Rank-sensitive proportional aggregations in dynamic recommendation scenarios

In this paper, we focus on the problem of rank-sensitive proportionality preservation when aggregating outputs of multiple recommender systems in dynamic recommendation scenarios. We believe that individual recommenders may provide complementary views on the user’s preferences or needs, and therefore, their proportional (i.e. unbiased) aggregation may be beneficial for the long-term user satisfaction. We propose an aggregation framework (FuzzDA) based on a modified D’Hondt’s algorithm (DA) for proportional mandates allocation. Specifically, we adjusted DA to register fuzzy membership of items and modified the selection procedure to balance both relevance and proportionality criteria. Furthermore, we propose several iterative votes assignment strategies and negative implicit feedback incorporation strategies to make FuzzDA framework applicable in dynamic recommendation scenarios. Overall, the framework should provide benefits w.r.t. long-term novelty of recommendations, diversity of recommended items as well as overall relevance. We evaluated FuzzDA framework thoroughly both in offline simulations and in online A/B testing. Framework variants outperformed baselines w.r.t. click-through rate (CTR) in most of the evaluated scenarios. Some variants of FuzzDA also provided the best or close-to-best iterative novelty (while maintaining very high CTR). While the impact of the framework variants on user-wise diversity was not so extensive, the trade-off between CTR and diversity seems reasonable.

Peningkatan Kualitas Citra Reduksi Noise Menggunakan Iterative Denoising and Backward Projection-CNN dan TFM-CLAHE Pada Citra 24 Bit

Penurunan kualitas yang diakibatkan adanya noise atau kontras yang tidak normal pada citra mengakibatkan objek pada citra menjadi tidak jelas. Masalah itu dapat disebabkan perangkat yang digunakan menimbulkan noise atau tidak bisa menghasilkan kontras yang normal. Adanya noise dan kontras rendah gelap berdampak besar terhadap kualitas citra?, proses reduksi noise yang berukuran besar 45% akan berpengaruh pada informasi didalam citra sehingga kualitas citra hasil reduksi menjadi hal yang perlu dipertimbangkan untuk noise berukuran besar?. Penelitian tahun 2019 menggunakan algoritma Iterative Denoising and Backward Projections with CNN (IDBP-CNN) dinyatakan mampu mereduksi noise hingga 51% dengan kualitas PSNR diatas 30 dB dengan mengabaikan kontras dari citra. Sedangkan algoritma untuk meningkatkan kontras citra menggunakan algoritma Triangular Fuzzy Membership?Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (TFM-CLAHE) juga diklaim mampu meningkatkan kontras citra dengan kualitas PSNR di atas 20 dB, yang lebih baik dibandingkan dengan algoritma CLAHE. Berdasarkan hasil pengujian yang dilakukan pada 10 citra kontras rendah gelap dengan noise 45% didapatkan kombinasi algoritma TFM-CLAHE diikuti IDBP-CNN lebih baik dengan rata-rata hasil PSNR = 31.69 dB, dibandingkan sebaliknya PSNR = 31.01 dB, Namun rata-rata keragaman informasi citra hasil dengan kombinasi IDBP-CNN diikuti TFM-CLAHE lebih kecil selisihnya terhadap citra asli berdasarkan Shanon Entropy sebesar 3.77% dibandingkan sebaliknya 4.75%

A Fuzzy Logic Approach for Image Restoration and Content Preserving

Image filtering, which removes or reduces noises from the contaminated images, is an important task in image processing. This paper presents a novel approach to the problem of noise reduction for gray-scale images. The proposed technique is able to remove the noise component, while adapting itself to the local noise intensity. In this way, the proposed algorithm can be considered as a modification of the median filter driven by fuzzy membership functions. Experimental results are compared to static median filter by numerical measures and visual inspection. As was expected, the new filter shows better performances.

A Classification Method of Network Ideological and Political Resources Using Improved SVM Algorithm

In order to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the classification of network ideological and political resources and promote the efficiency of ideological education, a research on the classification of network ideological and political resources based on the improved SVM algorithm is proposed. We analyze the characteristics and current situation of network ideological and political resources and conclude that the method elements are open and technical. The ontology elements are rich and shared, and the behavioral elements are autonomous and interactive. Three types of network ideological and political resources are proposed: the main resource, content resource, and means resource. The particle swarm algorithm is used to improve the SVM algorithm. In the process of constructing the SVM classifier, the fuzzy membership function is introduced, the classification problem of network ideological and political resources is converted into a secondary planning problem, and the accuracy of network ideological and political resources is finally realized. Simulation results show that the use of improved algorithms to classify network ideological and political resources can improve the accuracy and efficiency of network abnormal data classification.

A Novel Approach to Generate Type-1 Fuzzy Triangular and Trapezoidal Membership Functions to Improve the Classification Accuracy

Fuzzy logic is an approach that reflects human thinking and decision making by handling uncertainty and vagueness using fuzzy membership functions. When a human is engaged in the design of a fuzzy system, symmetric properties are naturally preferred. Fuzzy c-means clustering is a clustering algorithm that can cluster datasets to produce membership matrix and cluster centers, which results in generating type-1 fuzzy membership functions. However, fuzzy c-means algorithm has a limitation of producing only a single membership function type, Gaussian MF. Generation of multiple fuzzy membership functions is of immense importance as it provides more efficient and optimal solutions to a problem. Therefore, an approach to generate multiple type-1 fuzzy membership functions through fuzzy c-means is required for the optimal and improved results of classification datasets. Hence, to overcome the limitation of the fuzzy c-means algorithm, an approach for the generation of type-1 fuzzy triangular and trapezoidal membership function through fuzzy c-means is considered in this study. The approach is used to calculate and enhance the accuracy of classification datasets called iris, banknote authentication, blood transfusion, and Haberman’s survival. The proposed approach of generating MFs using FCM produce asymmetric MFs, whose results are compared with the MFs produced from grid partitioning (GP), which are symmetric MFs. The results show that the proposed approach of generating type-1 fuzzy membership function through fuzzy c-means is effective and can be adopted.

The use of entropy based fuzzy membership on weighted logistic regression for the unbalanced data

Logistic regression is a popular and powerful classification method. The addition of ridge regularization and optimization using a combination of linear conjugate gradients and IRLS, called Truncated Regularized Iteratively Re-weighted Least Square (TR-IRLS), can outperform Support Vector Machine (SVM) in terms of processing speed, especially when applied to large data and have competitive accuracy. However, neither SVM nor TR-IRLS is good enough when applied to unbalanced data. Fuzzy Support Vector Machine (FSVM) is an SVM development for unbalanced data that adds fuzzy membership to each observation. The fuzzy membership makes the interest of each observation in the minority class higher than the majority class. Meanwhile, TR-IRLS developed into a Rare Event Weighted Logistic Regression (RE-WLR) by adding weight to logistic regression and bias correction. The weighting of the RE-WLR depends on the undersampling scheme. It allows an “information loss”. Between FSVM and RE-WLR has a similarity, the weight based only on class differences (minority or majority). Entropy Based Fuzzy Support Vector Machine (EFSVM) is a method used to accommodate the weaknesses of FSVM by considering the class certainty of class observations. As a result, EFSVM is able to improve SVM performance for unbalanced data, even beating FSVM. For this reason, we use EF on the TR-IRLS algorithm to classify large and unbalanced data, as a proposed method. This method is called Entropy-Based Fuzzy Weighted Logistic Regression (EF-WLR). This Research shows the review of EF-WLR for unbalanced data classification.

Evaluation of Students’ Performance in Poster Presentations Using Fuzzy Evaluation Method

Poster presentation encompasses many elements such as the organization of poster, the content related to the title proposed, the appearance and the written word. Usually, the poster presentation is used as a platform for student to present their final year project or any other competitions. Students will be evaluated based on the criteria that meets the requirements proposed by the panels or judges. However, their performance in poster presentations does not provide the suitable techniques to estimate the actual value since it involves the elements of fuzziness. In this study, the fuzzy evaluation technique will be applied to measure the performance of the poster presentation. The motivation behind poster presentation is to determine the performance of students using fuzzy evaluation method. The objective of this study is to compare the results between using conventional method and fuzzy evaluation method. The method consists of normalizing the marks, developing the graph of fuzzy membership function, calculating the degree of satisfaction, and finalizing the actual marks. We believed that the result from this study could be able to measure the better output with the consideration of linguistic terms includes excellent, good, moderate, satisfactory, and so on. This method also can be an alternative way to evaluate the performance of the poster presentation.