more
Keywords: Emotion detection, learning interaction, transfer learning, large language models, active learning
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219340
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-11, 2024
Authors: Ratha, Ashoka Kumar | Behera, Santi Kumari | Devi, A. Geetha | Barpanda, Nalini Kanta | Sethy, Prabira Kumar
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: With the rise of the fruit processing industry, machine learning and image processing have become necessary for quality control and monitoring of fruits. Recently, strong vision-based solutions have emerged in farming industries that make inspections more accurate at a much lower cost. Advanced deep learning methods play a key role in these solutions. In this study, we built an image-based framework that uses the ResNet-101 CNN model to identify different types of papaya fruit diseases with minimal training data and processing power. A case study to identify commonly encountered papaya fruit diseases during harvesting was used to support the results …of the suggested methodology. A total of 983 images of both healthy and defective papaya were considered during the experiment. In this study, we initially used the ResNet-101 CNN model for classification and then combined the deep features drawn out from the activation layer (fc1000) of the ResNet-101 CNN along with a multi-class Support Vector Machine (SVM) to classify papaya fruit defect detection. After comparing the performance of both approaches, it was found that Cubic SVM is the best classifier using the deep feature of ResNet-101 CNN, achieved with an accuracy of 99.5% and an area under the curve (AUC) of 1 without any classification error. The findings of this experiment reveal that the ResNet-101 CNN with the cubic SVM model can categorize good, diseased, and defective papaya pictures. Moreover, the suggested model executed the task in a greater way in terms of the F1- Score (0.99), sensitivity (99.50%), and precision (99.71%). The present work not only assists the end user in determining the type of disease but also makes it possible for them to take corrective measures during farming. Show more
Keywords: Disease classification, CNN (Convolutional Neural Network), ResNet-101, ML (Machine Learning), SVM (Support Vector Machine)
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-239875
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-17, 2024
Authors: Shi, Xiaolong | Kosari, Saeed | Rangasamy, Parvathi | Nivedhaa, R.K. | Rashmanlou, Hossein
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Modern image processing techniques are improving beyond old methods, which include advanced approaches, for example deep learning. Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are excellent at automatic feature extraction, whereas Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) produce realistic images. Transfer learning uses pre-trained models, whereas semantic segmentation identifies pixels in images. Super-resolution, style transfer, and attention mechanisms can increase the quality of images and understanding. Adversarial defenses address purposeful manipulations, while 3D image processing handles three-dimensional data. These advancements make use of improved computational power and massive datasets to revolutionize image processing capabilities. Traditional image processing algorithms frequently fail to handle the complex and …multidimensional structure of color images, particularly when dealing with uncertainty and imprecision. In this study, the 3D-EIFIM frame work is extented and scaled aggregation operations 3D-EIFIM tailored for image data are proposed. By representing each pixel as an entry of 3D-EIFIM and applying aggregation techniques to enable more effective image analysis, manipulation, and enhancement. The practical implications of this research are significant, as it can lead to advancements in fields such as computer vision, medical imaging, and remote sensing. Show more
Keywords: IFP, conjunction, disjunction, IFIM, EIFIM, 3D-IFIM, 3D-EIFIM
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238252
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-17, 2024
Authors: Manju, S.C. | Swarnajyothi, K. | Geetha, J. | Somasundaram, K.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The Padmakar-Ivan (PI) index of a connected graph G is given by PI (G ) = ∑e =(u ,v )∈E (G ) (|V (G ) | - N G (e )) and weighted Padmakar-Ivan index is PI w (G ) = ∑e =(u ,v )∈E (G ) (d G (u ) + d G (v )) (|V (G ) | - N G (e )) . In this paper, we present the PI index for various classes of perfect graphs, including block graphs, the line graph of unicyclic graphs, and split graphs. The theorems established in this study are applied to ascertain the PI index of chain and …cyclic silicates. Furthermore, we derive both the PI and weighted PI indices for the lexicographic product of two regular graphs and determine the exact values for the lexicographic product involving a regular graph and a complete multipartite graph. Show more
Keywords: PI index, weighted pi index, perfect graphs, block graphs, lexicographic product, regular graphs, chain and cyclic tetrahedral frameworks
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238204
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Chen, Jiankai | Li, Zhongyan | Wang, Xin | Zhai, Junhai
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Monotonic classification is a widely applied classification task where improvements in specific input values do not lead to worse outputs. Monotonic classifiers based on K-nearest neighbors (KNN) have become crucial tools for addressing such tasks. However, these models share drawbacks with traditional KNN classifiers, including high computational complexity and sensitivity to noise. Fuzzy Monotonic K-Nearest Neighbors (FMKNN) is currently the state-of-the-art KNN-based monotonic classifier, mitigating the impact of noise to some extent. Nevertheless, there is still room for improvement in reducing computational complexity and softening monotonicity in FMKNN. In this paper, we propose a prototype selection algorithm based on FMKNN, …named Condensed Fuzzy Monotonic K-Nearest Neighbors (C -FMKNN). This algorithm achieves a dynamic balance between monotonicity and test accuracy by constructing a joint evaluation function that combines fuzzy ranking conditional entropy and correct prediction. Data reduction and simplifying computations can be achieved by using C -FMKNN to filter out instance subsets under the adaptive dynamic balance between monotonicity and test accuracy. Extensive experiments show that the proposed C -FMKNN improves significantly in terms of ACCU, MAE and NMI compared with the involved KNN-based non-monotonic algorithms and non-KNN monotonic algorithms. Compared with the instance selection algorithms MCNN, MENN, and MONIPS, C -FMKNN improves the average values of ACCU, MAE, and NMI by 3.7%, 3.6% and 18.3%, respectively, on the relevant datasets. In particular, compared with the benchmark algorithm FMKNN, C -FMKNN achieves an average data reduction rate of 58.74% while maintaining or improving classification accuracy. Show more
Keywords: Monotonic classification, fuzzy monotonic K-nearest neighbor, fuzzy ranking conditional entropy, joint evaluation function, data reduction
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236643
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-22, 2024
Authors: Vimala, S. | Valarmathi, K.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This study proposes a novel method using hybrid CNN-LSTM networks to measure and predict the effectiveness of speech and vision therapy. Traditional methods for evaluating therapy often rely on subjective assessments, lacking precision and efficiency. By combining CNN for visual data and MFCC for speech, alongside LSTM for temporal dependencies, the system captures dynamic changes in patients’ conditions. Pre-processing of audio and visual data enhances accuracy, and the model’s performance outperforms existing methods. This approach exhibits the potential of deep learning in monitoring patient progress effectively in speech and vision therapy, offering valuable insights for improving treatment outcomes. The proposed …system’s effectiveness is assessed by various performance metrics. The suggested system’s results are compared with those of other methods already in use. The study’s findings indicate that the suggested approach is more accurate than other existing models. In conclusion, this study offers important new information on how deep learning methods are being used to track patients’ progress in speech and vision therapy. Show more
Keywords: Monitor, speech and vision, deep learning, therapy patient, recording device, CNN-LSTM, categorization
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237363
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-17, 2024
Authors: Ravi, Vinayakumar
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Deep learning-based models are employed in computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) tools development for pediatric pneumonia (P-Pneumonia) detection. The accuracy of the model depends on the scaling of the deep learning model. A survey on deep learning shows that models with a greater number of layers achieve better performances for P-Pneumonia detection. However, the identification of the optimal models is considered to be important work for P-Pneumonia detection. This work presents a hybrid deep learning model for P-Pneumonia detection. The model leverages the EfficientNetV2 model that employs various advanced methodologies to maintain the balance between the model scaling and the performance of …the model in P-Pneumonia detection. The features of EfficientNetV2 models are passed into global weighted average pooling (GWAP) which acts like an attention layer. It helps to extract the important features that point to the infected regions of the radiography image and discard all the unimportant information. The features from GWAP are high in dimension and using kernel-based principal component analysis (K-PCA), the features were reduced. Next, the reduced features are combined together and passed into a stacked classifier. The stacked classifier is a two-stage approach in which the first stage employs a support vector machine (SVM) and random forest tree (RFT) for the prediction of P-Pneumonia using the fused features and logistic regression (LRegr) on values of prediction for classification. Detailed experiments were done for the proposed method in P-Pneumonia detection using publically available benchmark datasets. Various settings in the experimental analysis are done to identify the best model. The proposed model outperformed the other methods by improving the accuracy by 4% in P-Pneumonia detection. To show that the proposed model is robust, the model performances were shown on the completely unseen dataset of P-Pneumonia. The hybrid deep learning-based P-Pneumonia model showed good performance on completely unseen data samples of P-Pneumonia patients. The generalization of the proposed P-Pneumonia model is studied by evaluating the model on similar lung diseases such as COVID-19 (CV-19) and Tuberculosis (TBS). In all the experiments, the P-Pneumonia model has shown good performances on similar lung diseases. This indicates that the model is robust and generalizable on data samples of different patients with similar lung diseases. The P-Pneumonia models can be used in healthcare and clinical environments to assist doctors and healthcare professionals in improving the detection rate of P-Pneumonia. Show more
Keywords: Pediatric pneumonia, machine learning, deep learning, dimensionality reduction, feature fusion
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219397
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-18, 2024
Authors: Vaikunta Pai, T. | Nethravathi, P.S. | Birau, Ramona | Popescu, Virgil | Karthik Pai, B.H. | Naik, Pramod Vishnu
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Multimodal conversational AI systems have gained significant attention due to their potential to enhance user experience and enable more interactive and engaging interactions. This vital and complex research field seeks to integrate diverse modalities, including text, images, and speech, to develop conversational AI systems capable of comprehending, perceiving, and generating responses within a multimodal framework. By seamlessly incorporating various modalities, these systems can provide a more comprehensive and immersive conversational experience, enabling users to communicate in a more natural and intuitively. This research presents a novel multimodal architecture empowered by Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) for simultaneous integration and processing of …diverse modalities. Multimodal data encompasses various sources like text, images, audio, video, or sensor data. The objective is to merge and harness information from these modalities to amplify learning and enhance performance across a spectrum of tasks. This research explores the extension of ChatGPT, a state-of-the-art conversational AI model, to handle multimodal inputs, including text and images or text and speech. We present a comprehensive analysis of the benefits and challenges of integrating various options into ChatGPT, examining their impact on understanding, interaction, and overall system performance. Through extensive experimentation and evaluation, we demonstrate the potential of multimodal ChatGPT to provide richer, more context-aware conversations, while also highlighting the existing limitations and open research questions in this evolving field. Multimodal ChatGPT outperform the current GPT-3.5 by 16.51% and it is clear that multimodal ChatGPTis capable of better performance and offer a pathway for further progress in the field of language models. Show more
Keywords: Large language model, generative pre-trained transformer, deep learning, State-Of-The-Art (SOTA), artificial intelligence (AI), reinforcement training from human feedback, natural language processing (NLP), convolutional neural networks (CNN), recurrent neural networks (RNN)
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-239465
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-17, 2024
Authors: Li, Ye | Zhou, Jingkang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Semi-supervised learning (SSL) aims to reduce reliance on labeled data. Achieving high performance often requires more complex algorithms, therefore, generic SSL algorithms are less effective when it comes to image classification tasks. In this study, we propose ComMatch, a simpler and more effective algorithm that combines negative learning, dynamic thresholding, and predictive stability discriminations into the consistency regularization approach. The introduction of negative learning is to help facilitate training by selecting negative pseudo-labels during stages when the network has low confidence. And ComMatch filters positive and negative pseudo-labels more accurately as training progresses by dynamic thresholds. Since high confidence does …not always mean high accuracy due to network calibration issues, we also introduce network predictive stability, which filters out samples by comparing the standard deviation of the network output with a set threshold, thus largely reducing the influence of noise in the training process. ComMatch significantly outperforms existing algorithms over several datasets, especially when there is less labeled data available. For example, ComMatch achieves 1.82% and 3.6% error rate reduction over FlexMatch and FixMatch on CIFAR-10 with 40 labels respectively. And with 4000 labeled samples, ComMatch achieves 0.54% and 2.65% lower error rates than FixMatch and MixMatch, respectively. Show more
Keywords: Semi-supervised learning, negative learning, dynamic threshold, predictive stability
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233940
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-12, 2024
Authors: Sun, Haobin | Chen, Bingsan | Zhang, Wenshui | Wei, Songma | Lian, Changwei
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In the process of production, the label on the product provides the basic product information. Due to the complex text contained on the product labels, the high accuracy recognition for online production labels has always been a challenging problem. To address this issue, a more effective method for complex text detection by improving the convolutional recurrent neural network has been proposed to enhance the recognition accuracy of complex text. Firstly, the SE-DenseNet feature extraction network has been introduced for feature extraction, aiming to improve the model’s depth and feature extraction capacity. Then, the Bi-GRU network is utilized to learn and …model the hidden states and spatial features extracted by SE-DenseNet, anticipate preliminary sequence results, reduce model parameters, and improve the model’s calculation performance. Finally, the CTC network is employed for transcription to convert each feature sequence prediction output by Bi-GRU into a label sequence, achieving complex text recognition. Experimental results on the SVT, IIIT-5K, ICDAR2013 public dataset, and a self-built dataset demonstrate that the proposed model achieves superior outcomes on both public and self-built datasets. Remarkably, the model exhibits the highest recognition accuracy of 93.2% on the ICDAR2013 public dataset, demonstrating its potential to support complex text recognition for online production labels. Show more
Keywords: Online production labels, complex text recognition, SE-DenseNet, Bi-GRU
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234748
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-14, 2024
Authors: Lv, Zhangwei
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In the context of China’s cultural and tourism industry, cultural equipment plays a critical role in cultural dissemination, especially in remote areas with harsh road conditions and unique environmental factors. However, the efficiency and stability of manual analysis are significantly challenged by these conditions and the vast yet sparsely collected monitoring data. This study aims to develop a method for extracting valuable information from monitoring data to assess the health status of cultural equipment. We introduce a deep learning-based algorithm that leverages convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to extract local features from multidimensional monitoring indicators and long short-term memory (LSTM) networks …to capture time series features, facilitating the classification of cultural equipment’s health status. The algorithm’s effectiveness is demonstrated through simulation results, highlighting its practicality and applicability in real-world scenarios. This research not only provides a novel approach for cultural equipment health assessment but also contributes significantly to the field by addressing the challenges of data analysis in complex environments, underscoring the importance of technological advancements in preserving cultural heritage. Show more
Keywords: Environmental evaluation, convolutional neural network, long short term memory, health status
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-241607
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: Shamma, Aashitha L. | Vekkot, Susmitha | Gupta, Deepa | Zakariah, Mohammed | Alotaibi, Yousef Ajami
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This paper investigates the potential of COVID-19 detection using cough, breathing, and voice patterns. Speech-based features, such as MFCC, zero crossing rate, spectral centroid, spectral bandwidth, and chroma STFT are extracted from audio recordings and evaluated for their effectiveness in identifying COVID-19 cases from Coswara dataset. The explainable AI SHAP tool is employed which identified MFCC, zero crossing rate, and spectral bandwidth as the most influential features. Data augmentation techniques like random sampling, SMOTE, Tomek, and Edited Nearest Neighbours (ENN), are applied to improve the performance of various machine learning models used viz. Naive Bayes, K-nearest neighbours, support vector machines, …XGBoost, and Random Forest. Selecting the top 20 features achieves an accuracy of 73%, a precision of 74%, a recall of 94%, and an F1-score of 83% using the Random Forest model with the Tomek sampling technique. These findings demonstrate that a carefully selected subset of features can achieve comparable performance to the entire feature set while maintaining a high recall rate. The success of the Tomek undersampling technique highlights the ability of model to handle sparse clinical data and predict COVID-19 and associated diseases using speech-based features. Show more
Keywords: Covid-19, MFCC, spectral bandwidth, zero crossing rate, SHAP tool, Tomek
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219387
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-14, 2024
Authors: Zou, Chao | Zhu, Jiwei | Cao, Jiawei | Wang, Xin | Mei, Zhenyu | Zhou, Kui
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Prefabricated buildings (PBs) are a new type of building construction, which are less time-consuming and cause low environmental pollution and resource consumption. They play an important role in industrialized construction and clean production and have gained worldwide attention. However, the high construction costs have become a major obstacle to their popularity and application. This study investigates the factors influencing construction costs of PBs in China using a systematic literature review (SLR), fuzzy interpretive structure modeling (fuzzy ISM), and the Matrice d’Impacts croises-multiplication appliqué an classment (MICMAC) technique. First, 32 influencing factors were identified from the SLR. Second, out of which …16 critical factors were selected and mapped in a hierarchical model through semi-structured interview screening, and the MICMAC technique was used to classify the cost-influencing factors of PBs into different categories. The results revealed that all identified factors played pivotal roles in various capacities and influenced the cost of PB construction. This study may assist administrators and policymakers in better understanding the factors that influence the costs of PBs construction to manage and reduce them. Show more
Keywords: Prefabricated buildings, construction costs, critical factors, fuzzy ISM, MICMAC technique
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-240206
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-17, 2024
Authors: Ding, Zongchao
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The networks have achieved good results by using sparse connections, weight sharing, pooling, and establishing their own localized receptive fields. This work aims to improve the Space Invariant Artificial Neural Network approach and raise its recognition accuracy and convergence rate. Incorporating the continuous neural architecture into the Space Invariant Artificial Neural Network is the first step toward simultaneously learning the deep features of an image. Second, the skip convolution layer of ResNet serves as the foundation for developing a new residual module named QuickCut3-ResNet. A dual evaluation model is then developed to achieve the combined evaluation of the convolutional and …complete connection process. Ultimately, the best network parameters of the Space Invariant Artificial Neural Network are determined after simulation experiments are used to examine the impact of various network parameters on the network performance. Results from experiments demonstrate that the Space Invariant Artificial Neural Network technique described in this research can learn the image’s varied characteristics, which enhances the Space Invariant Artificial Neural Network’s capacity to recognize images and extract features accurately. Show more
Keywords: Artificial intelligence, big data, space invariant artificial neural network, image recognition, QuickCut3-ResNet
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-239538
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-14, 2024
Authors: Wang, Zhimin | Li, Boquan
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This paper introduces an expert system to decision-making. The expert system is linguistic summarization combined with prioritized operators. In the practical decision-making problems, the information of attributes is linguistic type and needs to be converted into numerical type. The validity of the linguistic summarization is recorded as the attribute value. We discuss how to calculate the validity of the linguistic summarization, and present three prioritized operators. Then the three prioritized operators are used to aggregate the attribute values. Finally, a practical example is given. In addition, we conduct a comparative analysis between the expert system method and another multi-attribute decision-making …method by using a measure of specificity, and conclude that the expert system method is better. Show more
Keywords: Expert system, decision-making, linguistic summarization, prioritized operators, comparative analysis
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238556
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: Lv, Fangxing | Liu, Wenfeng | Yang, Yuzhen | Gao, Yaling | Bao, Longqing
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The automatic generation of natural language is a complex and essential task in text processing. This study proposes a novel approach to address this fundamental problem by leveraging an improved version of DST_BERT, a model that converts input text into a vector representation. Our key contribution lies in the joint optimization of two models, NLU (Natural Language Under-standing) and NLG (Natural Language Generation), which enables us to obtain variable representations within a hidden space. This integration enhances the capabilities of both NLU and NLG in generating coherent and contextually appropriate language. The NLU and NLG …models are seamlessly integrated with the hidden variable space, forming a generative representation model. To assess the effectiveness of our proposed approach, we conducted extensive experiments on the E2E and Weather datasets. The results highlight the state-of-the-art performance achieved by our model in generating natural language. Show more
Keywords: Natural language generation, natural language understanding, text summarization
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232981
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-9, 2024
Authors: Yang, Fan | Zhou, Qing | Su, Renbin | Xiong, Weihong
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Molecular graph representation learning has been widely applied in various domains such as drug design. It leverages deep learning techniques to transform molecular graphs into numerical vectors. Graph Transformer architecture is commonly used for molecular graph representation learning. Nevertheless, existing methods based on the Graph Transformer fail to fully exploit the topological structural information of the molecular graphs, leading to information loss for molecular representation. To solve this problem, we propose a novel molecular graph representation learning method called MTS-Net (Molecular Topological Structure-Network), which combines both global and local topological structure of a molecule. In global topological representation, the molecule …graph is first transformed into a tree structure and then encoded by employing a hash algorithm for tree. In local topological representation, paths between atom pairs are transcoded and incorporated into the calculation of the Transformer attention coefficients. Moreover, MTS-Net has intuitive interpretability for identifying key structures within molecules. Experiments on eight molecular property prediction datasets show that MTS-Net achieves optimal results in three out of five classification tasks, the average accuracy is 0.85, and all three regression tasks. Show more
Keywords: Molecular representation, graph structure, graph transformer, property prediction
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236788
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-12, 2024
Authors: Veeraiah, D. | Sai Kumar, S. | Ganiya, Rajendra Kumar | Rao, Katta Subba | Nageswara Rao, J. | Manjith, Ramaswamy | Rajaram, A.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Medical image fusion plays a crucial role in accurate medical diagnostics by combining images from various modalities. To address this need, we propose an AI model for efficient medical image fusion using multiple modalities. Our approach utilizes a Siamese convolutional neural network to construct a weight map based on pixel movement information extracted from multimodality medical images. We leverage medical picture pyramids to incorporate multiscale techniques, enhancing reliability beyond human visual intuition. Additionally, we dynamically adjust the fusion mode based on local comparisons of deconstructed coefficients. Evaluation metrics including F1-score, recall, accuracy, and precision are computed to assess performance, yielding …impressive results: an F1-score of 0.8551 and a mutual information (MI) value of 2.8059. Experimental results demonstrate the superiority of our method, achieving a remarkable 99.61% accuracy in targeted experiments. Moreover, the Structural Similarity Index (SSIM) of our approach is 0.8551. Compared to state-of-the-art approaches, our model excels in medical picture classification, providing accurate diagnosis through high-quality fused images. This research advances medical image fusion techniques, offering a robust solution for precise medical diagnostics across various modalities. Show more
Keywords: Multimodal medical image fusion, image classification, siamese CNN, LSTM, genetic algorithm
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-240018
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: Huang, Rongbing | Hanif, Muhammad Farhan | Aleem, Aqsa | Siddiqui, Muhammad Kamran | Hanif, Muhammad Faisal | Hussain, Mazhar
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The triangular γ-graphyne structure is highlighted in particular, as it is a new configuration with possible applications in medicine. We shed light on this structure’s special qualities and potential uses in healthcare by computing several topological indices linked to it through computational research. Furthermore, we use Shannon’s entropy measure to express the information content of the connection-based topological indices in tandem. This method offers a thorough comprehension of the intricate features and structural properties of the triangular γ-graphyne structure. A logarithmic regression model is built to establish a quantifiable relationship between the computed indices and entropy. The SPSS program was …used in the development of this model, allowing for a thorough examination of the relationship between structural features and informational entropy. A regression model based on triangular graphyne topological indices is used as a predictive tool for entropy estimation. Show more
Keywords: Connection number (CN), triangular γ-graphyne, line graph, logarithmic regression model, Shannon entropy
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-240356
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: Wang, Ke | Gu, Tianrui | Du, Xiaoye
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: With the rapid economic development and increasingly serious environmental problems, many regions have launched green credit policies. Green credit can reduce the loan interest rate of the environmental protection industry and lower the financing threshold. Traditional risk prediction methods cannot comprehensively evaluate the green credit risk of the enterprise based on the degree of green environmental protection and the industry environment in which the enterprise is located, resulting in the inconsistency between the credit financial risk prediction and the actual results, which increases the bank credit risk. In order to strengthen the management level of green credit and reduce the …probability of non-performing loans, a scientific risk assessment method was constructed by using a combination of automatic encoding network and bidirectional long short-term memory neural network model to predict the financial risks of green credit, driven by multi-modal data. Through the study of multimodal data, this paper took green credit financial risk as the research object, aggregated the information of various enterprises to improve the bank’s capital utilization rate, and also promoted enterprises to take the initiative to transform into the direction of green environmental protection. Finally, the experiment proved that multimodal data fusion model was more superior than random forest in risk prediction, reducing the bank’s non-performing loan rate by 3.1% and improving the bank’s risk control level. Show more
Keywords: Financial risk, green credit, risk prediction, multimodal data
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237691
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Wang, Hengyou | Ke, Rongji | Jiang, Xiang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Due to its remarkable performance, the convolutional neural network (CNN) has gained widespread usage in image inpainting challenges. However, most of these CNN-based methods reconstruct images only in the spatial domain, which produces satisfactory outcomes for small-region inpainting tasks, but blurs the details and generates incomplete structures for large-region inpainting tasks with complex backgrounds. In this paper, we address the issue of large-region inpainting tasks by our novel Adaptive Fourier Neural Network . Specifically, in our network, a Fourier-based global receptive field module is introduced to incorporate frequency information and expand the receptive field by transforming local convolutions into …global convolutions, enabling the proposed network to transmit global information to the missing region. Furthermore, to better fuse spatial and frequency features, an attention-based joint space-frequency module is proposed to combine spatial and frequency information. Finally, to validate the effectiveness and robustness of our proposed method, we conduct qualitative and quantitative experiments on two popular datasets Paris StreetView and Places. The experimental results demonstrate that our proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art methods by generating sharper, more coherent, and visually plausible inpainting results. Code will be released after this work published: https://github.com/langka9/AFNN.git . Show more
Keywords: Large-region image inpainting, Fourier-based global receptive field, frequency domain, Fourier Neural Network
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-239513
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: Ruby Elizabeth, J. | Kesavaraja, D. | Ebenezer Juliet, S.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The retinal illness that causes vision loss frequently on the globe is glaucoma. Hence, the earlier detection of Glaucoma is important. In this article, modified AlexNet deep leaning model is proposed to category the source retinal images into either healthy or Glaucoma through the detection and segmentations of optic disc (OD) and optic cup (OC) regions in retinal pictures. The retinal images are preprocessed and OD region is detected and segmented using circulatory filter. Further, OC regions are detected and segmented using K-means classification algorithm. Then, the segmented OD and OC region are classified and trained by the suggested AlexNet …deep leaning model. This model classifies the source retinal image into either healthy or Glaucoma. Finally, performance measures have been estimated in relation to ground truth pictures in regards to accuracy, specificity and sensitivity. These performance measures are contrasted with the other previous Glaucoma detection techniques on publicly accessible retinal image datasets HRF and RIGA. The suggested technique as described in this work achieves 91.6% GDR for mild case and also achieves 100% GDR for severe case on HRF dataset. The suggested method as described in this work achieves 97.7% GDR for mild case and also achieves 100% GDR for severe case on RIGA dataset. AIM: Segmenting the OD and OC areas and classifying the source retinal picture as either healthy or glaucoma-affected. METHODS: The retinal images are preprocessed and OD region is detected and segmented using circulatory filter. Further, OC region is detected and segmented using K-means classification algorithm. Then, the segmented OD and OC region classified are and trained by the suggested AlexNet deep leaning model. RESULTS: The suggested method as described in this work achieves 91.6% GDR for mild case and also achieves 100% GDR for severe case on HRF dataset. The suggested method as described in this work achieves 97.7% GDR for mild case and also achieves 100% GDR for severe case on RIGA dataset. CONCLUSION: This article proposes the modified AlexNet deep learning models for the detections of Glaucoma utilizing retinal images. The OD region is detected using circulatory filter and OC region is detected using k-means classification algorithm. The detected OD and OC regions are utilized to classify the retinal images into either healthy or Glaucoma using the suggested AlexNet model. The proposed method obtains 100% Sey, 93.7% Spy and 96.6% CA on HRF dataset retinal images. The proposed AlexNet method obtains 97.7% Sey, 98% Spy and 97.8% CA on RIGA dataset retinal images. The proposed method stated in this article achieves 91.6% GDR for mild case and also achieves 100% GDR for severe case on HRF dataset. The suggested method as described in this work achieves 97.7% GDR for mild case and also achieves 100% GDR for severe case on RIGA dataset. Show more
Keywords: Retina, deep learning, OD, OC, AlexNet
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234131
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-12, 2024
Authors: Liu, Kai | Wang, Mingyi
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: China has emerged as one of the nations with the worst air pollution in recent years. The severe air pollution has caused a large number of population migration and also caused serious economic problems. Since the concentration of air pollutants can change quickly in a short amount of time, the study first tracked PM2.5 , PM10 , NO2 , CO, SO2 , and O3 as targets before using the particle swarm optimization algorithm to improve the PIO algorithm, which is based on the traditional pigeon swarm algorithm. To estimate the concentration of air pollutants, combine the wavelet packet decomposition …technique, MDS visualization method, and k-means algorithm. Then, apply the enhanced PIO algorithm to optimize the ELM algorithm. Finally, a new type of decomposition-optimization-clustering-integration hybrid learning model, namely DOCIAPC model, is constructed. The experimental findings indicate that, when predicting the concentration of various air pollutants, the DOCIAPC model’s average direction prediction accuracy is 90.37% . In conclusion, the model suggested in the study has excellent performance and applicability, and it can accurately predict the concentration of air pollutants, help the government take action to reduce air pollution, balance the environment and economy, as well as the allocation of labor and its resources in the city. Show more
Keywords: Air pollution, wavelet packet decomposition, pigeon group algorithm, K-means algorithm, MDS, labor force
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235902
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-12, 2024
Authors: Wang, Lu
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In this technology world, education is also becoming one of the basic necessities of human life like food, shelter, and clothes. Even in day-to-day daily activities, the world is moving toward an automated process using technology developments. Some of the technology developments in day-to-day life activities are smartphone, internet activities, and home and office appliances. To cope with these advanced technologies, the persons must have basic educational qualification to understand and operate those appliances easily. Apart from this, the education helps the person to develop their personal growth in both knowledge and wealth. With the development of technologies, different Artificial …Intelligence techniques have been applied on the datasets to analyze these factors and enhance the teaching method. But the current techniques were applied to one or two data models that analyze either their educational performance or demographic variable. But these models were not sufficient for analyzing all the factors that affects the education. To overcome this, a single optimized machine-learning approach is proposed in this paper to analyze the factors that affect the education. This analysis helps the faculty to enhance their teaching methodology and understand the student’s mentality toward education. The proposed Hybrid Cuckoo search-particle swarm optimization was implemented on three datasets to determine the factors that affect the education. These optimal factors are determined by identifying their relations to the final results of an individual person. All these optimal factors are combined and grades are grouped to analyze the proposed optimization process performance using regression neural network. The proposed optimization-based neural network was tested on three data models and its performance analysis showed that the proposed model can achieve higher accuracy of 99% that affects the individual education. This shows that the proposed model can help the faculty to enhance their attention to the students individually. Show more
Keywords: Education, demographic factors, optimization, hybrid, cuckoo search optimization, particle swarm, regression neural network
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234021
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Ramasamy, Uma | Santhoshkumar, Sundar
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In the expansive domain of data-driven research, the curse of dimensionality poses challenges such as increased computational complexity, noise sensitivity, and the risk of overfitting models. Dimensionality reduction is vital to handle high-dimensional datasets effectively. The pilot study disease dataset (PSD) with 53 features contains patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Osteoarthritis (OA). Our work aims to reduce the dimension of the features in the PSD dataset, identify a suitable feature selection technique for the reduced-dimensional dataset, analyze an appropriate Machine Learning (ML) model, select significant features to predict the RA and OA disease and reveal significant features that predict …the arthritis disease. The proposed study, Progressive Feature Reduction with Varied Missing Data (PFRVMD), was employed to reduce the dimension of features by using PCA loading scores in the random value imputed PSD dataset. Subsequently, notable feature selection methods, such as backward feature selection, the Boruta algorithm, the extra tree classifier, and forward feature selection, were implemented on the reduced-dimensional feature set. The significant features/biomarkers are obtained from the best feature selection technique. ML models such as the K-Nearest Neighbour Classifier (KNNC), Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA), Logistic Regression (LR), Naïve Bayes Classifier (NBC), Random Forest Classifier (RFC) and Support Vector Classifier (SVC) are used to determine the best feature selection method. The results indicated that the Extra Tree Classifier (ETC) is the promising feature selection method for the PSD dataset because the significant features obtained from ETC depicted the highest accuracy on SVC. Show more
Keywords: Autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, feature reduction, feature selection, machine learning algorithms
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231537
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: Elsabagh, M.A. | Emam, O.E. | Medhat, T. | Gafar, M.G.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: By anticipating system defect-prone units, software-developing businesses aim to increase the quality of software. Despite the development of numerous Data Mining (DM) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in the Software Defect Prediction (SDP) field, dealing with the uncertainty of datasets persists due to noise, data distribution, class overlapping, proposed model parameters, and old data. This uncertainty issue has a negative impact on the accuracy of software defect prediction. To overcome this limitation, a model-based hybridization of Ant Colony Optimization-inspired Fuzzy Rough Feature Selection (FRAC) followed by adapting the parameters of Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) with a novel algorithm called …Turbulent Flow of Water Optimization (TFWO) is recommended. The proposed model (FRAC+TFWANFIS) performed better than contemporary literature and other optimization algorithms in SDP, such as Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), Differential Evolution (DE), ANFIS, Grey Wolf Optimization (GWO), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), and Genetic Algorithm (GA). Also, the performance of the proposed model is superior to that of other conventional classification techniques such as Naïve Bayes (NB), Logistic Regression (LR), Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Fuzzy Rough Nearest Neighbor (FRNN), Fuzzy Nearest Neighbor (FNN), Bagging, C4.5, Random Forest (RF), and K-Nearest Neighbor (K-NN). Two datasets, PC3 and PC4, with large dimensions from the OPENML platform are used. The experiments are applied with regard to accuracy, Standard Deviation (SD), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Mean Square Error (MSE), and other measurement metrics. The uncertainty issue is addressed by the (FRAC+TFWANFIS) model with accuracy 90.8% and 91.1% for PC3 and PC4, respectively. Show more
Keywords: Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS), Turbulent Flow of Water Optimization Algorithm, Software Defect Prediction (SDP), Recent and Conventional Optimization Algorithms, Uncertainty of SDP.
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234415
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-21, 2024
Authors: Sun, Yilin | Li, Shufan
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Contemporary art design not only pursues the quality of the work itself, but also pays attention to the sensory aspects of people’s needs for art design. Traditional art design methods can be limited by time, space and other objective conditions, and often fail to achieve the designer’s expected effect, and visitors’ experience is not strong. The usage of multimedia technology in art and design can enrich its expression and enhance visitors’ experience. In order to increase the sense of interaction between the platform and users, multimedia technology is incorporated into the interactive art design platform generated by VR technology in …this paper. This article combines multimedia technology with interactive technology to construct an interactive platform for art and design, and applies it to the display of Dunhuang murals. Through the analysis of user experience feedback, the effectiveness of art and design display and interaction is verified. Display and interact with Dunhuang murals as interactive platform applications. This test is to extract women’s clothing colors from the same tradition in different times in the color extraction exploration module of the interactive platform, so as to provide accurate information for displaying women’s clothing color changes and comparing interactions. The findings show that the platform is capable of extracting and recognizing the color characteristics of the murals, accurately identifying user signals, and noticing 3D modeling of images via VR technology. This capability provides solid technical and data support for the platform’s interaction module. The interaction design, platform functionality, and layout can support the majority of users in terms of cognition, perception, and interaction, pique their interest, and enhance their experience, according to evaluation of trial user information. The interaction ends abruptly, according to a small percentage of users, and they had a bad experience overall. Show more
Keywords: Multimedia technology, art and design, interactive, platform building
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238001
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-14, 2024
Authors: Sheik Faritha Begum, S. | Suresh Anand, M. | Pramila, P.V. | Indra, J. | Samson Isaac, J. | Alagappan, Chockalingam | Gopala Gupta, Amara S.A.L.G. | Srivastava, Suraj | Vidhya, R.G.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Thyroid tumours are a common form of cancer, and accurate classification of their type is crucial for effective treatment planning. This research presents a hybrid approach for the classification of thyroid tumours based on their type. The proposed approach combines the use of advanced machine learning techniques with a comprehensive database of thyroid tumour samples. The database includes various features such as tumour size, shape, and texture, as well as patient-specific information. The hybrid approach aims to optimize the classification process by leveraging the diverse set of features and utilizing the power of machine learning algorithms. By harnessing the power …of machine learning algorithms, this approach has the potential to revolutionize the field of thyroid tumour classification and significantly improve patient outcomes. The optimization strategy is Particle Swarm Optimization, refining the classification performance and ensuring optimal accuracy in identifying and categorizing four types of thyroid tumours. The utilization of advanced diagnostic tools and state-of-the-art Random forest classifier techniques in this approach marks a significant advancement in the field of thyroid tumour classification. Through the augmentation of the dataset and the pre-processing techniques employed, the hybrid classification system demonstrates enhanced accuracy and reliability in distinguishing between different types of thyroid tumours. This innovative approach not only provides a more comprehensive understanding of thyroid tumours but also paves the way for personalized and effective treatment strategies, ultimately improving patient care and outcomes. Show more
Keywords: Machine learning, thyroid tumours, Particle Swarm Optimization, Random Forest classifier, innovative approach
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-239804
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-12, 2024
Authors: Hou, Junjian | Zhang, Bingyu | Zhong, Yudong | Zhao, Dengfeng | He, Wenbin | Zhou, Fang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Online monitoring of cutting tools wear is an important component of advanced manufacturing technology, which can greatly improve the processing efficiency and reduce the production cost. In this paper, a cutting tools wear state prediction method based on acoustic imaging recognition is developed. By applying the advantages of the functional generalized inverse beamforming method in the sound field reconstruction, the acoustic signal is used as the carrier to reconstruct the three-dimensional space radiated sound field. And then, slice the reconstructed sound field image and input it into the convolutional neural network model as a sample, to process and classify the …image and mines the feature information related to state from the sound field image. By incorporating amplitude and phase information of the sound field, the presented method utilizes spatial domain mapping to accurately identify the noise source and address challenges such as low recognition rate and difficult diagnosis under weak fault conditions. Furthermore, the paper also demonstrates the recognition of sound field states through a fault experiment in sound box simulation, based on these theories. And the recognition of sound field states is achieved through a simulation fault experiment conducted on the sound box, thereby validating the feasibility of the state monitoring method based on pattern recognition of sound and image. Finally, the experimental object is selected as the four-edge carbide milling cutter, and the cutting tools wear state is monitored by integrating sound field reconstruction techniques with convolution feature extraction methods to validate the robustness of the proposed approach. Show more
Keywords: Functional generalized inverse beamforming, convolutional neural network, sound field reconstruction, state detection, acoustic imaging technology
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238755
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-19, 2024
Authors: Zhang, Jianwei | Chen, Lei | Hou, Ge | Huang, Jinlin | Wang, Yong
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Health assessment is one of the important theoretical bases for deciding whether the diversion tunnel can operate safely and stably. A project of the TBM diversion tunnel is taken as the research object to ensure the normal operation of the diversion tunnel. Based on measured data and considering multiple safety aspects such as structural response, durability, and external factors of the diversion tunnel, a TBM diversion tunnel structural health evaluation index system is established. A new method for the TBM diversion tunnel structural health comprehensive evaluation based on Analytic Hierarchy Process-Matter Element Extension-Variable Weight Theory (AMV) is proposed to explore …the impact of AMV fluctuation with the measured results of the indicators on the weight, closeness, and health grade of each evaluation index. The high sensitivity and high-risk evaluation indicators for the structural health of the diversion tunnels are identified. It is found that the variable weight varies with the changes in various indicator values, which can accurately evaluate the health status of tunnels in real-time. The characteristic values of the tunnel grade calculated by the AHP and the AMV are 1.589 and 1.695, respectively. The results of the corresponding interval diversion tunnel are the basic safety state of grade B. Except for the two evaluation indicators of concrete strength and slurry properties, the variable weight values and grade characteristic values of other evaluation indicators increase with the increase of indicator values. The four indicators of segment settlement, segment opening, segment misalignment, and segment cracks are more sensitive to the health of the TBM diversion tunnel. This AMV can accurately evaluate the health status of the diversion tunnel structure. The research results can provide references for later maintenance work and similar projects. Show more
Keywords: Diversion tunnel, Health evaluation, AMV, AHP, susceptibility
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-239155
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-14, 2024
Authors: Li, Yuerong | Zhang, Yuhua | Che, Jinxing
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Accurate prediction of short-term electricity price is the key to obtain economic benefit and also an important index of power system planning and management. Support vector regression (SVR) based ensemble works have gained remarkable achievements in terms of high accuracy and steady performance, but they are highly dependent on data representativeness and have a high computational complexity O (k * N 3 ) of data samples and parameter selection. To further improve the data representativeness and reduce its computational complexity, this paper develops a new approach to forecast electricity price via optimal weighted ensemble. In the model, the cluster-based subsampling …algorithm is proposed to categorize the inputs being seasonally decomposed into several groups, and representative data are drawn from each group in a certain proportion to ensure that each subset trained with SVR has the same representativeness and features. Moreover, the optimal weighted combination method is presented to assign weights to the sub-SVRs to obtain the optimal support vector regression ensemble model (OWSSVRE). The experimental results show that the improved support vector regression ensemble model with the same features and representativeness of the subset has better performance in electricity price forecasting. As a result, it is suitable to support decision making in the energy and other sectors. Show more
Keywords: Electricity price forecasting, support vector regression, K-means clustering, optimal weight, subsampling
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236239
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-16, 2024
Authors: Thenmozhi, R. | Sakthivel, P. | Kulothungan, K.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The Internet of Things and Quantum Computing raise concerns, as Quantum IoT defines security that exploits quantum security management in IoT. The security of IoT is a significant concern for ensuring secure communications that must be appropriately protected to address key distribution challenges and ensure high security during data transmission. Therefore, in the critical context of IoT environments, secure data aggregation can provide access privileges for accessing network services. "Most data aggregation schemes achieve high computational efficiency; however, the cryptography mechanism faces challenges in finding a solution for the expected security desecration, especially with the advent of quantum computers utilizing …public-key cryptosystems despite these limitations. In this paper, the Secure Data Aggregation using Quantum Key Management scheme, named SDA-QKM, employs public-key encryption to enhance the security level of data aggregation. The proposed system introduces traceability and stability checks for the keys to detect adversaries during the data aggregation process, providing efficient security and reducing authentication costs. Here the performance has been evaluated by comparing it with existing competing schemes in terms of data aggregation. The results demonstrate that SDA-QKM offers a robust security analysis against various threats, protecting privacy, authentication, and computation efficiency at a lower computational cost and communication overhead than existing systems. Show more
Keywords: Internet of things, security, data aggregation, access control, quantum cryptography
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-223619
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-16, 2024
Authors: Li, Chen | Liu, Na | Xu, Zhenshun | Zheng, Guofeng | Yang, Jie | Dao, Lu
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Medical short text classification is of great significance to medical information extraction and medical auxiliary diagnosis. However, medical short texts face challenges such as sparse features, semantic ambiguity, and the specialized nature of the medical field, resulting in relatively low accuracy in short text classification. Taking into consideration the characteristics of medical short texts, this paper proposes a Chinese medical short text classification model based on DPECNN. First, ERNIE is utilized to learn text knowledge and information in order to enhance the model’s semantic representation capabilities. Then, the DPECNN model is employed to extract rich feature information, and the classification …results are generated through a fully connected layer. In the case of DPCNN, it only considers deep-level contextual semantic information, overlooking the correlation of adjacent semantic information between channels. To address this, ECA channel attention is introduced to account for adjacent semantic information. The use of a self-normalizing activation function helps avoid the problem of vanishing gradients. To enhance the model’s robustness and generalization ability, the FGM adversarial training algorithm is employed to perturb the data. The F1 values achieved on the THUCNews, KUAKE-QIC, and CHIP-CTC datasets are 95.00%, 79.45%, and 82.81%, respectively. Show more
Keywords: Medical text mining, Chinese short text classification, ERNIE, DPECNN, confrontation training
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-239006
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Du, Rong | Cheng, Yan
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This research paper highlights the significance of vehicle detection in aerial images for surveillance systems, focusing on deep learning methods that outperform traditional approaches. However, the challenge of high computation complexity due to diverse vehicle appearances persists. The motivation behind this study is to highlight the crucial role of vehicle detection in aerial images for surveillance systems, emphasizing the superior performance of deep learning methods compared to traditional approaches. To address this, a lightweight deep neural network-based model is developed, striking a balance between accuracy and efficiency enabling real-time operation. The model is trained and evaluated on a standardized dataset, …with extensive experiments demonstrating its ability to achieve accurate vehicle detection with significantly reduced computation costs, offering a practical solution for real-world aerial surveillance scenarios. Show more
Keywords: Aerial images, vehicle detection, surveillance system, deep learning, real-time processing
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236059
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-13, 2024
Authors: Pavithra, R. | Ramachandran, Prakash
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The Hilbert spectrum images of intrinsic mode functions (IMF) of empirical mode decomposition (EMD) analysis and variational mode decomposition (VMD) analysis of faulty machine vibration signals are used in deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) for machine fault classification in which the DCNN automatically learns the features from spectral images using convolution layer. Though both EMD and VMD analysis suit well for non-stationary signal analysis, VMD has the merit of aliasing free IMFs. In this paper, the performance improvement of DCNN classification for a non-stationary vibration signal dataset using VMD is brought out. The numerical experiment uses the Hilbert spectrum images …of 4 EMD-IMFs and 4 VMD-IMFs in DCNN to classify 10 different faults of the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) bearing dataset. The confusion matrices are obtained and the plot of model accuracies in terms of epochs for the DCNN is analysed. It is shown that the spectrum images of one of the four EMD-IMFs, IMF0 , give a validation accuracy of 100% and in the case of VMD the spectrum images of two of the four VMD-IMFs, IMF0 , and IMF1 give a validation accuracy of 100%. This reveals that non-aliasing IMFs of VMD are better at classifying bearing faults. Further to bring out the merits of VMD analysis for non-stationary signals the numerical experiment is conducted using VMD analysis for binary fault classification of the milling dataset which is more non-stationary than the bearing dataset which is proved by plotting the statistical parameters of both datasets against time. It is found that the DCNN classification is 100% accurate for IMF3 of VMD analysis which is much better than the 81% accuracy provided by EMD analysis as per existing literature. The performance comparison highlights the merits of VMD analysis over EMD analysis and other state-of-the-art methods and ensemble learning methods. Show more
Keywords: Deep convolution neural network, empirical mode decomposition, hilbert transform, intrinsic mode function, variational mode decomposition, ensemble learning
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237546
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-19, 2024
Authors: Nawshin, Sabila | Islam, Salekul | Shatabda, Swakkhar
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Software Defined Networking (SDN) proposes a centralized network paradigm where a central controller manages the network. While this centralizes scheme opens up previously unachievable opportunities, it also makes the network more susceptible to a varying range of cyber threats. The development of effective Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) designed for the SDN topology is a critical need to address the different vulnerabilities SDN faces. Towards that purpose, the inSDN dataset was specifically curated for intrusion detection in SDN with various attack scenarios unique to the SDN topology. This study leveraged the inSDN dataset to introduce an innovative Intrusion Detection …System (IDS) model that amalgamates Principal Component Analysis (PCA), a dimensionality reduction technique widely employed in traditional Machine Learning (ML) to extract the principal features of the dataset and couples it with Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) to classify network traffic based on the extracted features. The proposed model attains an exceptional accuracy rate of 99.95% for multi-class classification and demonstrate that it surpasses the current state-of-the-art techniques while operating within a much simpler framework. This significantly diminishes the necessity for complex models that demand extensive computational resources when dealing with the inSDN attack dataset. The analysis of the dataset carried out in this study also provides insights into the redundancy present in the dataset and identifies the core features that contains most of the information in the dataset. Show more
Keywords: Software Defined Networking (SDN), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Principle Component Analysis (PCA), Artificial Neural Network (ANN)
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236340
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-18, 2024
Authors: Alqaissi, Eman | Alotaibi, Fahd | Ramzan, Muhammad Sher | Algarni, Abdulmohsen
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The influenza virus can spread easily, causing significant public health concern. Despite the existence of different techniques for rapid detection and prevention of influenza, their efficiency varies significantly. Additionally, there is currently a lack of a comprehensive, interoperable, and reusable real-time model for detecting influenza infection and predicting relationships within the field of influenza analysis. This study proposed a comprehensive, real-time model for rapid and early influenza detection using symptoms. Further, new relationships in the influenza field were discovered. Multiple data sources were used for the influenza knowledge graph (KG). Throughout this study, various graph algorithms were utilized to extract …significant nodes and relationship features and multiple influenza detection machine learning (ML) models were compared. Node classification and link prediction methods were employed on a multi-layer perceptron (MLP) model. Furthermore, the hyperparameters of the model were automatically tuned. The proposed MLP model demonstrated the lowest rate of loss and the highest specificity, accuracy, recall, precision, and F1-score compared to state-of-the-art ML models. Moreover, the Matthews correlation coefficient was promising. This study shows that graph data science can improve MLP model detection and assist in discovering hidden connections in influenza KG. Show more
Keywords: Influenza detection, knowledge graph, graph multi-layer perceptron model, graph algorithms, automatic tuning, real-time analysis
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233381
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-22, 2024
Authors: Kumar, Geethu S. | Ankayarkanni, B.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Facial Emotion Recognition (FER) is a powerful tool for gaining insights into human behaviour and well-being by precisely quantifying a wide range of emotions especially stress, through the analysis of facial images. Detecting stress using FER entails meticulously examining subtle facial cues, such as changes in eye movements, brow furrowing, lip tightening, and muscle contractions. To assure effectiveness and real-time processing, FER approaches based on deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques was created using edge modules. This research introduces a novel approach for identifying stress, leveraging the Conv-XGBoost Algorithm to analyse facial emotions. The proposed model sustain rigorous evaluation …techniques, for employing key metrics examination such as the F1 score, validation accuracy, precision, and recall rate to assess its real-world reliability and robustness. This comprehensive analysis and validation proved the model’s practical utility in facial analysis. Integrating the Conv-XGBoost Algorithm with facial emotion analysis represents a promising and highly accurate solution for efficient stress detection. The method surpasses existing literature and demonstrate significant potential for practical applications based on well-validated data. Show more
Keywords: Stress, emotion recognition, Conv-XGBoost, deep learning, facial expression
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237820
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: Martínez Felipe, Miguel de JesÚs | Martínez Castro, JesÚs Alberto | Montiel Pérez, JesÚs Yaljá | Chaparro Amaro, Oscar Roberto
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In this work, the image block matching based on dissimilarity measure is investigated. Moreover, an unsupervised approach is implemented to yield that the algorithms have low complexity (in numbers of operations) compared to the full search algorithm. The state-of-the-art experiments only use discrete cosine transform as a domain transform. In addition, some images were tested to evaluate the algorithms. However, these images were not evaluated according to specific characteristics. So, in this paper, an improved version is presented to tackle the problem of dissimilarity measure in block matching with a noisy environment, using another’s domain transforms or low-pass filters to …obtain a better result in block matching implementing a quantitive measure with an average accuracy margin of ± 0.05 is obtained. The theoretical analysis indicates that the complexity of these algorithms is still accurate, so implementing Hadamard spectral coefficients and Fourier filters can easily be adjusted to obtain a better accuracy of the matched block group. Show more
Keywords: Block matching, Walsh-Hadamard discrete transform, Fourier filter, dissimilarity measure, unsupervised machine learning
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219341
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-11, 2024
Authors: Ensastegui-Ortega, Maria Elena | Batyrshin, Ildar | Cárdenas–Perez, Mario Fernando | Kubysheva, Nailya | Gelbukh, Alexander
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In today’s data-rich era, there is a growing need for developing effective similarity and dissimilarity measures to compare vast datasets. It is desirable that these measures reflect the intrinsic structure of the domain of these measures. Recently, it was shown that the space of finite probability distributions has a symmetric structure generated by involutive negation mapping probability distributions into their “opposite” probability distributions and back, such that the correlation between opposite distributions equals –1. An important property of similarity and dissimilarity functions reflecting such symmetry of probability distribution space is the co-symmetry of these functions when the similarity between probability …distributions is equal to the similarity between their opposite distributions. This article delves into the analysis of five well-known dissimilarity functions, used for creating new co-symmetric dissimilarity functions. To conduct this study, a random dataset of one thousand probability distributions is employed. From these distributions, dissimilarity matrices are generated that are used to determine correlations similarity between different dissimilarity functions. The hierarchical clustering is applied to better understand the relationships between the studied dissimilarity functions. This methodology aims to identify and assess the dissimilarity functions that best match the characteristics of the studied probability distribution space, enhancing our understanding of data relationships and patterns. The study of these new measures offers a valuable perspective for analyzing and interpreting complex data, with the potential to make a significant impact in various fields and applications. Show more
Keywords: Dissimilarity function, co-symmetry, correlation, probability distribution, negation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219363
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-10, 2024
Authors: Xu, Zhigang | Li, Yugen
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Construction site environment helmet detection is of great significance for protecting workers’ lives and realizing the automation of safety management. Aiming at the current object detection methods for the complex construction site environment in the small-scale helmet object detection ability is insufficient. This paper proposes a construction site environment helmet detection method based on multi-scale context and attention fusion. The method is able to aggregate the multi-scale contextual semantics of deep image features through the proposed multi-scale context module and expand the receptive field in order to improve the network’s discriminative learning ability for small-scale helmet objects. Meanwhile, the proposed …attention feature fusion module dynamically fuses features from shallow features and network decoding features to enhance the network’s ability to learn the expression of global feature dependencies and local spatial detail features of helmet objects, and further improve the network’s detection precision of helmet objects. The experimental results show that on the constructed safety helmet wearing dataset, the proposed method in this paper has good detection effect and balanced detection speed compared with the existing mainstream object detection methods. Show more
Keywords: Construction site, helmet detection, CenterNet, multi-scale context, attention feature fusion
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236385
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-12, 2024
Authors: Wei, Tao | Yang, Changchun | Zheng, Yanqi | Zhang, Jingxue
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Recently, Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) using aggregating neighborhood collaborative information have shown effectiveness in recommendation. However, GNNs-based models suffer from over-smoothing and data sparsity problems. Due to its self-supervised nature, contrastive learning has gained considerable attention in the field of recommendation, aiming at alleviating highly sparse data. Graph contrastive learning models are widely used to learn the consistency of representations by constructing different graph augmentation views. Most current graph augmentation with random perturbation destroy the original graph structure information, which mislead embeddings learning. In this paper, an effective graph contrastive learning paradigm CollaGCL is proposed, which constructs graph augmentation by …using singular value decomposition to preserve crucial structure information. CollaGCL enables perturbed views to effectively capture global collaborative information, mitigating the negative impact of graph structural perturbations. To optimize the contrastive learning task, the extracted meta-knowledge was propagate throughout the original graph to learn reliable embedding representations. The self-information learning between views enhances the semantic information of nodes, thus alleviating the problem of over-smoothing. Experimental results on three real-world datasets demonstrate the significant improvement of CollaGCL over state-of-the-art methods. Show more
Keywords: Self-supervised learning, recommendation, contrastive learning, data augmentation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236497
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-14, 2024
Authors: Yang, Dianqing | Wang, Wenliang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote-sensing images have a wide range of applications in wildfire monitoring, providing invaluable data for early detection and effective management. This paper proposes an improved few-shot target detection algorithm tailored specifically for wildfire detection. The quality of UAV remote-sensing images is significantly improved by utilizing image enhancement techniques such as Gamma change and Wiener filter, thereby enhancing the accuracy of the detection model. Additionally, ConvNeXt-ECA is used to focus on valid information within the images, which is an improvement of ConvNeXt with the addition of the ECANet attention mechanism. Furthermore, multi-scale feature fusion is performed by …adding a feature pyramid network (FPN) to optimize the extracted small target features. The experimental results demonstrate that the improved algorithm achieves a detection accuracy of 93.2%, surpassing Faster R-CNN by 6.6%. Moreover, the improved algorithm outperforms other target detection algorithms YOLOv8, RT-DETR, YoloX, and SSD by 3.4%, 6.4%, 7.6% and 21.1% respectively. This highlights its superior recognition accuracy and robustness in wildfire detection tasks. Show more
Keywords: Fire target detection, ConvNeXt-ECA, UAV remote-sensing image, feature pyramid network
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-240531
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-11, 2024
Authors: Singh, Pratibha | Kushwaha, Alok Kumar Singh | Varshney, Neeraj
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Precise video moment retrieval is crucial for enabling users to locate specific moments within a large video corpus. This paper presents Interactive Moment Localization with Multimodal Fusion (IMF-MF), a novel interactive moment localization with multimodal fusion model that leverages the power of self-attention to achieve state-of-the-art performance. IMF-MF effectively integrates query context and multimodal features, including visual and audio information, to accurately localize moments of interest. The model operates in two distinct phases: feature fusion and joint representation learning. The first phase dynamically calculates fusion weights for adapting the combination of multimodal video content, ensuring that the most relevant features …are prioritized. The second phase employs bi-directional attention to tightly couple video and query features into a unified joint representation for moment localization. This joint representation captures long-range dependencies and complex patterns, enabling the model to effectively distinguish between relevant and irrelevant video segments. The effectiveness of IMF-MF is demonstrated through comprehensive evaluations on three benchmark datasets: TVR for closed-world TV episodes and Charades for open-world user-generated videos, DiDeMo dataset, Open-world, diverse video moment retrieval dataset. The empirical results indicate that the proposed approach surpasses existing state-of-the-art methods in terms of retrieval accuracy, as evaluated by metrics like Recall (R1, R5, R10, and R100) and Intersection-of-Union (IoU). The results consistently demonstrate IMF-MF’s superior performance compared to existing state-of-the-art methods, highlighting the benefits of its innovative interactive moment localization approach and the use of self-attention for feature representation and attention modeling. Show more
Keywords: Multimedia data retrieval, query-dependent fusion, ranking system, multimodal retrieval, video segment localization
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233071
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-12, 2024
Authors: Maheswari, M. | Anitha, D. | Sharma, Aditi | Kaur, Kiranpreet | Balamurugan, V. | Garikapati, Bindu | Dineshkumar, R. | Karunakaran, P.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Anomaly detection, a critical aspect of data analysis and cybersecurity, aims to identify unusual patterns that deviate from the expected norm. In this study, we propose a hybrid approach that combines the strengths of Autoencoder neural networks and Multiclass Support Vector Machines (SVM) for robust anomaly detection. The Autoencoder is utilized for feature learning and extraction, capturing intricate patterns in the data, while the Multiclass SVM provides a discriminative classification mechanism to distinguish anomalies from normal patterns. Specifically, the Autoencoder is trained on normal data to acquire a compact and efficient representation of the underlying patterns, with the reconstruction errors …serving as indicative measures of anomalies. Concurrently, a Multiclass SVM is trained to classify instances into multiple classes, including an anomaly class. The anomaly scores from the Autoencoder and the decision function of the Multiclass SVM, along with that of the Random Forest Neural Network (AE-RFNN), are combined, leveraging their complementary strengths. A thresholding mechanism is then employed to classify instances as normal or anomalous based on the combined scores. The performance of the hybrid model is evaluated using standard metrics such as precision, recall, F1-score, and the area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. The proposed hybrid anomaly detection approach demonstrates effectiveness in capturing complex patterns and discerning anomalies across diverse datasets. Additionally, the model offers flexibility for adaptation to evolving data distributions. This study contributes to the advancement of anomaly detection methodologies by presenting a hybrid solution that combines feature learning and discriminative classification for improved accuracy and generalization. Show more
Keywords: Anomaly detection, Autoencoder, Multiclass SVM, feature learning, hybrid model, cybersecurity
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-240028
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-14, 2024
Authors: Ren, Xinyu | Yang, Wanhe | Yang, Hui
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: With the increasing demand for tourism, people’s travel modes are more and more diversified, and the tourism recommendation system also arises at the historical juncture. However, the current recommendation system is only recommended for a single user and does not realize the group travel recommendation. To achieve the goal of recommending its preferred attractions for multiple users, the time decay characteristics and Pearson correlation coefficient in Newton’s cooling law are used to obtain the user similarity with spatial distance factor and temporal decay factor and to obtain the score prediction results based on spatiotemporal fusion. In addition, the trust of …user communication is used to recommend, and the weights of the two scoring results are added to obtain the personalized recommendation results of member users. Finally, the study used the fusion strategy to integrate the personalized recommendation results for group preference and obtained the final group travel recommendation list. Therefore, a group travel recommendation model based on spatio-temporal integration factors was constructed. According to the experimental analysis, we can see that the average HR value of the constructed model is 0.8124, and the average NDCG value is 0.7284, which can accurately judge users’ preferences and get the most suitable group travel recommendation results, thus facilitating users to make the next plan for the tourism project. Show more
Keywords: Group recommendation, spatio-temporal fusion, score prediction, fusion strategy
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-239548
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-12, 2024
Authors: Shehzadi, Maham | Fahmi, Aliya | Abdeljawad, Thabet | Khan, Aziz
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This paper investigates the detailed analysis of linear diophantine fuzzy Aczel-Alsina aggregation operators, enhancing their efficacy and computational efficiency while aggregating fuzzy data by using the fuzzy C-means (FCM) method. The primary goal is to look at the practical uses and theoretical foundations of these operators in the context of fuzzy systems. The aggregation process is optimised using the FCM algorithm, which divides data into clusters iteratively. This reduces computer complexity and enables more dependable aggregation. The mathematical underpinnings of Linear Diophantine Fuzzy Aczel-Alsina aggregation operators are thoroughly examined in this study, along with an explanation of their purpose in …handling imprecise and uncertain data. It also investigates the integration of the FCM method, assessing its impact on simplifying the aggregation procedure, reducing algorithmic complexity, and improving the accuracy of aggregating fuzzy data sets. This work illuminates these operators performance and future directions through extensive computational experiments and empirical analysis. It provides an extensive framework that shows the recommended strategy’s effectiveness and use in a variety of real-world scenarios. We obtain our ultimate outcomes through experimental investigation, which we use to inform future work and research. The purpose of the study is to offer academics and practitioners insights on how to improve information fusion techniques and decision-making processes. Show more
Keywords: Linear diophantine fuzzy set, Aczel-Alsina operational laws, linear diophantine fuzzy Aczel-Alsina aggregation operators, fuzzy C-means algorithm
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238716
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-22, 2024
Authors: Chongjuan, Wang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The convergence of visual communication design with unique effects, graphic design, as well as virtual reality, which is becoming progressively more popular, has created a new paradigm for education in recent years. However, emerging evidence indicates that their integration into the world of learning is a somewhat gradual and intricate process. The present research proposes a novel algorithm and a functional model of artificial intelligence technology design to automatically arrange graphic language in visual communication design. In visual communication design, the goal orchestration function used to determine the display size of buffer images is the difference between the minimum and …maximum values of the number of orchestration screens. An ant colony method is used in visual communication design to identify the optimal locations for visuals to be presented, and ASM semantics is used to characterize the visual languages. In order to accomplish the invention and development of a visual communication design style, the suggested algorithm has to be programmed and executed. It employs sequential decision marking to characterize the visual vocabulary and accomplishes automated organization. According to the trial results, visual saturation based on AI technology can reach up to 97%, and the average user satisfaction score is 7.65. It is evident that a creative visual thinking approach can maximize the visual communication design effect and communicate fresh design concepts. Show more
Keywords: Innovation and entrepreneurship, visual communication design (VCD), hybrid optimization, adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system (ANFIS), Statistical analysis, t-test and correlation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235930
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-18, 2024
Authors: Bakhshi, Mahmood | Ahn, Sun Shin | Jun, Young Bae | Borzooei, Rajab Ali
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Some kinds of pseudo valuations such as positive implicative pseudo valuation, (weak) implicative pseudo valuation, and commutative pseudo valuation of various types are introduced. Several examples, properties and characterizations of them are given as well. The relationships between them and the substructures of hyper BCK -algebras are investigated, too. Finally, by giving various examples and theorems, the relationships among the proposed pseudo valuations are investigated and characterized, especially in hyper BCK -algebras with three elements.
Keywords: Hyper BCK -algebra, pseudo valuation, positive implicative pseudo valuation, implicative pseudo valuation, commutative pseudo valuation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233898
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-15, 2024
Authors: Selvaraj, Sunil Kumar | Bhat Pundikai, Venkatramana
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The increased depletion of ground water resources poses the risk of higher moisture stress environment for agriculture crops. The rapid increase in the moisture stress situation imposes the need of efficient agricultural research on determining the impact of moisture stress on variety of crops. OBJECTIVE: The prime objective of the proposed work is building an IoT based Plant Phenotyping Device for moisture stress experimental study on variety of crops with deep learning model for stress response detection. METHODS: In this work, IoT technology is used for building a proposed system for conducting …the moisture stress experiments on plants and adopting the image processing and convolution neural network based model for stress prediction. RESULTS: The accuracy of the proposed system was experimentally evaluated and empirical results were satisfactory in maintaining the desired level of moisture stress. Performance analysis of LeNet, AlexNet, customized AlexNet and GoogLeNet CNN models were carried out with hyper-parameters variations on the leaf images. GoogLeNet achieved a better validation accuracy of 96% among other models. The trained GoogLeNet model is used for predicting the moisture stress response and predicted results were matched with manual observation of stress response. SIGNIFICANCE: The affirmative results of proposed system would increases its adoption for in-house precision agriculture and also for conducting various moisture stress experiments on variety of crops. The confirmative detection of moisture stress tolerance level of plant provides knowledge on minimum level of water requirement for plant growth, which in-turn save the water by avoiding excess watering to plants. Show more
Keywords: IoT, sensors, Raspberry Pi, moisture stress, deep learning
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236885
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-18, 2024
Authors: Ashwin, P.V. | Ansal, K.A.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Image classification using polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (Pol-SAR) is becoming more important in image processing for remote sensing applications. However, in the existing techniques, during the feature extraction process, there exist some limitations including laborious endeavour for Pol-SAR image classification, identifying intrinsic features for target recognition is difficult in feature selection, and pixel-level Pol-SAR image classification is difficult for obtaining more precise and coherent interpretation consequences. Hence to overcome these issues, a novel Multifarious Stratification Stratagem in machine learning is proposed to achieve pixel-level Pol-SAR classification. In this proposed model, a novel Scrumptious Integrant Wrenching method is used for efficient …feature extraction. It is compatible with the orientation-sensitive of the Pol-SAR image which increases the variety of intra-layer features. To remove the difficulty in feature selection, a novel Episodicical Proximity Selection method is proposed in which a Split-level parallel feature selection strategy is used to select the best qualities from the extracted features. To tackle the difficulty in classification, an Elastic Net Classifier (ENC) is used that find the coefficient vector for the linear combination of the training sets. This efficiently classified the best features in the Pol-SAR images and improved the proposed system’s accuracy. As a result, the performance measures of the proposed system demonstrate that the accuracy is increased by 99.69%, precision is increased by 98.99%, recall is increased by 98.99%, sensitivity is increased by 98.99%, and F1-score is increased by 98.99% as a response. Show more
Keywords: Feature extraction, feature selection, elastic net classifier, principle component analysis, convolution layer, max-pooling layer
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-222403
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-20, 2024
Authors: Ning, Tao | Zhang, Tingting | Huang, Guowei
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Folk dance is an important intangible cultural heritage in China. In the environment where movement recognition technology is widely used, there is still no research field on the protection and inheritance of folk dance culture. In order to better protect and inherit the minority dance, screening the typical movements of 5 types of minority dance, through the dance video frame processing, obtain the key movements of 19 class dance sequence, build the national dance typical action data set, put forward a 3D CNN fusion Transformer national dance recognition network model (FCTNet), the recognition rate of 96.7% in the experiment. The …results show that the construction method of the folk dance data set is reasonable, the identification model has good performance for the classification of folk dance, and can effectively identify and record the folk dance movements, which also makes new contributions to the digital protection of folk dance. Show more
Keywords: Transformer, folk dance, cultural protection
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235302
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-09, 2024
Authors: Shao, Shuai | Li, Dongwei
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: As technology evolves, the allocation and use of educational resources becomes increasingly complex. Due to the many factors involved in recommending and matching English education resources, traditional predictive control models are no longer adequate. Therefore, fuzzy predictive control models based on neural networks have emerged. To increase the effectiveness and efficiency of using English educational resources (EER), this research aims to create a neural network-based fuzzy predictive control model (T-S-BPNN) for resource suggestion and matching. The results of the study show that the T-S-BPNN model α proposed in the study starts from 0 and increases sequentially by 0.1 up to …1, observing the change in MAE values. The experiment’s findings demonstrate that the value of MAE is lowest at values around 0.5. The T-S-BPNN model, on the other hand, gradually plateaued in its adaptation rate up to 7 runs, reaching about 9.8%. The accuracy rate peaked at 0.843 when the number of recommendations reached 7. The recall rate also peaked at 0.647 when the number of recommended English courses reached 7. The R-value for each set hovered around 0.97, which is a good fit. And the R-value of the training set is 0.97024, which can indicate that the T-S-BPNN model model proposed in the study fits well. It indicates that the algorithm proposed in the study is highly practical. Show more
Keywords: Resource recommendation, english teaching, fuzzy predictive control, recommended evaluation, neural network
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233265
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-16, 2024
Authors: Ammavasai, S.K.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: The rapid growth of the cloud computing landscape has created significant challenges in managing the escalating volume of data and diverse resources within the cloud environment, catering to a broad spectrum of users ranging from individuals to large corporations. Ineffectual resource allocation in cloud systems poses a threat to overall performance, necessitating the equitable distribution of resources among stakeholders to ensure profitability and customer satisfaction. This paper addresses the critical issue of resource management in cloud computing through the introduction of a Dynamic Task Scheduling with Virtual Machine allocation (DTS-VM) strategy, incorporating Edge-Cloud computing for the Internet of Things (IoT). …The proposed approach begins by employing a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) algorithm to classify user tasks into Low Priority, Mid Priority, and High Priority categories. Tasks are then assigned to Edge nodes based on their priority, optimizing efficiency through the application of the Spotted Hyena Optimization (SHO) algorithm for selecting the most suitable edge node. To address potential overloads on the edge, a Fuzzy approach evaluates offloading decisions using multiple metrics. Finally, optimal Virtual Machine allocation is achieved through the application of the Stable Matching algorithm. The seamless integration of these components ensures a dynamic and efficient allocation of resources, preventing the prolonged withholding of customer requests due to the absence of essential resources. The proposed system aims to enhance overall cloud system performance and user satisfaction while maintaining organizational profitability. The effectiveness of the DTS-VM strategy is validated through comprehensive testing and evaluation, showcasing its potential to address the challenges posed by the diverse and expanding cloud computing landscape. Show more
Keywords: Task scheduling, priority, classification, edge computing, cloud, VM allocation, IoT
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236838
Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-16, 2024
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