Employment of Ensemble Machine Learning Methods for Human Activity Recognition.

The bankruptcy of manufacturing corporates is an important factor affecting economic stability. Corporate bankruptcy has become a hot research topic mainly through financial data analysis and prediction. With the development of data science and artificial intelligence, machine learning technology helps researchers improve the accuracy and robustness of classification models. Ensemble learning, with its strong predictive power and robustness, plays an important role in machine learning and binary classification prediction. In this study, we proposed a bankruptcy classification model combining feature engineering method and ensemble learning method, Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) imbalanced data learning algorithm is applied to generate balanced dataset, multi-interval discretization filter is applied to enhance the interpretability of the features and ensemble learning method is applied to get an accurate and objective prediction. To demonstrate the validity and performance of the proposed model, we conducted comparative experiments with ten other baseline classifiers, proving that SMOTE imbalanced learning algorithm and feature engineering method with multi-interval discretization was effective. The comparative experiment results show that the ensemble learning method has a good effect on improving the performance of the proposed model. The final results show that the proposed model has achieved better performance and robustness than other baseline classifiers in terms of classification accuracy, F-measure and Area under Curve (AUC).

Water quality assessment plays a crucial role in various aspects, including human health, environmental impact, agricultural productivity, and industrial processes. Machine learning (ML) algorithms offer the ability to automate water quality evaluation and allow for effective and rapid assessment of parameters associated with water quality. This article proposes an ML-based classification model for water quality prediction. The model was tested with 14 ML algorithms and considers 20 features that represent various substances present in water samples and their concentrations. The dataset used in the study comprises 7,996 samples, and the model development involves several stages, including data preprocessing, Yeo–Johnson transformation for data normalization, principal component analysis (PCA) for feature selection, and the application of the synthetic minority over-sampling technique (SMOTE) to address class imbalance. Performance metrics, such as accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score, are provided for each algorithm with and without SMOTE. LightGBM, XGBoost, CatBoost, and Random Forest were identified as the best-performing algorithms. XGBoost achieved the highest accuracy of 96.31% without SMOTE and had a precision of 0.933. The application of SMOTE enhanced the performance of CatBoost. These findings provide valuable insights for ML-based water quality assessment, aiding researchers and professionals in decision-making and management.

An artificial intelligence-based decision support system for early and accurate diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease

Zero-day attacks pose a persistent threat to computing infrastructure by exploiting previously unknown software vulnerabilities that evade traditional signature-based network intrusion detection systems (NIDSs). To address this limitation, machine learning (ML) techniques offer a promising approach for enhancing anomaly detection in network traffic. This study evaluates several ML models on a labeled network traffic dataset, with a focus on zero-day attack detection. Ensemble learning methods, particularly eXtreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), achieved perfect classification, identifying all 6231 zero-day instances without false positives and maintaining efficient training and prediction times. While classical support vector machines (SVMs) performed modestly at 64% accuracy, their performance improved to 98% with the use of the borderline synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE) and SMOTE + edited nearest neighbours (SMOTEENN). To explore quantum-enhanced alternatives, a quantum SVM (QSVM) is implemented using three-qubit and four-qubit quantum circuits simulated on the aer_simulator_statevector. The QSVM achieved high accuracy (99.89%) and strong F1-scores (98.95%), indicating that nonlinear quantum feature maps (QFMs) can increase sensitivity to zero-day exploit patterns. Unlike prior work that applies standard quantum kernels, this study introduces a parameterised quantum feature encoding scheme, where each classical feature is mapped using a nonlinear function tuned by a set of learnable parameters. Additionally, a sparse entanglement topology is derived from mutual information between features, ensuring a compact and data-adaptive quantum circuit that aligns with the resource constraints of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices. Our contribution lies in formalising a quantum circuit design that enables scalable, expressive, and generalisable quantum architectures tailored for zero-day attack detection. This extends beyond conventional usage of QSVMs by offering a principled approach to quantum circuit construction for cybersecurity. While these findings are obtained via noiseless simulation, they provide a theoretical proof of concept for the viability of quantum ML (QML) in network security. Future work should target real quantum hardware execution and adaptive sampling techniques to assess robustness under decoherence, gate errors, and dynamic threat environments.

In the semiconductor manufacturing industry, Automatic Defect Classification (ADC) plays an important role in maintaining high wafer inspection quality and reducing yield loss. ADC performance has benefitted from using machine learning (ML) algorithms; however, performance is negatively affected by the data imbalance and limited amounts of training data. Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) is an oversampling technique to adjust the skewed class distribution of a dataset so that the bias of the majority class is reduced. This paper shows that applying SMOTE achieved higher accuracy and purity on two imbalanced datasets, consisting of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images collected with ASML-HMI eP™ and eScan® series inspection tools. The ML models are also less sensitive to the selection of hyperparameters when SMOTE is applied. We also show that better classification results can be obtained with less training samples with SMOTE; we conducted an experiment where a ML model trained on only 25% of samples with SMOTE achieved a higher ADC accuracy and purity performance compared to the same ML model trained on all samples but without SMOTE. In another experiment using a highly imbalanced SEM dataset with very few counts of the defect-of- interest (DOI), the combination of SMOTE and random undersampling of the majority class improves the accuracy by up to 5x while maintaining the same level of purity.

This study investigates the use of machine learning (ML) models combined with a Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique (SMOTE) and its variants to predict perioperative pressure injuries (PIs) in an imbalanced dataset. PIs are a significant healthcare problem, often leading to prolonged hospitalization and increased medical costs. Conventional risk assessment scales are limited in their ability to predict PIs accurately, prompting the exploration of ML techniques to address this challenge.We utilized data from 7,292 patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Shanghai between May 2017 and July 2023, with a final dataset of 2,972 patients, including 158 with PIs. Seven ML algorithms-Support Vector Machine (SVM), Logistic Regression (LR), Random Forest (RF), Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), Extra Trees (ET), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), and Decision Trees (DT)-were used in conjunction with SMOTE, SMOTE+ENN, Borderline-SMOTE, ADASYN, and GAN to balance the dataset and improve model performance.Results revealed significant improvements in model performance when SMOTE and its variants were used. For instance, the XGBoost model hadan AUC of 0.996 with SMOTE, compared to 0.800 on raw data. SMOTE+ENN and Borderline-SMOTE further enhanced the models' ability to identify minority classes. External validation indicatedthat XGBoost, RF, and ET exhibited the highest stability and accuracy, with XGBoost having an AUC of 0.977. SHAP analysis revealed that factors such as anesthesia grade, age, and serum albumin levels significantly influenced model predictions.In conclusion, integrating SMOTE with ML algorithms effectively addressed a data imbalance and improved the prediction of perioperative PIs. Future work should focus on refining SMOTE techniques and exploring their application to larger, multi-center datasets to enhance the generalizability of these findings, and especially for diseaseswith a lowincidence.

COVID-19 is a pandemic that causes a high rate of spread and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Severe pneumonia in infected individuals has resulted in too many patients being admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This has placed unprecedented pressure on health systems by exceeding capacities. It is essential to detect the prognosis of this disease so that the health systems can remain active and the conditions of the patients who need to be hospitalized in the ICU do not become critical. In this study, COVID-19 prognosis was detected by using ICU admission (COVID-19 SEVERITY) and COVID-19 related death (COVID- 19 MORTALITY) datasets with Machine Learning (ML) methods. The missing data of the datasets were filled with K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), and Min-Max normalization was performed. Datasets were divided three times into training and test sets, and the data were balanced with the Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE). Then, classification was carried out using Ensemble Learning (EL) methods. For COVID-19 SEVERITY and COVID-19 MORTALITY, 89.54% and 97.25% accuracy were achieved with the Adaboost classifier, respectively. Successful and rapid COVID-19 prognosis detection with ML methods will help to use the ICU more efficiently and relieve the pressure on health systems.

Predicting survival outcomes in critical accidents has been a focal point in machine learning research. This study addresses several limitations of existing methods, including insufficient management of data imbalance, lack of emphasis on hyperparameter tuning, and proneness to overfitting. Many existing models struggle to generalize effectively on imbalanced datasets or depend on default hyperparameter settings, resulting in biased predictions. By integrating Principal Component Analysis (PCA), hyperparameter optimization, and resampling methods, as well as combining Edited Nearest Neighbors (ENN) with the Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE), the model significantly improves predictive accuracy and model generalization. An ensemble model combining seven machine learning algorithms—Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machine, KNN, Random Forest, XGBoost, LightGBM, and CatBoost—was applied to predict survival outcomes. Stochastic Weighted Averaging (SWA) was applied to mitigate overfitting and enhance generalization. The accuracy increased from 91.97% to 94.89% after SWA was applied in this specific scenario. The combination of PCA-based dimensionality reduction, hyperparameter tuning, and resampling techniques (ENN + SMOTE) ensured the model handled data imbalance and optimized predictive accuracy. The final model demonstrated excellent performance, with Area Under the Curve (AUC) and Average Precision (AP) values both reaching 0.98, indicating high accuracy and precision. These improvements were validated using the Titanic dataset in a binary classification problem of predicting passenger survival. The results emphasize that ensemble learning, enhanced by SWA, offers a powerful framework for handling imbalanced and complex datasets, providing significant advancements in predictive modeling accuracy. This study provides insights into how machine learning techniques can be effectively combined to solve classification challenges in real-world scenarios.

The article considers the problem of undefined complex classes activity recognition. The human activity recognition relevance in the field of production and services is presented. The classification of physical activity types is described. The possibilities of using methods based on data and knowledge for human activity recognition are considered. An analysis of zero-shot learning is given. A functional model of the method for undefined complex human activity recognition is proposed. The datasets are described. The HH101 and HH105 datasets obtained from CASAS smart homes were used to conduct experimental studies. An experimental study of the developed method for human activity recognition is carried out.

Parkinson's disease (PD) presents a growing global health challenge, with early detection being crucial for effective management and treatment. This study seeks to develop an innovative machine learning (ML) framework for the early detection of PD by integrating advanced techniques for data preprocessing, dimensionality reduction, feature selection, and ensemble classification, aiming to significantly improve detection accuracy and timeliness. The research employs a robust ML pipeline, beginning with data preprocessing using mean imputation, standardization, min-max scaling, and SMOTE (Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique) to handle imbalanced data. Dimensionality reduction is achieved through Principal Component Analysis (PCA), while feature selection is performed using SelectKBest coupled with the ANOVA F-test to identify the most relevant features. Four ensemble methods—Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, XGBoost, and Support Vector Machine (SVM)—are evaluated for classification. Among the classifiers tested, the Gradient Boosting model stands out with an impressive accuracy of 0.9487, demonstrating its superior performance in PD detection. Integrating multiple preprocessing, dimensionality reduction, and feature selection techniques proves essential in optimizing model performance, highlighting the importance of a multifaceted approach in handling complex datasets. This research introduces a comprehensive ML framework that combines multiple advanced techniques in a streamlined process, significantly improving the early detection of Parkinson's disease. Ensemble methods, combined with strategic feature selection and data balancing techniques, offer a novel approach that could be applied to other neurodegenerative disorders, expanding its potential impact beyond PD detection.

An approach to predict and forecast the price of constituents and index of cryptocurrency using machine learning

This paper describes the development and application of a method for human action recognition from motion analysis in a sequence of images using an artificial neural network. The proposed method is based on two stages: Computer Vision and Computational Intelligence. The Computer Vision stage is a combination of two motion analysis techniques: Histogram of Oriented Optical Flow and Object Contour Analysis. For the Computational Intelligence stage we use a Self-Organizing Map (SOM) optimized through Learning Vector Quantization (LVQ). The approach is then applied for classification of human actions in many real situations. Testing against a database with different kinds of human actions, we show the usefulness and robustness of this method, comparing it to other proposals in the literature.

Human action recognition from 2D videos is a demanding area due to its broad applications. Many methods have been proposed by the researchers for recognizing human actions. The improved accuracy in identifying human actions is desirable. This paper presents an improved method of human action recognition using support vector machine (SVM) classifier. This paper proposes a novel feature descriptor constructed by fusing the various investigated features. The handcrafted features such as scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) features, speed up robust features (SURF), histogram of oriented gradient (HOG) features and local binary pattern (LBP) features are obtained on online 2D action videos. The proposed method is tested on different action datasets having both static and dynamically varying backgrounds. The proposed method achieves shows best recognition rates on both static and dynamically varying backgrounds. The datasets considered for the experimentation are KTH, Weizmann, UCF101, UCF sports actions, MSR action and HMDB51.The performance of the proposed feature fusion model with SVM classifier is compared with the individual features with SVM. The fusion method showed best results. The efficiency of the classifier is also tested by comparing with the other state of the art classifiers such as k-nearest neighbors (KNN), artificial neural network (ANN) and Adaboost classifier. The method achieved an average of 94.41% recognition rate.

to predict vestibular schwannoma (VS) response to radiosurgery by applying machine learning (ML) algorithms on radiomic features extracted from pre-treatment magnetic resonance (MR) images. patients with VS treated with radiosurgery in two Centers from 2004 to 2016 were retrospectively evaluated. Brain T1-weighted contrast-enhanced MR images were acquired before and at 24 and 36 months after treatment. Clinical and treatment data were collected contextually. Treatment responses were assessed considering the VS volume variation based on pre- and post-radiosurgery MR images at both time points. Tumors were semi-automatically segmented and radiomic features were extracted. Four ML algorithms (Random Forest, Support Vector Machine, Neural Network, and extreme Gradient Boosting) were trained and tested for treatment response (i.e., increased or non-increased tumor volume) using nested cross-validation. For training, feature selection was performed using the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator, and the selected features were used as input to separately build the four ML classification algorithms. To overcome class imbalance during training, Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique was used. Finally, trained models were tested on the corresponding held out set of patients to evaluate balanced accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. 108 patients treated with Cyberknife® were retrieved; an increased tumor volume was observed at 24 months in 12 patients, and at 36 months in another group of 12 patients. The Neural Network was the best predictive algorithm for response at 24 (balanced accuracy 73% ± 18%, specificity 85% ± 12%, sensitivity 60% ± 42%) and 36 months (balanced accuracy 65% ± 12%, specificity 83% ± 9%, sensitivity 47% ± 27%). radiomics may predict VS response to radiosurgery avoiding long-term follow-up as well as unnecessary treatment.

A human action recognition method is reported in which pose representation is based on the contour points of the human silhouette and actions are learned by a strict 3d pyramidal neural network (3DPyraNet) model which is based on convolutional neural networks and the image pyramids concept. 3DPyraNet extracts features from both spatial and temporal dimensions by keeping biological structure, thereby it is capable to capture the motion information encoded in multiple adjacent frames. One outlined advantage of 3DPyraNet is that it maintains spatial topology of the input image and presents a simple connection scheme with lower computational and memory costs compared to other neural networks. Encouraging results are reported for recognizing human actions in real-world environments.KeywordsAction RecognitionSparse CodeConvolutional Neural NetworkHuman Action RecognitionInput FrameThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.