Hybrid Machine Learning Model for Body Fat Percentage Prediction Based on Support Vector Regression and Emotional Artificial Neural Networks

Obesity or excessive body fat causes multiple health problems and diseases. However, obesity treatment and control need an accurate determination of body fat percentage (BFP). The existing methods for BFP estimation require several procedures, which reduces their cost-effectivity and generalization. Therefore, developing cost-effective models for BFP estimation is vital for obesity treatment. Machine learning models, particularly hybrid models, have a strong ability to analyze challenging data and perform predictions by combining different characteristics of the models. This study proposed a hybrid machine learning model based on support vector regression and emotional artificial neural networks (SVR-EANNs) for accurate recent BFP prediction using a primary BFP dataset. SVR was applied as a consistent attribute selection model on seven properties and measurements, using the left-out sensitivity analysis, and the regression ability of the EANN was considered in the prediction phase. The proposed model was compared to seven benchmark machine learning models. The obtained results show that the proposed hybrid model (SVR-EANN) outperformed other machine learning models by achieving superior results in the three considered evaluation metrics. Furthermore, the proposed model suggested that abdominal circumference is a significant factor in BFP prediction, while age has a minor effect.

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Detection of Online Fake News Using Blending Ensemble Learning

Scientific Programming ◽

10.1155/2021/3434458 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Arvin Hansrajh ◽

Timothy T. Adeliyi ◽

Jeanette Wing

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Performance Metrics ◽

Machine Learning Algorithms ◽

Stochastic Gradient Descent ◽

Support Vector ◽

Fake News ◽

Learning Models ◽

Linear Discriminant ◽

Proposed Model ◽

Machine Learning Models

The exponential growth in fake news and its inherent threat to democracy, public trust, and justice has escalated the necessity for fake news detection and mitigation. Detecting fake news is a complex challenge as it is intentionally written to mislead and hoodwink. Humans are not good at identifying fake news. The detection of fake news by humans is reported to be at a rate of 54% and an additional 4% is reported in the literature as being speculative. The significance of fighting fake news is exemplified during the present pandemic. Consequently, social networks are ramping up the usage of detection tools and educating the public in recognising fake news. In the literature, it was observed that several machine learning algorithms have been applied to the detection of fake news with limited and mixed success. However, several advanced machine learning models are not being applied, although recent studies are demonstrating the efﬁcacy of the ensemble machine learning approach; hence, the purpose of this study is to assist in the automated detection of fake news. An ensemble approach is adopted to help resolve the identified gap. This study proposed a blended machine learning ensemble model developed from logistic regression, support vector machine, linear discriminant analysis, stochastic gradient descent, and ridge regression, which is then used on a publicly available dataset to predict if a news report is true or not. The proposed model will be appraised with the popular classical machine learning models, while performance metrics such as AUC, ROC, recall, accuracy, precision, and f1-score will be used to measure the performance of the proposed model. Results presented showed that the proposed model outperformed other popular classical machine learning models.

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A Machine Learning Approach to Predict the Performance of Refrigerator and Air Conditioning Using Gaussian Process Regression and Support Vector Methods

Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering ◽

10.2174/2212797614666210125143810 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 ◽

Author(s):

Harinarayan Sharma ◽

Sonam Kumari ◽

Aniket K. Dutt ◽

Pawan Kumar ◽

Mamookho E. Makhatha

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Air Conditioning ◽

Gaussian Process Regression ◽

Coefficient Of Performance ◽

Experimental Result ◽

Support Vector ◽

Nano Particle ◽

Learning Models ◽

Machine Learning Model ◽

Machine Learning Models

Aim: Develop machine learning models for the performance of refrigerator and airconditioning system. Background: The Coefficient Of Performance (COP) of Refrigerator and Air-Conditioning (RAC) is a complex function of evaporative temperature and concentration of nano-particle in lubricants. In recent years, researchers focus on experimental study for improvement of COP. Further, few researchers applied simulation techniques such as fuzzy system, Artificial Neural Network (ANN), simulated annealing, etc. to the Vapour Compression Refrigeration (VCR) cycle. There is a scarcity of modeling research work for the performance of RAC system. Objective: The study aims to develop the machine learning predictive models for the performance of refrigerator and air-conditioning system using experimental data. Methods: The experiment was performed on VCR system to determine COP. Three different concentration of lubricants (added 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5g nano-TiO2 particle on 1 liter of Polyolester (POE) oil) were used. The experimentally calculated COP was used to train and test the machine learning models. Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) and Support Vector Regression (SVR) methods were applied to develop the models. Results: The experimental result reveals that the COP increases with increasing the concentration (of nano particles) at a given temperature. The addition of 0.5 and 1.0g TiO2 in the POE oil shows better rate of increment in the COP in comparison to addition of 1.5g TiO2 in the POE oil. Machine learning models using GPR and SVR with RBF kernel function is the most appropriate machine learning model for the nonlinear relationship between the output parameter (COP) and the input parameter (evaporative temperature and concentration of TiO2). Conclusion: The present study was conducted to investigate the machine learning approaches for performance of RAC system using experimental data sets. The experimental result shows that R134a and TiO2-POE nanolubricant work efficiently and the coefficient of performance of VCR system increases with concentration of nano-particle. The developed model performance is compared using coefficient of correlation and RSME values. After comparison, it is concluded that RBF based GPR model is the best fit machine learning model to predict the COP in the context of any other model for this data set.

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Estimation of body fat percentage using hybrid machine learning algorithms

Measurement ◽

10.1016/j.measurement.2020.108173 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 167 ◽

pp. 108173

Author(s):

Muhammed Kürşad Uçar ◽

Zeliha Uçar ◽

Fatih Köksal ◽

Nihat Daldal

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Body Fat ◽

Learning Algorithms ◽

Machine Learning Algorithms ◽

Body Fat Percentage ◽

Fat Percentage ◽

Hybrid Machine

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Exploration of physiological sensors, features, and machine learning models for pain intensity estimation

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0254108 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (7) ◽

pp. e0254108

Author(s):

Fatemeh Pouromran ◽

Srinivasan Radhakrishnan ◽

Sagar Kamarthi

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Pain Intensity ◽

Learning Model ◽

Support Vector ◽

Heat Pain ◽

Learning Models ◽

Intensity Estimation ◽

Machine Learning Model ◽

Physiological Sensors ◽

Machine Learning Models

In current clinical settings, typically pain is measured by a patient’s self-reported information. This subjective pain assessment results in suboptimal treatment plans, over-prescription of opioids, and drug-seeking behavior among patients. In the present study, we explored automatic objective pain intensity estimation machine learning models using inputs from physiological sensors. This study uses BioVid Heat Pain Dataset. We extracted features from Electrodermal Activity (EDA), Electrocardiogram (ECG), Electromyogram (EMG) signals collected from study participants subjected to heat pain. We built different machine learning models, including Linear Regression, Support Vector Regression (SVR), Neural Networks and Extreme Gradient Boosting for continuous value pain intensity estimation. Then we identified the physiological sensor, feature set and machine learning model that give the best predictive performance. We found that EDA is the most information-rich sensor for continuous pain intensity prediction. A set of only 3 features from EDA signals using SVR model gave an average performance of 0.93 mean absolute error (MAE) and 1.16 root means square error (RMSE) for the subject-independent model and of 0.92 MAE and 1.13 RMSE for subject-dependent. The MAE achieved with signal-feature-model combination is less than 1 unit on 0 to 4 continues pain scale, which is smaller than the MAE achieved by the methods reported in the literature. These results demonstrate that it is possible to estimate pain intensity of a patient using a computationally inexpensive machine learning model with 3 statistical features from EDA signal which can be collected from a wrist biosensor. This method paves a way to developing a wearable pain measurement device.

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Sargassum Detection Using Machine Learning Models: A Case Study with the First 6 Months of GOCI-II Imagery

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs13234844 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (23) ◽

pp. 4844

Author(s):

Jisun Shin ◽

Jong-Seok Lee ◽

Lee-Hyun Jang ◽

Jinwook Lim ◽

Boo-Keun Khim ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Ground Truth ◽

Support Vector ◽

Atmospheric Conditions ◽

Learning Models ◽

Adaptive Boosting ◽

Machine Learning Model ◽

High Resolution Images ◽

Machine Learning Models

A record-breaking agglomeration of Sargassum was packed along the northern Jeju coast in Korea in 2021, and laborers suffered from removing them from the beach. If remote sensing can be used to detect the locations at which Sargassum accumulated in a timely and accurate manner, we could remove them before their arrival and reduce the damage caused by Sargassum. This study aims to detect Sargassum distribution on the coast of Jeju Island using the Geostationary KOMPSAT 2B (GK2B) Geostationary Ocean Color Imager-II (GOCI-II) imagery that was launched in February 2020, with measurements available since October 2020. For this, we used GOCI-II imagery during the first 6 months and machine learning models including Fine Tree, a Fine Gaussian support vector machine (SVM), and Gentle adaptive boosting (GentleBoost). We trained the models with the GOCI-II Rayleigh-corrected reflectance (RhoC) image and a ground truth map extracted from high-resolution images as input and output, respectively. Qualitative and quantitative assessments were carried out using the three machine learning models and traditional methods such as Sargassum indexes. We found that GentleBoost showed a lower false positive (6.2%) and a high F-measure level (0.82), and a more appropriate Sargassum distribution compared to other methods. The application of the machine learning model to GOCI-II images in various atmospheric conditions is therefore considered successful for mapping Sargassum extent quickly, enabling reduction of laborers’ efforts to remove them.

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CFD Optimization of the Pre-Chamber Geometry for a Gasoline Spark Ignition Engine

Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering ◽

10.3389/fmech.2020.599752 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

Author(s):

Haiwen Ge ◽

Ahmad Hadi Bakir ◽

Suren Yadav ◽

Yunseon Kang ◽

Siva Parameswaran ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Genetic Algorithm ◽

Support Vector Machine Model ◽

Spark Ignition ◽

Spark Ignition Engine ◽

Support Vector ◽

Learning Models ◽

Machine Model ◽

Machine Learning Model ◽

Machine Learning Models

In the present paper, an efficient optimization method based on Bayesian updating strategy is developed for the design of a spark-ignition engine equipped with pre-chamber. 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation coupled with strategies including design of experiment, genetic algorithm, and machine learning methods is used to optimize the pre-chamber with desired combustion phasing. The optimization process starts from a design of experiment matrix of 11 design parameters, which are used to analytically characterize the pre-chamber geometry and set up the 3D combustion CFD. Taking CA50 as the single objective, the CFD results are then used to train the machine learning models. Different machine learning models are evaluated based on their Root Mean Square Error. Five machine learning models from five different categories are selected for second round evaluation. The trained machine learning model is used in the genetic algorithm optimization, which yields the optimized configuration and is again justified by CFD. The new CFD results based on the optimized design are added into the database to further refine the machine learning model. After 24 iterations for each selected machine learning models, the medium Gaussian support vector machine model is identified as the best method for the present application. Iterations using the medium Gaussian support vector machine model continue until a satisfactory result is achieved. Detailed combustion analysis is conducted to investigate the physical mechanism about how the design of pre-chamber influences the engine's performance. It is found that larger volume of the upper part of the pre-chamber results in stronger jet flow and turbulent intensity which further accelerates the flame propagation inside the pre-chamber, dominating the contrary effects from reduced pressure and temperature. Regression analysis shows that the radius of the pre-chamber is the most influential design parameter. The current work not only sheds light on the optimization of engine design, but also has demonstrated a general strategy applicable to the purpose of arbitrary engine optimization and mechanical system design.

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Comparing machine learning and ensemble learning in the field of football

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) ◽

10.11591/ijece.v9i5.pp4321-4325 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 4321

Author(s):

Shuaib Khan ◽

Kirubanand V. B

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Ensemble Learning ◽

Learning Model ◽

Support Vector ◽

Learning Models ◽

Machine Learning Model ◽

Vector Machines ◽

The Right ◽

Enormous Number ◽

Machine Learning Models

Football has been one of the most popular and loved sports since its birth on November 6th, 1869. The main reason for this is because it is highly unpredictable in nature. Predicting football matches results seems like the perfect problem for machine learning models. But there are various caveats such as picking the right features from an enormous number of available features. There have been many models which have been applied to various football-related datasets. This paper aims to compare Support Vector Machines a machine learning model and XGBoost an Ensemble learning model and how Ensemble Learning can greatly improve the accuracy of the predictions.

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Monitoring the Foliar Nutrients Status of Mango Using Spectroscopy-Based Spectral Indices and PLSR-Combined Machine Learning Models

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs13040641 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 641

Author(s):

Gopal Ramdas Mahajan ◽

Bappa Das ◽

Dayesh Murgaokar ◽

Ittai Herrmann ◽

Katja Berger ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Remote Sensing ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Partial Least Square Regression ◽

Support Vector ◽

Spectral Indices ◽

Learning Models ◽

Leaf Nutrients ◽

Machine Learning Models

Conventional methods of plant nutrient estimation for nutrient management need a huge number of leaf or tissue samples and extensive chemical analysis, which is time-consuming and expensive. Remote sensing is a viable tool to estimate the plant’s nutritional status to determine the appropriate amounts of fertilizer inputs. The aim of the study was to use remote sensing to characterize the foliar nutrient status of mango through the development of spectral indices, multivariate analysis, chemometrics, and machine learning modeling of the spectral data. A spectral database within the 350–1050 nm wavelength range of the leaf samples and leaf nutrients were analyzed for the development of spectral indices and multivariate model development. The normalized difference and ratio spectral indices and multivariate models–partial least square regression (PLSR), principal component regression, and support vector regression (SVR) were ineffective in predicting any of the leaf nutrients. An approach of using PLSR-combined machine learning models was found to be the best to predict most of the nutrients. Based on the independent validation performance and summed ranks, the best performing models were cubist (R2 ≥ 0.91, the ratio of performance to deviation (RPD) ≥ 3.3, and the ratio of performance to interquartile distance (RPIQ) ≥ 3.71) for nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc, SVR (R2 ≥ 0.88, RPD ≥ 2.73, RPIQ ≥ 3.31) for calcium, iron, copper, boron, and elastic net (R2 ≥ 0.95, RPD ≥ 4.47, RPIQ ≥ 6.11) for magnesium and sulfur. The results of the study revealed the potential of using hyperspectral remote sensing data for non-destructive estimation of mango leaf macro- and micro-nutrients. The developed approach is suggested to be employed within operational retrieval workflows for precision management of mango orchard nutrients.

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Machine learning models to identify low adherence to influenza vaccination among Korean adults with cardiovascular disease

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders ◽

10.1186/s12872-021-01925-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Moojung Kim ◽

Young Jae Kim ◽

Sung Jin Park ◽

Kwang Gi Kim ◽

Pyung Chun Oh ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Influenza Vaccination ◽

Machine Learning Techniques ◽

Gradient Boosting ◽

Support Vector ◽

Age Group ◽

Learning Models ◽

Extreme Gradient Boosting ◽

Machine Learning Models

Abstract Background Annual influenza vaccination is an important public health measure to prevent influenza infections and is strongly recommended for cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients, especially in the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim of this study is to develop a machine learning model to identify Korean adult CVD patients with low adherence to influenza vaccination Methods Adults with CVD (n = 815) from a nationally representative dataset of the Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES V) were analyzed. Among these adults, 500 (61.4%) had answered "yes" to whether they had received seasonal influenza vaccinations in the past 12 months. The classification process was performed using the logistic regression (LR), random forest (RF), support vector machine (SVM), and extreme gradient boosting (XGB) machine learning techniques. Because the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Korea offers free influenza immunization for the elderly, separate models were developed for the < 65 and ≥ 65 age groups. Results The accuracy of machine learning models using 16 variables as predictors of low influenza vaccination adherence was compared; for the ≥ 65 age group, XGB (84.7%) and RF (84.7%) have the best accuracies, followed by LR (82.7%) and SVM (77.6%). For the < 65 age group, SVM has the best accuracy (68.4%), followed by RF (64.9%), LR (63.2%), and XGB (61.4%). Conclusions The machine leaning models show comparable performance in classifying adult CVD patients with low adherence to influenza vaccination.

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414 Deep Neural Networks: A Survey Tool for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Prediction

SLEEP ◽

10.1093/sleep/zsab072.413 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 44 (Supplement_2) ◽

pp. A164-A164

Author(s):

Pahnwat Taweesedt ◽

JungYoon Kim ◽

Jaehyun Park ◽

Jangwoon Park ◽

Munish Sharma ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Neural Networks ◽

Obstructive Sleep Apnea ◽

Sleep Apnea ◽

Deep Neural Networks ◽

Support Vector ◽

Learning Models ◽

Obstructive Sleep ◽

Screening Questionnaires ◽

Machine Learning Models

Abstract Introduction Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep-related breathing disorder with an estimation of one billion people. Full-night polysomnography is considered the gold standard for OSA diagnosis. However, it is time-consuming, expensive and is not readily available in many parts of the world. Many screening questionnaires and scores have been proposed for OSA prediction with high sensitivity and low specificity. The present study is intended to develop models with various machine learning techniques to predict the severity of OSA by incorporating features from multiple questionnaires. Methods Subjects who underwent full-night polysomnography in Torr sleep center, Texas and completed 5 OSA screening questionnaires/scores were included. OSA was diagnosed by using Apnea-Hypopnea Index ≥ 5. We trained five different machine learning models including Deep Neural Networks with the scaled principal component analysis (DNN-PCA), Random Forest (RF), Adaptive Boosting classifier (ABC), and K-Nearest Neighbors classifier (KNC) and Support Vector Machine Classifier (SVMC). Training:Testing subject ratio of 65:35 was used. All features including demographic data, body measurement, snoring and sleepiness history were obtained from 5 OSA screening questionnaires/scores (STOP-BANG questionnaires, Berlin questionnaires, NoSAS score, NAMES score and No-Apnea score). Performance parametrics were used to compare between machine learning models. Results Of 180 subjects, 51.5 % of subjects were male with mean (SD) age of 53.6 (15.1). One hundred and nineteen subjects were diagnosed with OSA. Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (AUROC) of DNN-PCA, RF, ABC, KNC, SVMC, STOP-BANG questionnaire, Berlin questionnaire, NoSAS score, NAMES score, and No-Apnea score were 0.85, 0.68, 0.52, 0.74, 0.75, 0.61, 0.63, 0,61, 0.58 and 0,58 respectively. DNN-PCA showed the highest AUROC with sensitivity of 0.79, specificity of 0.67, positive-predictivity of 0.93, F1 score of 0.86, and accuracy of 0.77. Conclusion Our result showed that DNN-PCA outperforms OSA screening questionnaires, scores and other machine learning models. Support (if any):

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