Academic Articles & Research Papers

Feature Selection and Rule Generation Integrated Learning for Takagi-Sugeno-Kang Fuzzy System and its Application in Medical Data Classification

The rule-based fuzzy systems have successfully applied for numerous medical data classification problems. However, structuring the concise and interpretable fuzzy rules with good classification performance is still a big challenge. To addre...

The relationship between perceived outdoor sports atmosphere and social-emotional competence among college students: the mediating role of core self-evaluation and the moderating role of digital health literacy

ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the relationship between the perceived outdoor sports atmosphere and social-emotional competencies among college students, with a focus on examining the mediating role of core self-evaluation and the mode...

Identification of confounders and estimating the causal effect of place of birth on age-specific childhood vaccination

Abstract Background In causal analyses, some third factor may distort the relationship between the exposure and the outcome variables under study, which gives spurious results. In this case, treatment groups and control groups that receive ...

Key soil attributes and land-management dataset for Australian agroecosystems linking baseline and resampling surveys.

Enhanced Intrusion Detection in Drone Networks: A Cross-Layer Convolutional Attention Approach for Drone-to-Drone and Drone-to-Base Station Communications

Due to Internet of Drones (IoD) technology, drone networks have proliferated, transforming surveillance, logistics, and disaster management. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, malware infections, and communication abnormalities i...

The relationship between perceived stress and depression in colorectal cancer patients: the mediating role of illness perception and the moderating role of self-efficacy

BackgroundNumerous studies have demonstrated a close association between perceived stress and depression in colorectal cancer patients; however, the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. This study aims to investigate the im...

Predicting Microbial Protein Synthesis in Cattle: Evaluation of Extant Equations and Steps Needed to Improve Accuracy and Precision of Future Equations

Predictions of microbial crude protein (MCP) synthesis for beef cattle generally rely on empirical regression equations, with intakes of energy and protein as key variables. Using a database from published literature, we developed new equat...

Attack-Aware Deepfake Detection Under Counter-Forensic Manipulations

The rapid proliferation of AI-generated and manipulated visual content requires forensic detectors that remain reliable after routine processing and deliberate counter-forensic modification. This paper presents an attack-aware deepfake dete...

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2020

This special issue covers a wide range of topics from the area of Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Machine Learning.This breadth of scope is reflected by the papers included in this special issue, which touch topics including geome...

Boosting Neural Networks

Boosting is a general method for improving the performance of learning algorithms. A recently proposed boosting algorithm, AdaBoost, has been applied with great success to several benchmark machine learning problems using mainly decision tr...

A Review of Deep Learning Applications in Intrusion Detection Systems: Overcoming Challenges in Spatiotemporal Feature Extraction and Data Imbalance

In the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and large-scale distributed networks, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) face significant challenges in handling complex spatiotemporal features and addressing data imbalance issues. T...

Development and validation of a predictive model for diabetic peripheral neuropathy with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Xinjiang, China

Abstract This study aims to identify risk factors associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in patients with type 2 diabetesmellitus (T2DM) and to develop a predictive model to support clinical decision-making. A total of 1,001 p...

Application of Machine Learning for Predicting Progression‐Free and Overall Survival in Patients With Renal Cell Carcinoma

ABSTRACT Patient outcomes in advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) remain poor, with five‐year survival rates ranging from ~10% to 30%. Early projections of therapeutic outcomes could optimize precision medicine and accelerate drug developmen...

Epistemic frontiers and the distinction between causality, information, and predictability in pattern recognition

Abstract High predictive accuracy is frequently misinterpreted as evidence of causal understanding or population-level signal. Models can exploit spurious correlations, confounding, or protocol-induced artefacts, while post-hoc explanations...

Stacking Ensemble Approach for Churn Prediction: Integrating CNN and Machine Learning Models with CatBoost Meta-Learner

In the telecom industry, predicting customer churn is crucial for improving customer retention. In literature, the use of single classifiers is predominantly focused. Customer data is complex data due to class imbalance and contain multiple...

mlr: Machine Learning in R

Interface to a large number of classification and regression techniques, including machine-readable parameter descriptions. There is also an experimental extension for survival analysis, clustering and general, example-specific cost-sensiti...

Hands-On Machine Learning with R

Hands-on Machine Learning with R provides a practical and applied approach to learning and developing intuition into today’s most popular machine learning methods. This book serves as a practitioner’s guide to the machine learning process a...

Detection and Classification of Abnormities of First Heart Sound Using Empirical Wavelet Transform

It is expected that an automatic detection and classification algorithm for the abnormities of first heart sound (S1) can realize computer artificial intelligence diagnosis of some relative cardiovascular disease. Few studies have focused o...