scholarly journals A New Approach For Smart Soil Erosion Modelling: Integration of Empirical And Machine Learning Models

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammadtaghi Avand ◽  
Maziar Mohammadi ◽  
Fahimeh Mirchooli ◽  
Ataollah Kavian ◽  
John P Tiefenbacher
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Classification Tree ◽  
Slope Angle ◽  
Rainfall Erosivity ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Erosion Modelling ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Abstract Despite advances in artificial intelligence modelling, the lack of soil erosion data and other watershed information is still one of the important factors limiting soil-erosion modelling. Additionally, the limited number of parameters and the lack of evaluation criteria are major disadvantages of empirical soil-erosion models. To overcome these limitations, we introduce a new approach that integrates empirical and artificial intelligence models. Erosion-prone locations (erosion ≥16 tons/ha/year) are identified using RUSLE model and a soil-erosion map is prepared using random forest (RF), artificial neural network (ANN), classification tree analysis (CTA), and generalized linear model (GLM). This study uses 13 factors affecting soil erosion in the Talar watershed, Iran, to increase prediction accuracy. The results reveal that the RF model has the highest prediction performance (AUC=0.95, Kappa=0.87, Accuracy=0.93, and Bias=0.88), outperforming the three machine-learning models. The results show that slope angle, land use/land cover, elevation, and rainfall erosivity are the factors that contribute the most to soil erosion propensity in the watershed. Curvature and topography position index (TPI) were removed from the analysis due to multicollinearity with other factors. The results can be used to improve the identification of hot spots of soil erosion, especially in watersheds for which soil-erosion data are limited.

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.

Train Deep Learning Models using subsurface geological images datasets

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramy Abdallah ◽  
Clare E. Bond ◽  
Robert W.H. Butler
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Structural Interpretation ◽  
Performance Accuracy ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Machine Learning Models

<p>Machine learning is being presented as a new solution for a wide range of geoscience problems. Primarily machine learning has been used for 3D seismic data processing, seismic facies analysis and well log data correlation. The rapid development in technology with open-source artificial intelligence libraries and the accessibility of affordable computer graphics processing units (GPU) makes the application of machine learning in geosciences increasingly tractable. However, the application of artificial intelligence in structural interpretation workflows of subsurface datasets is still ambiguous. This study aims to use machine learning techniques to classify images of folds and fold-thrust structures. Here we show that convolutional neural networks (CNNs) as supervised deep learning techniques provide excellent algorithms to discriminate between geological image datasets. Four different datasets of images have been used to train and test the machine learning models. These four datasets are a seismic character dataset with five classes (faults, folds, salt, flat layers and basement), folds types with three classes (buckle, chevron and conjugate), fault types with three classes (normal, reverse and thrust) and fold-thrust geometries with three classes (fault bend fold, fault propagation fold and detachment fold). These image datasets are used to investigate three machine learning models. One Feedforward linear neural network model and two convolutional neural networks models (Convolution 2d layer transforms sequential model and Residual block model (ResNet with 9, 34, and 50 layers)). Validation and testing datasets forms a critical part of testing the model’s performance accuracy. The ResNet model records the highest performance accuracy score, of the machine learning models tested. Our CNN image classification model analysis provides a framework for applying machine learning to increase structural interpretation efficiency, and shows that CNN classification models can be applied effectively to geoscience problems. The study provides a starting point to apply unsupervised machine learning approaches to sub-surface structural interpretation workflows.</p>

Recent Progress in Quantum Machine Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 232-256
Author(s):  
Amandeep Singh Bhatia ◽  
Renata Wong
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Quantum Computing ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Exciting Field ◽  
Quantum Machine Learning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Quantum computing is a new exciting field which can be exploited to great speed and innovation in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Quantum machine learning at crossroads explores the interaction between quantum computing and machine learning, supplementing each other to create models and also to accelerate existing machine learning models predicting better and accurate classifications. The main purpose is to explore methods, concepts, theories, and algorithms that focus and utilize quantum computing features such as superposition and entanglement to enhance the abilities of machine learning computations enormously faster. It is a natural goal to study the present and future quantum technologies with machine learning that can enhance the existing classical algorithms. The objective of this chapter is to facilitate the reader to grasp the key components involved in the field to be able to understand the essentialities of the subject and thus can compare computations of quantum computing with its counterpart classical machine learning algorithms.

Research Methods to Study and Empower Crowd Workers

2021 ◽  
pp. 164-184
Author(s):  
Saiph Savage ◽  
Carlos Toxtli ◽  
Eber Betanzos-Torres
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Real World ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Professional Goals ◽  
Career Growth ◽  
Machine Learning Models

The artificial intelligence (AI) industry has created new jobs that are essential to the real world deployment of intelligent systems. Part of the job focuses on labelling data for machine learning models or having workers complete tasks that AI alone cannot do. These workers are usually known as ‘crowd workers’—they are part of a large distributed crowd that is jointly (but separately) working on the tasks although they are often invisible to end-users, leading to workers often being paid below minimum wage and having limited career growth. In this chapter, we draw upon the field of human–computer interaction to provide research methods for studying and empowering crowd workers. We present our Computational Worker Leagues which enable workers to work towards their desired professional goals and also supply quantitative information about crowdsourcing markets. This chapter demonstrates the benefits of this approach and highlights important factors to consider when researching the experiences of crowd workers.

scholarly journals Assessment of Machine Learning Models to Identify Port Jackson Shark Behaviours Using Tri-Axial Accelerometers

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (24) ◽  
pp. 7096
Author(s):  
Julianna P. Kadar ◽  
Monique A. Ladds ◽  
Joanna Day ◽  
Brianne Lyall ◽  
Culum Brown
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Support Vector Machine ◽  
Classification Tree ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Port Jackson ◽  
F Measure ◽  
Machine Learning Models ◽  
Broad Scale

Movement ecology has traditionally focused on the movements of animals over large time scales, but, with advancements in sensor technology, the focus can become increasingly fine scale. Accelerometers are commonly applied to quantify animal behaviours and can elucidate fine-scale (<2 s) behaviours. Machine learning methods are commonly applied to animal accelerometry data; however, they require the trial of multiple methods to find an ideal solution. We used tri-axial accelerometers (10 Hz) to quantify four behaviours in Port Jackson sharks (Heterodontus portusjacksoni): two fine-scale behaviours (<2 s)—(1) vertical swimming and (2) chewing as proxy for foraging, and two broad-scale behaviours (>2 s–mins)—(3) resting and (4) swimming. We used validated data to calculate 66 summary statistics from tri-axial accelerometry and assessed the most important features that allowed for differentiation between the behaviours. One and two second epoch testing sets were created consisting of 10 and 20 samples from each behaviour event, respectively. We developed eight machine learning models to assess their overall accuracy and behaviour-specific accuracy (one classification tree, five ensemble learners and two neural networks). The support vector machine model classified the four behaviours better when using the longer 2 s time epoch (F-measure 89%; macro-averaged F-measure: 90%). Here, we show that this support vector machine (SVM) model can reliably classify both fine- and broad-scale behaviours in Port Jackson sharks.

scholarly journals Unsupervised by any other name: Hidden layers of knowledge production in artificial intelligence on social media

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 205395171881956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Bechmann ◽  
Geoffrey C Bowker
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Classification Theory ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the form of different machine learning models is applied to Big Data as a way to turn data into valuable knowledge. The rhetoric is that ensuing predictions work well—with a high degree of autonomy and automation. We argue that we need to analyze the process of applying machine learning in depth and highlight at what point human knowledge production takes place in seemingly autonomous work. This article reintroduces classification theory as an important framework for understanding such seemingly invisible knowledge production in the machine learning development and design processes. We suggest a framework for studying such classification closely tied to different steps in the work process and exemplify the framework on two experiments with machine learning applied to Facebook data from one of our labs. By doing so we demonstrate ways in which classification and potential discrimination take place in even seemingly unsupervised and autonomous models. Moving away from concepts of non-supervision and autonomy enable us to understand the underlying classificatory dispositifs in the work process and that this form of analysis constitutes a first step towards governance of artificial intelligence.

scholarly journals Application of Natural Language Processing with Supervised Machine Learning Techniques to Predict the Overall Drugs Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (40) ◽  
pp. 8-23
Author(s):  
Pius MARTHIN ◽  
Duygu İÇEN
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Support Vector Machine ◽  
Random Forest ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Classification Tree ◽  
Supervised Machine Learning ◽  
Training Dataset ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Online product reviews have become a valuable source of information which facilitate customer decision with respect to a particular product. With the wealthy information regarding user's satisfaction and experiences about a particular drug, pharmaceutical companies make the use of online drug reviews to improve the quality of their products. Machine learning has enabled scientists to train more efficient models which facilitate decision making in various fields. In this manuscript we applied a drug review dataset used by (Gräβer, Kallumadi, Malberg,& Zaunseder, 2018), available freely from machine learning repository website of the University of California Irvine (UCI) to identify best machine learning model which provide a better prediction of the overall drug performance with respect to users' reviews. Apart from several manipulations done to improve model accuracy, all necessary procedures required for text analysis were followed including text cleaning and transformation of texts to numeric format for easy training machine learning models. Prior to modeling, we obtained overall sentiment scores for the reviews. Customer's reviews were summarized and visualized using a bar plot and word cloud to explore the most frequent terms. Due to scalability issues, we were able to use only the sample of the dataset. We randomly sampled 15000 observations from the 161297 training dataset and 10000 observations were randomly sampled from the 53766 testing dataset. Several machine learning models were trained using 10 folds cross-validation performed under stratified random sampling. The trained models include Classification and Regression Trees (CART), classification tree by C5.0, logistic regression (GLM), Multivariate Adaptive Regression Spline (MARS), Support vector machine (SVM) with both radial and linear kernels and a classification tree using random forest (Random Forest). Model selection was done through a comparison of accuracies and computational efficiency. Support vector machine (SVM) with linear kernel was significantly best with an accuracy of 83% compared to the rest. Using only a small portion of the dataset, we managed to attain reasonable accuracy in our models by applying the TF-IDF transformation and Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) technique to our TDM.

scholarly journals An Introduction on Interpretable Machine Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7S) ◽  
pp. 107-111
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Accuracy Score ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Ethical Practices ◽  
Interpretable Machine Learning ◽  
Machine Learning Model ◽  
Machine Learning Applications ◽  
Machine Learning Models

As Artificial Intelligence penetrates all aspects of human life, more and more questions about ethical practices and fair uses arise, which has motivated the research community to look inside and develop methods to interpret these Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning models. This concept of interpretability can not only help with the ethical questions but also can provide various insights into the working of these machine learning models, which will become crucial in trust-building and understanding how a model makes decisions. Furthermore, in many machine learning applications, the feature of interpretability is the primary value that they offer. However, in practice, many developers select models based on the accuracy score and disregarding the level of interpretability of that model, which can be chaotic as predictions by many high accuracy models are not easily explainable. In this paper, we introduce the concept of Machine Learning Model Interpretability, Interpretable Machine learning, and the methods used for interpretation and explanations.

scholarly journals Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) to Enhance Trust Management in Intrusion Detection Systems Using Decision Tree Model

Complexity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Basim Mahbooba ◽  
Mohan Timilsina ◽  
Radhya Sahal ◽  
Martin Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Intrusion Detection ◽  
Decision Tree ◽  
Trust Management ◽  
Decision Tree Model ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Tree Model ◽  
Explainable Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Despite the growing popularity of machine learning models in the cyber-security applications (e.g., an intrusion detection system (IDS)), most of these models are perceived as a black-box. The eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) has become increasingly important to interpret the machine learning models to enhance trust management by allowing human experts to understand the underlying data evidence and causal reasoning. According to IDS, the critical role of trust management is to understand the impact of the malicious data to detect any intrusion in the system. The previous studies focused more on the accuracy of the various classification algorithms for trust in IDS. They do not often provide insights into their behavior and reasoning provided by the sophisticated algorithm. Therefore, in this paper, we have addressed XAI concept to enhance trust management by exploring the decision tree model in the area of IDS. We use simple decision tree algorithms that can be easily read and even resemble a human approach to decision-making by splitting the choice into many small subchoices for IDS. We experimented with this approach by extracting rules in a widely used KDD benchmark dataset. We also compared the accuracy of the decision tree approach with the other state-of-the-art algorithms.

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