Cardiac Arrhythmia Disease Classifier Model Based on a Fuzzy Fusion Approach

Cardiac diseases are one of the greatest global health challenges.Due to the high annual mortality rates,cardiac diseases have attracted the attention of numerous researchers in recent years.This article proposes a hybrid fuzzy fusion classification model for cardiac arrhythmia diseases.The fusion model is utilized to optimally select the highest-ranked features generated by a variety of well-known feature-selection algorithms.An ensemble of classifiers is then applied to the fusion’s results.The proposed model classifies the arrhythmia dataset from the University of California,Irvine into normal/abnormal classes as well as 16 classes of arrhythmia.Initially,at the preprocessing steps,for the miss-valued attributes,we used the average value in the linear attributes group by the same class and the most frequent value for nominal attributes.However,in order to ensure the model optimality,we eliminated all attributes which have zero or constant values that might bias the results of utilized classifiers.The preprocessing step led to 161 out of 279 attributes(features).Thereafter,a fuzzy-based feature-selection fusion method is applied to fuse high-ranked features obtained from different heuristic feature-selection algorithms.In short,our study comprises three main blocks:(1)sensing data and preprocessing;(2)feature queuing,selection,and extraction;and(3)the predictive model.Our proposed method improves classification performance in terms of accuracy,F1measure,recall,and precision when compared to state-of-the-art techniques.It achieves 98.5%accuracy for binary class mode and 98.9%accuracy for categorized class mode.

An IoT-Cloud Based Intelligent Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy Stage Classification Using Deep Learning Approach

Diabetic retinopathy(DR)is a disease with an increasing prevalence and the major reason for blindness among working-age population.The possibility of severe vision loss can be extensively reduced by timely diagnosis and treatment.An automated screening for DR has been identified as an effective method for early DR detection,which can decrease the workload associated to manual grading as well as save diagnosis costs and time.Several studies have been carried out to develop automated detection and classification models for DR.This paper presents a new IoT and cloud-based deep learning for healthcare diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy(DR).The proposed model incorporates different processes namely data collection,preprocessing,segmentation,feature extraction and classification.At first,the IoT-based data collection process takes place where the patient wears a head mounted camera to capture the retinal fundus image and send to cloud server.Then,the contrast level of the input DR image gets increased in the preprocessing stage using Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization(CLAHE)model.Next,the preprocessed image is segmented using Adaptive Spatial Kernel distance measure-based Fuzzy C-Means clustering(ASKFCM)model.Afterwards,deep Convolution Neural Network(CNN)based Inception v4 model is applied as a feature extractor and the resulting feature vectors undergo classification in line with the Gaussian Naive Bayes(GNB)model.The proposed model was tested using a benchmark DR MESSIDOR image dataset and the obtained results showcased superior performance of the proposed model over other such models compared in the study.

Privacy Preserving Blockchain Technique to Achieve Secure and Reliable Sharing of IoT Data

In present digital era,an exponential increase in Internet of Things(IoT)devices poses several design issues for business concerning security and privacy.Earlier studies indicate that the blockchain technology is found to be a significant solution to resolve the challenges of data security exist in IoT.In this view,this paper presents a new privacy-preserving Secure Ant Colony optimization with Multi Kernel Support Vector Machine(ACOMKSVM)with Elliptical Curve cryptosystem(ECC)for secure and reliable IoT data sharing.This program uses blockchain to ensure protection and integrity of some data while it has the technology to create secure ACOMKSVM training algorithms in partial views of IoT data,collected from various data providers.Then,ECC is used to create effective and accurate privacy that protects ACOMKSVM secure learning process.In this study,the authors deployed blockchain technique to create a secure and reliable data exchange platform across multiple data providers,where IoT data is encrypted and recorded in a distributed ledger.The security analysis showed that the specific data ensures confidentiality of critical data from each data provider and protects the parameters of the ACOMKSVM model for data analysts.To examine the performance of the proposed method,it is tested against two benchmark dataset such as Breast Cancer Wisconsin Data Set(BCWD)and Heart Disease Data Set(HDD)from UCI AI repository.The simulation outcome indicated that the ACOMKSVM model has outperformed all the compared methods under several aspects.

Fully Automatic Segmentation of Gynaecological Abnormality Using a New Viola–Jones Model

One of the most complex tasks for computer-aided diagnosis(Intelligent decision support system)is the segmentation of lesions.Thus,this study proposes a new fully automated method for the segmentation of ovarian and breast ultrasound images.The main contributions of this research is the development of a novel Viola–James model capable of segmenting the ultrasound images of breast and ovarian cancer cases.In addition,proposed an approach that can efficiently generate region-of-interest(ROI)and new features that can be used in characterizing lesion boundaries.This study uses two databases in training and testing the proposed segmentation approach.The breast cancer database contains 250 images,while that of the ovarian tumor has 100 images obtained from several hospitals in Iraq.Results of the experiments showed that the proposed approach demonstrates better performance compared with those of other segmentation methods used for segmenting breast and ovarian ultrasound images.The segmentation result of the proposed system compared with the other existing techniques in the breast cancer data set was 78.8%.By contrast,the segmentation result of the proposed system in the ovarian tumor data set was 79.2%.In the classification results,we achieved 95.43%accuracy,92.20%sensitivity,and 97.5%specificity when we used the breast cancer data set.For the ovarian tumor data set,we achieved 94.84%accuracy,96.96%sensitivity,and 90.32%specificity.

A New Multi-Agent Feature Wrapper Machine Learning Approach for Heart Disease Diagnosis

Heart disease(HD)is a serious widespread life-threatening disease.The heart of patients with HD fails to pump sufcient amounts of blood to the entire body.Diagnosing the occurrence of HD early and efciently may prevent the manifestation of the debilitating effects of this disease and aid in its effective treatment.Classical methods for diagnosing HD are sometimes unreliable and insufcient in analyzing the related symptoms.As an alternative,noninvasive medical procedures based on machine learning(ML)methods provide reliable HD diagnosis and efcient prediction of HD conditions.However,the existing models of automated ML-based HD diagnostic methods cannot satisfy clinical evaluation criteria because of their inability to recognize anomalies in extracted symptoms represented as classication features from patients with HD.In this study,we propose an automated heart disease diagnosis(AHDD)system that integrates a binary convolutional neural network(CNN)with a new multi-agent feature wrapper(MAFW)model.The MAFW model consists of four software agents that operate a genetic algorithm(GA),a support vector machine(SVM),and Naïve Bayes(NB).The agents instruct the GA to perform a global search on HD features and adjust the weights of SVM and BN during initial classication.A nal tuning to CNN is then performed to ensure that the best set of features are included in HD identication.The CNN consists of ve layers that categorize patients as healthy or with HD according to the analysis of optimized HD features.We evaluate the classication performance of the proposed AHDD system via 12 common ML techniques and conventional CNN models by using across-validation technique and by assessing six evaluation criteria.The AHDD system achieves the highest accuracy of 90.1%,whereas the other ML and conventional CNN models attain only 72.3%–83.8%accuracy on average.Therefore,the AHDD system proposed herein has the highest capability to identify patients with HD.This system can be used by medical practitioners to diagnose HD efciently。

Metaheuristic Clustering Protocol for Healthcare DataCollection in MobileWireless Multimedia Sensor Networks

Nowadays,healthcare applications necessitate maximum volume of medical data to be fed to help the physicians,academicians,pathologists,doctors and other healthcare professionals.Advancements in the domain of Wireless Sensor Networks(WSN)andMultimediaWireless Sensor Networks(MWSN)are tremendous.M-WMSN is an advanced form of conventional Wireless Sensor Networks(WSN)to networks that use multimedia devices.When compared with traditional WSN,the quantity of data transmission in M-WMSN is significantly high due to the presence of multimedia content.Hence,clustering techniques are deployed to achieve low amount of energy utilization.The current research work aims at introducing a new Density Based Clustering(DBC)technique to achieve energy efficiency inWMSN.The DBC technique is mainly employed for data collection in healthcare environment which primarily depends on three input parameters namely remaining energy level,distance,and node centrality.In addition,two static data collector points called Super Cluster Head(SCH)are placed,which collects the data from normal CHs and forwards it to the Base Station(BS)directly.SCH supports multi-hop data transmission that assists in effectively balancing the available energy.Adetailed simulation analysiswas conducted to showcase the superior performance of DBC technique and the results were examined under diverse aspects.The simulation outcomes concluded that the proposed DBC technique improved the network lifetime to a maximum of 16,500 rounds,which is significantly higher compared to existing methods.

Type II Fuzzy Logic Based Cluster Head Selection for Wireless Sensor Network

Wireless Sensor Network(WSN)forms an essential part of IoT.It is embedded in the target environment to observe the physical parameters based on the type of application.Sensor nodes inWSN are constrained by different features such as memory,bandwidth,energy,and its processing capabilities.In WSN,data transmission process consumes the maximum amount of energy than sensing and processing of the sensors.So,diverse clustering and data aggregation techniques are designed to achieve excellent energy efficiency in WSN.In this view,the current research article presents a novel Type II Fuzzy Logic-based Cluster Head selection with Low Complexity Data Aggregation(T2FLCH-LCDA)technique for WSN.The presented model involves a two-stage process such as clustering and data aggregation.Initially,three input parameters such as residual energy,distance to Base Station(BS),and node centrality are used in T2FLCH technique for CH selection and cluster construction.Besides,the LCDA technique which follows Dictionary Based Encoding(DBE)process is used to perform the data aggregation at CHs.Finally,the aggregated data is transmitted to the BS where it achieves energy efficiency.The experimental validation of the T2FLCH-LCDAtechnique was executed under three different scenarios based on the position of BS.The experimental results revealed that the T2FLCH-LCDA technique achieved maximum energy efficiency,lifetime,Compression Ratio(CR),and power saving than the compared methods.

Deep Learning Based Optimal Multimodal Fusion Framework for Intrusion Detection Systems for Healthcare Data

Data fusion is a multidisciplinary research area that involves different domains.It is used to attain minimum detection error probability and maximum reliability with the help of data retrieved from multiple healthcare sources.The generation of huge quantity of data from medical devices resulted in the formation of big data during which data fusion techniques become essential.Securing medical data is a crucial issue of exponentially-pacing computing world and can be achieved by Intrusion Detection Systems(IDS).In this regard,since singularmodality is not adequate to attain high detection rate,there is a need exists to merge diverse techniques using decision-based multimodal fusion process.In this view,this research article presents a new multimodal fusion-based IDS to secure the healthcare data using Spark.The proposed model involves decision-based fusion model which has different processes such as initialization,pre-processing,Feature Selection(FS)and multimodal classification for effective detection of intrusions.In FS process,a chaotic Butterfly Optimization(BO)algorithmcalled CBOA is introduced.Though the classic BO algorithm offers effective exploration,it fails in achieving faster convergence.In order to overcome this,i.e.,to improve the convergence rate,this research work modifies the required parameters of BO algorithm using chaos theory.Finally,to detect intrusions,multimodal classifier is applied by incorporating three Deep Learning(DL)-based classification models.Besides,the concepts like Hadoop MapReduce and Spark were also utilized in this study to achieve faster computation of big data in parallel computation platform.To validate the outcome of the presented model,a series of experimentations was performed using the benchmark NSLKDDCup99 Dataset repository.The proposed model demonstrated its effective results on the applied dataset by offering the maximum accuracy of 99.21%,precision of 98.93%and detection rate of 99.59%.The results assured the betterment of the proposed model.

Energy Efficient Cluster-Based Optimal Resource Management in IoT Environment

Internet of Things(IoT)is a technological revolution that redefined communication and computation of modern era.IoT generally refers to a network of gadgets linked via wireless network and communicates via internet.Resource management,especially energy management,is a critical issue when designing IoT devices.Several studies reported that clustering and routing are energy efficient solutions for optimal management of resources in IoT environment.In this point of view,the current study devises a new Energy-Efficient Clustering-based Routing technique for Resource Management i.e.,EECBRM in IoT environment.The proposed EECBRM model has three stages namely,fuzzy logic-based clustering,Lion Whale Optimization with Tumbling(LWOT)-based routing and cluster maintenance phase.The proposed EECBRMmodel was validated through a series of experiments and the results were verified under several aspects.EECBRM model was compared with existing methods in terms of energy efficiency,delay,number of data transmission,and network lifetime.When simulated,in comparison with other methods,EECBRM model yielded excellent results in a significant manner.Thus,the efficiency of the proposed model is established.

LBC-IoT: Lightweight Block Cipher for IoT Constraint Devices

With the new era of the Internet of Things(IoT)technology,many devices with limited resources are utilized.Those devices are susceptible to a signicant number of new malware and other risks emerging rapidly.One of the most appropriate methods for securing those IoT applications is cryptographic algorithms,as cryptography masks information by eliminating the risk of collecting any meaningful information patterns.This ensures that all data communications are private,accurate,authenticated,authorized,or nonrepudiated.Since conventional cryptographic algorithms have been developed specically for devices with limited resources;however,it turns out that such algorithms are not ideal for IoT restricted devices with their current conguration.Therefore,lightweight block ciphers are gaining popularity to meet the requirements of low-power and constrained devices.A new ultra-lightweight secret-key block-enciphering algorithm named“LBC-IoT”is proposed in this paper.The proposed block length is 32-bit supporting key lengths of 80-bit,and it is mainly based on the Feistel structure.Energy-efcient cryptographic features in“LBC-IoT”include the use of simple functions(shift,XOR)and small rigid substitution boxes(4-bit-S-boxes).Besides,it is immune to different types of attacks such as linear,differential,and side-channel as well as exible in terms of implementation.Moreover,LBC-IoT achieves reasonable performance in both hardware and software compared to other recent algorithms.LBC-IoT’s hardware implementation results are very promising(smallest ever area“548”GE)and competitive with today’s leading lightweight ciphers.LBC-IoT is also ideally suited for ultra-restricted devices such as RFID tags.

Efcient MCDM Model for Evaluating the Performance of Commercial Banks: A Case Stud

Evaluation of commercial banks(CBs)performance has been a signicant issue in the nancial world and deemed as a multi-criteria decision making(MCDM)model.Numerous research assesses CB performance according to different metrics and standers.As a result of uncertainty in decision-making problems and large economic variations in Egypt,this research proposes a plithogenic based model to evaluate Egyptian commercial banks’performance based on a set of criteria.The proposed model evaluates the top ten Egyptian commercial banks based on three main metrics including nancial,customer satisfaction,and qualitative evaluation,and 19 subcriteria.The proportional importance of the selected criteria is evaluated by the Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP).Furthermore,the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution(TOPSIS),Vlse Kriterijumska Optimizacija Kompro-misno Resenje(VIKOR),and COmplex PRoportional ASsessment(COPRAS)are adopted to rank the top ten Egyptian banks based on their performance,comparatively.The main role of this research is to apply the proposed integrated MCDM framework under the plithogenic environment to measure the performance of the CBs under uncertainty.All results show that CIB has the best performance while Faisal Islamic Bank and Bank Audi have the least performance among the top 10 CBs in Egypt.

A New Decision-Making Model Based on Plithogenic Set for Supplier Selection

Supplier selection is a common and relevant phase to initialize the supply chain processes and ensure its sustainability.The choice of supplier is a multicriteria decision making(MCDM)to obtain the optimal decision based on a group of criteria.The health care sector faces several types of problems,and one of the most important is selecting an appropriate supplier that fits the desired performance level.The development of service/product quality in health care facilities in a country will improve the quality of the life of its population.This paper proposes an integrated multi-attribute border approximation area comparison(MABAC)based on the best-worst method(BWM),plithogenic set,and rough numbers.BWM is applied to regulate the weight vector of the measures in group decision-making problems with a high level of consistency.For the treatment of uncertainty,a plithogenic set and rough number(RN)are used to improve the accuracy of results.Plithogenic set operations are used to deal with information in the desired manner that handles uncertainty and vagueness.Then,based on the plithogenic aggregation and the results of BWM evaluation,we use MABAC to find the optimal alternative according to defined criteria.To examine the proposed integrated algorithm,an empirical example is produced to select an optimal supplier within five options in the healthcare industry.