scholarly journals B-SOiD, an open-source unsupervised algorithm for identification and fast prediction of behaviors

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander I. Hsu ◽  
Eric A. Yttri
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Animal Model ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Animal Behavior ◽  
Movement Disorders ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Spatiotemporal Patterns ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Fast Prediction ◽  
Kinematic Measures

AbstractStudying naturalistic animal behavior remains a difficult objective. Recent machine learning advances have enabled limb localization; however, extracting behaviors requires ascertaining the spatiotemporal patterns of these positions. To provide a link from poses to actions and their kinematics, we developed B-SOiD - an open-source, unsupervised algorithm that identifies behavior without user bias. By training a machine classifier on pose pattern statistics clustered using new methods, our approach achieves greatly improved processing speed and the ability to generalize across subjects or labs. Using a frameshift alignment paradigm, B-SOiD overcomes previous temporal resolution barriers. Using only a single, off-the-shelf camera, B-SOiD provides categories of sub-action for trained behaviors and kinematic measures of individual limb trajectories in any animal model. These behavioral and kinematic measures are difficult but critical to obtain, particularly in the study of rodent and other models of pain, OCD, and movement disorders.

scholarly journals Building A Platform for Machine Learning Operations from Open Source Frameworks

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 704-709
Author(s):  
Yan Liu ◽  
Zhijing Ling ◽  
Boyu Huo ◽  
Boqian Wang ◽  
Tianen Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Open Source

scholarly journals Identifying Spatiotemporal Patterns in Land Use and Cover Samples from Satellite Image Time Series

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 974
Author(s):  
Lorena Alves Santos ◽  
Karine Ferreira ◽  
Michelle Picoli ◽  
Gilberto Camara ◽  
Raul Zurita-Milla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Spatiotemporal Patterns ◽  
Supervised Machine Learning ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Self Organizing Maps ◽  
Machine Learning Methods ◽  
Land Use And Cover

The use of satellite image time series analysis and machine learning methods brings new opportunities and challenges for land use and cover changes (LUCC) mapping over large areas. One of these challenges is the need for samples that properly represent the high variability of land used and cover classes over large areas to train supervised machine learning methods and to produce accurate LUCC maps. This paper addresses this challenge and presents a method to identify spatiotemporal patterns in land use and cover samples to infer subclasses through the phenological and spectral information provided by satellite image time series. The proposed method uses self-organizing maps (SOMs) to reduce the data dimensionality creating primary clusters. From these primary clusters, it uses hierarchical clustering to create subclusters that recognize intra-class variability intrinsic to different regions and periods, mainly in large areas and multiple years. To show how the method works, we use MODIS image time series associated to samples of cropland and pasture classes over the Cerrado biome in Brazil. The results prove that the proposed method is suitable for identifying spatiotemporal patterns in land use and cover samples that can be used to infer subclasses, mainly for crop-types.

scholarly journals The Waikato Open Source Frameworks (WEKA and MOA) for Machine Learning Techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol 1804 (1) ◽  
pp. 012133
Author(s):  
Mahmood Shakir Hammoodi ◽  
Hasanain Ali Al Essa ◽  
Wial Abbas Hanon
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Machine Learning Techniques ◽  
Learning Techniques

scholarly journals End-To-End Computer Vision Framework: An Open-Source Platform for Research and Education

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 3691
Author(s):  
Ciprian Orhei ◽  
Silviu Vert ◽  
Muguras Mocofan ◽  
Radu Vasiu
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Image Processing ◽  
Computer Vision ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
End To End ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Computer Vision is a cross-research field with the main purpose of understanding the surrounding environment as closely as possible to human perception. The image processing systems is continuously growing and expanding into more complex systems, usually tailored to the certain needs or applications it may serve. To better serve this purpose, research on the architecture and design of such systems is also important. We present the End-to-End Computer Vision Framework, an open-source solution that aims to support researchers and teachers within the image processing vast field. The framework has incorporated Computer Vision features and Machine Learning models that researchers can use. In the continuous need to add new Computer Vision algorithms for a day-to-day research activity, our proposed framework has an advantage given by the configurable and scalar architecture. Even if the main focus of the framework is on the Computer Vision processing pipeline, the framework offers solutions to incorporate even more complex activities, such as training Machine Learning models. EECVF aims to become a useful tool for learning activities in the Computer Vision field, as it allows the learner and the teacher to handle only the topics at hand, and not the interconnection necessary for visual processing flow.

scholarly journals Explainable AI: A Review of Machine Learning Interpretability Methods

Entropy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Pantelis Linardatos ◽  
Vasilis Papastefanopoulos ◽  
Sotiris Kotsiantis
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Model Complexity ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Industrial Adoption ◽  
Machine Learning Models ◽  
The Way

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to its widespread industrial adoption, with machine learning systems demonstrating superhuman performance in a significant number of tasks. However, this surge in performance, has often been achieved through increased model complexity, turning such systems into “black box” approaches and causing uncertainty regarding the way they operate and, ultimately, the way that they come to decisions. This ambiguity has made it problematic for machine learning systems to be adopted in sensitive yet critical domains, where their value could be immense, such as healthcare. As a result, scientific interest in the field of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), a field that is concerned with the development of new methods that explain and interpret machine learning models, has been tremendously reignited over recent years. This study focuses on machine learning interpretability methods; more specifically, a literature review and taxonomy of these methods are presented, as well as links to their programming implementations, in the hope that this survey would serve as a reference point for both theorists and practitioners.

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