Academic Articles & Research Papers

Python 3 for Machine Learning

This book is designed to provide the reader with basic Python 3 programming concepts related to machine learning. The first four chapters provide a fast-paced introduction to Python 3, NumPy, and Pandas. The fifth chapter introduces the fun...

What is Machine Learning? A Primer for the Epidemiologist

Machine learning is a branch of computer science that has the potential to transform epidemiologic sciences. Amid a growing focus on "Big Data," it offers epidemiologists new tools to tackle problems for which classical methods are not well...

Perspectives in machine learning for wildlife conservation

Inexpensive and accessible sensors are accelerating data acquisition in animal ecology. These technologies hold great potential for large-scale ecological understanding, but are limited by current processing approaches which inefficiently d...

Information disclosure and funding success of green crowdfunding campaigns: a study on GoFundMe

Abstract Crowdfunding has become important in increasing financial support for the development of green technologies. Self-disclosed information significantly affects supporters’ decisions and is important for the success of green project f...

Classification of bioactive peptides: A systematic benchmark of models and encodings

Bioactive peptides are short amino acid chains possessing biological activity and exerting physiological effects relevant to human health. Despite their therapeutic value, their identification remains a major problem, as it mainly relies on...

Improving the Robustness of Odour Recognition with Odour-Image Data Fusion in Open-Air Settings

Odour recognition with low-cost gas sensors is challenging in open-air settings due to the non-specificity of the sensors and environmental variability. This can be mitigated by incorporating additional information into the classification p...

Explainable machine learning for predicting clinical outcomes in HIV/TB co-infection: a comparative retrospective study

Abstract Background HIV/TB co-infection presents substantial public-health challenges, showing greater treatment-failure and mortality rates than tuberculosis alone. Recent advances in machine learning (ML) provide a robust means of identif...

Using Soft Voting Classifier of Machine Learning Algorithms for Earthquake Prediction

Earthquakes are among the most dangerous natural disasters that can cause major losses to buildings and threaten human lives. The research community is very interested in the topic of earthquakes because they occur suddenly and predicting t...

Development of a Data-Based Machine Learning Model for Classifying and Predicting Property Damage Caused by Fire

Large fires in factories cause severe human casualties and property damage. Thus, preparing more economical and efficient management strategies for fire prevention can significantly improve fire safety. This study deals with property damage...

From Causes to Forecasts: Granger Causality and Machine Learning Predictions of Housing Sales in Türkiye

This study aims to examine the impact of macro-financial indicators on the housing sales volume in Türkiye and evaluate the forecasting performance of traditional time-series models versus modern machine-learning algorithms. Using monthly d...

Computer Vision-Based Assessment of Motor Functioning in Schizophrenia: Use of Smartphones for Remote Measurement of Schizophrenia Symptomatology

Introduction: Motor abnormalities have been shown to be a distinct component of schizophrenia symptomatology. However, objective and scalable methods for assessment of motor functioning in schizophrenia are lacking. Advancements in machine ...

Bioinformatics the machine learning approach

In this book Pierre Baldi and Soren Brunak present the key machine learning approaches and apply them to the computational problems encountered in the analysis of biological data. The book is aimed both at biologists and biochemists who nee...

Machine learning for microbiologists

Faces in the crowd: Twitter as alternative to protest surveys

Who goes to protests? To answer this question, existing research has relied either on retrospective surveys of populations or in-protest surveys of participants. Both techniques are prohibitively costly and face logistical and methodologica...

Calibrated Machine Learning with Temporal Leakage Controls for Rare-Event Forecasting of Port Activity Anomalies: Evidence from Selected African Countries and Indonesia

Port activity anomalies are rare but may signal operational constraints relevant to supply chains. The aim of the study was to develop and empirically evaluate a calibrated machine learning framework for forecasting rare, algorithmically de...

Improved railway track faults detection using Mel-frequency cepstral coefficient and constant-Q transform features

Abstract Regular inspection of the health of railway tracks is crucial to maintaining reliable and safe train operations. Some factors including cracks, rail discontinuity, ballast issues, burn wheels, super-elevation, loose nuts and bolts,...

Machine Learning in Action

SummaryMachine Learning in Action is unique book that blends the foundational theories of machine learning with the practical realities of building tools for everyday data analysis. You'll use the flexible Python programming language to bui...

A guide to machine learning for biologists

Taxonomy-based data representation for data mining: an example of the magnitude of risk associated with H. pylori infection

Abstract Background The amount of available and potentially significant data describing study subjects is ever growing with the introduction and integration of different registries and data banks. The single specific attribute of these data...

On-board Clutch Slippage Detection and Diagnosis in Heavy Duty Machine

In order to reduce unnecessary stops and expensive downtime originating from clutch failure of construction equipment machines; adequate real time sensor data measured on the machine in combination with feature extraction and classification...