Effectiveness of hybrid ensemble machine learning models for landslide susceptibility analysis:Evidence from Shimla district of North-west Indian Himalayan region

The Indian Himalayan region is frequently experiencing climate change-induced landslides.Thus,landslide susceptibility assessment assumes greater significance for lessening the impact of a landslide hazard.This paper makes an attempt to assess landslide susceptibility in Shimla district of the northwest Indian Himalayan region.It examined the effectiveness of random forest(RF),multilayer perceptron(MLP),sequential minimal optimization regression(SMOreg)and bagging ensemble(B-RF,BSMOreg,B-MLP)models.A landslide inventory map comprising 1052 locations of past landslide occurrences was classified into training(70%)and testing(30%)datasets.The site-specific influencing factors were selected by employing a multicollinearity test.The relationship between past landslide occurrences and influencing factors was established using the frequency ratio method.The effectiveness of machine learning models was verified through performance assessors.The landslide susceptibility maps were validated by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves(ROC-AUC),accuracy,precision,recall and F1-score.The key performance metrics and map validation demonstrated that the BRF model(correlation coefficient:0.988,mean absolute error:0.010,root mean square error:0.058,relative absolute error:2.964,ROC-AUC:0.947,accuracy:0.778,precision:0.819,recall:0.917 and F-1 score:0.865)outperformed the single classifiers and other bagging ensemble models for landslide susceptibility.The results show that the largest area was found under the very high susceptibility zone(33.87%),followed by the low(27.30%),high(20.68%)and moderate(18.16%)susceptibility zones.The factors,namely average annual rainfall,slope,lithology,soil texture and earthquake magnitude have been identified as the influencing factors for very high landslide susceptibility.Soil texture,lineament density and elevation have been attributed to high and moderate susceptibility.Thus,the study calls for devising suitable landslide mitigation measures in the study area.Structural measures,an immediate response system,community participation and coordination among stakeholders may help lessen the detrimental impact of landslides.The findings from this study could aid decision-makers in mitigating future catastrophes and devising suitable strategies in other geographical regions with similar geological characteristics.

Model Agnostic Meta-Learning(MAML)-Based Ensemble Model for Accurate Detection of Wheat Diseases Using Vision Transformer and Graph Neural Networks

Wheat is a critical crop,extensively consumed worldwide,and its production enhancement is essential to meet escalating demand.The presence of diseases like stem rust,leaf rust,yellow rust,and tan spot significantly diminishes wheat yield,making the early and precise identification of these diseases vital for effective disease management.With advancements in deep learning algorithms,researchers have proposed many methods for the automated detection of disease pathogens;however,accurately detectingmultiple disease pathogens simultaneously remains a challenge.This challenge arises due to the scarcity of RGB images for multiple diseases,class imbalance in existing public datasets,and the difficulty in extracting features that discriminate between multiple classes of disease pathogens.In this research,a novel method is proposed based on Transfer Generative Adversarial Networks for augmenting existing data,thereby overcoming the problems of class imbalance and data scarcity.This study proposes a customized architecture of Vision Transformers(ViT),where the feature vector is obtained by concatenating features extracted from the custom ViT and Graph Neural Networks.This paper also proposes a Model AgnosticMeta Learning(MAML)based ensemble classifier for accurate classification.The proposedmodel,validated on public datasets for wheat disease pathogen classification,achieved a test accuracy of 99.20%and an F1-score of 97.95%.Compared with existing state-of-the-art methods,this proposed model outperforms in terms of accuracy,F1-score,and the number of disease pathogens detection.In future,more diseases can be included for detection along with some other modalities like pests and weed.

GP‐FMLNet:A feature matrix learning network enhanced by glyph and phonetic information for Chinese sentiment analysis

Sentiment analysis is a fine‐grained analysis task that aims to identify the sentiment polarity of a specified sentence.Existing methods in Chinese sentiment analysis tasks only consider sentiment features from a single pole and scale and thus cannot fully exploit and utilise sentiment feature information,making their performance less than ideal.To resolve the problem,the authors propose a new method,GP‐FMLNet,that integrates both glyph and phonetic information and design a novel feature matrix learning process for phonetic features with which to model words that have the same pinyin information but different glyph information.Our method solves the problem of misspelling words influencing sentiment polarity prediction results.Specifically,the authors iteratively mine character,glyph,and pinyin features from the input comments sentences.Then,the authors use soft attention and matrix compound modules to model the phonetic features,which empowers their model to keep on zeroing in on the dynamic‐setting words in various positions and to dispense with the impacts of the deceptive‐setting ones.Ex-periments on six public datasets prove that the proposed model fully utilises the glyph and phonetic information and improves on the performance of existing Chinese senti-ment analysis algorithms.

Influencing Factors of Chinese Proficiency Test Learning Application Under the Framework of Seamless Learning

With the development of modern information technology and network society,the era of digital transformation has arrived,many educational resources have been developed and utilized,and the problem of space-time separation of global Chinese learners is gradually being solved.The use of mobile application learning can achieve convenient and fast learning,reduce learning costs,and flexibly adjust learning progress.After experiencing COVID-19,the demand for human-computer interaction in mobile learning is even more necessary.Therefore,to make applications achieve seamless docking with the needs of learners in the design of learning,the research investigates and analyzes the five dimensions of time,space,mode,subject,and object.The research tests the reliability and validity of the questionnaire,removes the relevant items and conducts non-parametric tests,then puts forward corresponding strategies according to the results of the questionnaire.It aims to enhance the efficiency of Chinese learners in HSK(Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi,Chinese Proficiency Test)learning and promote Chinese learning and the spread of the Chinese language and culture.

基于元学习的植物虫害识别原型网络VGG-ML

[目的]为解决使用深度学习技术对植物虫害识别时依赖大量训练样本的问题,本文基于元学习的思想设计一个VGG原型网络(VGG-meta learning,VGG-ML),用于在小样本背景下植物虫害种类识别。[方法]采用VGG16作为嵌入单元提取虫害样本特征与类别特征,为提高网络对于新类别的识别能力,采用训练集与测试集异域方式进行模型训练,以解决在小样本情况下植物虫害识别准确率低、新类别虫害无法识别的问题。将测试集划分为支持集(获取类原型)与查询集(样本原型),以欧式距离度量样本原型与类原型之间的相似性,从而判定样本所属类别。[结果]以公开数据集IP102中玉米、甜菜、苜蓿等11种植物的蚜虫、黏虫、跳甲等24类农业虫害图片作为训练数据,以稻纵卷叶螟、稻叶毛虫、亚洲稻螟、稻瘿蚊、稻秆蝇、稻水象甲、稻叶蝉、稻苞虫8类常见的水稻虫害作为测试数据,在5-way、1-shot与5-way、5-shot情况下VGG-ML识别准确率分别为67.98%与81.5%,与原始原型网络相比提高3.53与4.4百分点。5-way、5-shot试验与基于迁移学习的ResNet50与VGG16网络对比,准确率分别提高28.65与25.94百分点。[结论]VGG-ML在进行小样本植物虫害类型识别时有效可靠,可适用于小样本植物识别问题。

基于改进Q-Learning的移动机器人路径规划算法

随着移动机器人在生产生活中的深入应用,其路径规划能力也需要向快速性和环境适应性兼备发展。为解决现有移动机器人使用强化学习方法进行路径规划时存在的探索前期容易陷入局部最优、反复搜索同一区域,探索后期收敛率低、收敛速度慢的问题,本研究提出一种改进的Q-Learning算法。该算法改进Q矩阵赋值方法,使迭代前期探索过程具有指向性,并降低碰撞的情况;改进Q矩阵迭代方法,使Q矩阵更新具有前瞻性,避免在一个小区域中反复探索;改进随机探索策略,在迭代前期全面利用环境信息,后期向目标点靠近。在不同栅格地图仿真验证结果表明,本文算法在Q-Learning算法的基础上,通过上述改进降低探索过程中的路径长度、减少抖动并提高收敛的速度,具有更高的计算效率。

M-learning结合CBL在消化科规培教学中的探讨及应用

目的探究移动学习平台(M-learning,ML)结合案例教学(Case-based Learning,CBL)在消化科住院医师规范化培训(简称规培)教学中的应用效果。方法选取2021年1月—2023年1月于上海市徐汇区中心医院消化科参加规培学习的80名医师作为研究对象,将其按照随机数表法分为研究组和对照组,每组40名。对照组给予传统讲授式教学法,研究组给予M-learning结合CBL教学法,对比两组医师的理论考试成绩、实践技能考试成绩和学习满意度。结果研究组的理论成绩和实践技能考试成绩均高于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P均<0.05);研究组的学习满意度明显高于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论将Mlearning结合CBL教学法应用于消化科规培教学中,不仅能够提升医师的理论考试成绩和实践技能考试成绩,还能够有效提高医师学习满意度。

基于Q-Learning的航空器滑行路径规划研究

针对传统算法规划航空器滑行路径准确度低、不能根据整体场面运行情况进行路径规划的问题,提出一种基于Q-Learning的路径规划方法。通过对机场飞行区网络结构模型和强化学习的仿真环境分析,设置了状态空间和动作空间,并根据路径的合规性和合理性设定了奖励函数,将路径合理性评价值设置为滑行路径长度与飞行区平均滑行时间乘积的倒数。最后,分析了动作选择策略参数对路径规划模型的影响。结果表明,与A*算法和Floyd算法相比,基于Q-Learning的路径规划在滑行距离最短的同时,避开了相对繁忙的区域,路径合理性评价值高。

深度学习视域下职业教育教学设计的改进思路与案例分析——以“HTML5与CSS3网页设计”课程为例

促使职业院校教师在教学方法和内容上进行创新与改进,是提高人才培养质量的关键。通过分析国内外深度学习的研究现状,结合职业教育的特点,总结出职业教育深度学习的内涵、特征及教学设计的改进思路。以“HTML5与CSS3网页设计”为例,通过将课程进行相应任务群和成果链的分解,提出基于项目深度学习的包括课堂设计、学情分析、目标设定、教学实施和多元评价等在内的教学设计框架及具体的设计策略,具有一定的可操作性。

Machine learning applications in stroke medicine:advancements,challenges,and future prospectives

Stroke is a leading cause of disability and mortality worldwide,necessitating the development of advanced technologies to improve its diagnosis,treatment,and patient outcomes.In recent years,machine learning techniques have emerged as promising tools in stroke medicine,enabling efficient analysis of large-scale datasets and facilitating personalized and precision medicine approaches.This abstract provides a comprehensive overview of machine learning’s applications,challenges,and future directions in stroke medicine.Recently introduced machine learning algorithms have been extensively employed in all the fields of stroke medicine.Machine learning models have demonstrated remarkable accuracy in imaging analysis,diagnosing stroke subtypes,risk stratifications,guiding medical treatment,and predicting patient prognosis.Despite the tremendous potential of machine learning in stroke medicine,several challenges must be addressed.These include the need for standardized and interoperable data collection,robust model validation and generalization,and the ethical considerations surrounding privacy and bias.In addition,integrating machine learning models into clinical workflows and establishing regulatory frameworks are critical for ensuring their widespread adoption and impact in routine stroke care.Machine learning promises to revolutionize stroke medicine by enabling precise diagnosis,tailored treatment selection,and improved prognostication.Continued research and collaboration among clinicians,researchers,and technologists are essential for overcoming challenges and realizing the full potential of machine learning in stroke care,ultimately leading to enhanced patient outcomes and quality of life.This review aims to summarize all the current implications of machine learning in stroke diagnosis,treatment,and prognostic evaluation.At the same time,another purpose of this paper is to explore all the future perspectives these techniques can provide in combating this disabling disease.

Cloudless-Training:基于serverless的高效跨地域分布式ML训练框架

跨地域分布式机器学习(ML)训练能够联合多区域的云资源协作训练,可满足许多新兴ML场景(比如大型模型训练、联邦学习)的训练需求。但其训练效率仍受2方面挑战的制约。首先,多区域云资源缺乏有效的弹性调度,这会影响训练的资源利用率和性能;其次,模型跨地域同步需要在广域网(WAN)上高频通信,受WAN的低带宽和高波动的影响,会产生巨大通信开销。本文提出Cloudless-Training,从3个方面实现高效的跨地域分布式ML训练。首先,它基于serverless计算模式实现,使用控制层和训练执行层的2层架构,支持多云区域的弹性调度和通信。其次,它提供一种弹性调度策略,根据可用云资源的异构性和训练数据集的分布自适应地部署训练工作流。最后,它提供了2种高效的跨云同步策略,包括基于梯度累积的异步随机梯度下降(ASGD-GA)和跨云参数服务器(PS)间的模型平均(MA)。Cloudless-Training是基于OpenFaaS实现的,并被部署在腾讯云上评估,实验结果表明Cloudless-Training可显著地提高跨地域分布式ML训练的资源利用率(训练成本降低了9.2%~24.0%)和同步效率(训练速度最多比基线快1.7倍),并能保证模型的收敛精度。

Forecasting Stock Prices with an Integrated Approach Combining ARIMA and Machine Learning Techniques ARIMAML

Stock market prediction has long been an area of interest for investors, traders, and researchers alike. Accurate forecasting of stock prices is crucial for financial decision-making and risk management. This paper presents a novel approach to predict stock prices by integrating Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) and Exponential smoothing and Machine Learning (ML) techniques. Our study aims to enhance the predictive accuracy of stock price forecasting, which can significantly impact investment strategies and economic growth in this research paper implement the ARIMAML proposed method to predict the stock prices for Investment Bank of Iraq.

改进Q-Learning的路径规划算法研究

针对Q-Learning算法学习效率低、收敛速度慢且在动态障碍物的环境下路径规划效果不佳的问题,本文提出一种改进Q-Learning的移动机器人路径规划算法.针对该问题,算法根据概率的突变性引入探索因子来平衡探索和利用以加快学习效率;通过在更新函数中设计深度学习因子以保证算法探索概率;融合遗传算法,避免陷入局部路径最优同时按阶段探索最优迭代步长次数,以减少动态地图探索重复率;最后提取输出的最优路径关键节点采用贝塞尔曲线进行平滑处理,进一步保证路径平滑度和可行性.实验通过栅格法构建地图,对比实验结果表明,改进后的算法效率相较于传统算法在迭代次数和路径上均有较大优化,且能够较好的实现动态地图下的路径规划,进一步验证所提方法的有效性和实用性.

基于Q-learning的自适应链路状态路由协议

针对大规模无人机自组网面临的任务需求多样性、电磁环境复杂性、节点高机动性等问题,充分考虑无人机节点高速移动的特点,基于无人机拓扑稳定度和链路通信容量指标设计了一种无人机多点中继(multi-point relay,MPR)选择方法;为了减少网络路由更新时间,增加无人机自组网路由策略的稳定性和可靠性,提出了一种基于Q-learning的自适应链路状态路由协议(Q-learning based adaptive link state routing,QALSR)。仿真结果表明,所提算法性能指标优于现有的主动路由协议。

From immunology to artificial intelligence: revolutionizing latent tuberculosis infection diagnosis with machine learning

Latent tuberculosis infection(LTBI)has become a major source of active tuberculosis(ATB).Although the tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assay can be used to diagnose LTBI,these methods can only differentiate infected individuals from healthy ones but cannot discriminate between LTBI and ATB.Thus,the diagnosis of LTBI faces many challenges,such as the lack of effective biomarkers from Mycobacterium tuberculosis(MTB)for distinguishing LTBI,the low diagnostic efficacy of biomarkers derived from the human host,and the absence of a gold standard to differentiate between LTBI and ATB.Sputum culture,as the gold standard for diagnosing tuberculosis,is time-consuming and cannot distinguish between ATB and LTBI.In this article,we review the pathogenesis of MTB and the immune mechanisms of the host in LTBI,including the innate and adaptive immune responses,multiple immune evasion mechanisms of MTB,and epigenetic regulation.Based on this knowledge,we summarize the current status and challenges in diagnosing LTBI and present the application of machine learning(ML)in LTBI diagnosis,as well as the advantages and limitations of ML in this context.Finally,we discuss the future development directions of ML applied to LTBI diagnosis.

A machine learning approach for the prediction of pore pressure using well log data of Hikurangi Tuaheni Zone of IODP Expedition 372,New Zealand

Pore pressure(PP)information plays an important role in analysing the geomechanical properties of the reservoir and hydrocarbon field development.PP prediction is an essential requirement to ensure safe drilling operations and it is a fundamental input for well design,and mud weight estimation for wellbore stability.However,the pore pressure trend prediction in complex geological provinces is challenging particularly at oceanic slope setting,where sedimentation rate is relatively high and PP can be driven by various complex geo-processes.To overcome these difficulties,an advanced machine learning(ML)tool is implemented in combination with empirical methods.The empirical method for PP prediction is comprised of data pre-processing and model establishment stage.Eaton's method and Porosity method have been used for PP calculation of the well U1517A located at Tuaheni Landslide Complex of Hikurangi Subduction zone of IODP expedition 372.Gamma-ray,sonic travel time,bulk density and sonic derived porosity are extracted from well log data for the theoretical framework construction.The normal compaction trend(NCT)curve analysis is used to check the optimum fitting of the low permeable zone data.The statistical analysis is done using the histogram analysis and Pearson correlation coefficient matrix with PP data series to identify potential input combinations for ML-based predictive model development.The dataset is prepared and divided into two parts:Training and Testing.The PP data and well log of borehole U1517A is pre-processed to scale in between[-1,+1]to fit into the input range of the non-linear activation/transfer function of the decision tree regression model.The Decision Tree Regression(DTR)algorithm is built and compared to the model performance to predict the PP and identify the overpressure zone in Hikurangi Tuaheni Zone of IODP Expedition 372.

Significant risk factors for intensive care unit-acquired weakness:A processing strategy based on repeated machine learning

BACKGROUND Intensive care unit-acquired weakness(ICU-AW)is a common complication that significantly impacts the patient's recovery process,even leading to adverse outcomes.Currently,there is a lack of effective preventive measures.AIM To identify significant risk factors for ICU-AW through iterative machine learning techniques and offer recommendations for its prevention and treatment.METHODS Patients were categorized into ICU-AW and non-ICU-AW groups on the 14th day post-ICU admission.Relevant data from the initial 14 d of ICU stay,such as age,comorbidities,sedative dosage,vasopressor dosage,duration of mechanical ventilation,length of ICU stay,and rehabilitation therapy,were gathered.The relationships between these variables and ICU-AW were examined.Utilizing iterative machine learning techniques,a multilayer perceptron neural network model was developed,and its predictive performance for ICU-AW was assessed using the receiver operating characteristic curve.RESULTS Within the ICU-AW group,age,duration of mechanical ventilation,lorazepam dosage,adrenaline dosage,and length of ICU stay were significantly higher than in the non-ICU-AW group.Additionally,sepsis,multiple organ dysfunction syndrome,hypoalbuminemia,acute heart failure,respiratory failure,acute kidney injury,anemia,stress-related gastrointestinal bleeding,shock,hypertension,coronary artery disease,malignant tumors,and rehabilitation therapy ratios were significantly higher in the ICU-AW group,demonstrating statistical significance.The most influential factors contributing to ICU-AW were identified as the length of ICU stay(100.0%)and the duration of mechanical ventilation(54.9%).The neural network model predicted ICU-AW with an area under the curve of 0.941,sensitivity of 92.2%,and specificity of 82.7%.CONCLUSION The main factors influencing ICU-AW are the length of ICU stay and the duration of mechanical ventilation.A primary preventive strategy,when feasible,involves minimizing both ICU stay and mechanical ventilation duration.

A credibility-aware swarm-federated deep learning framework in internet of vehicles

Although Federated Deep Learning(FDL)enables distributed machine learning in the Internet of Vehicles(IoV),it requires multiple clients to upload model parameters,thus still existing unavoidable communication overhead and data privacy risks.The recently proposed Swarm Learning(SL)provides a decentralized machine learning approach for unit edge computing and blockchain-based coordination.A Swarm-Federated Deep Learning framework in the IoV system(IoV-SFDL)that integrates SL into the FDL framework is proposed in this paper.The IoV-SFDL organizes vehicles to generate local SL models with adjacent vehicles based on the blockchain empowered SL,then aggregates the global FDL model among different SL groups with a credibility weights prediction algorithm.Extensive experimental results show that compared with the baseline frameworks,the proposed IoV-SFDL framework reduces the overhead of client-to-server communication by 16.72%,while the model performance improves by about 5.02%for the same training iterations.

Assessments of Data-Driven Deep Learning Models on One-Month Predictions of Pan-Arctic Sea Ice Thickness

In recent years,deep learning methods have gradually been applied to prediction tasks related to Arctic sea ice concentration,but relatively little research has been conducted for larger spatial and temporal scales,mainly due to the limited time coverage of observations and reanalysis data.Meanwhile,deep learning predictions of sea ice thickness(SIT)have yet to receive ample attention.In this study,two data-driven deep learning(DL)models are built based on the ConvLSTM and fully convolutional U-net(FC-Unet)algorithms and trained using CMIP6 historical simulations for transfer learning and fine-tuned using reanalysis/observations.These models enable monthly predictions of Arctic SIT without considering the complex physical processes involved.Through comprehensive assessments of prediction skills by season and region,the results suggest that using a broader set of CMIP6 data for transfer learning,as well as incorporating multiple climate variables as predictors,contribute to better prediction results,although both DL models can effectively predict the spatiotemporal features of SIT anomalies.Regarding the predicted SIT anomalies of the FC-Unet model,the spatial correlations with reanalysis reach an average level of 89%over all months,while the temporal anomaly correlation coefficients are close to unity in most cases.The models also demonstrate robust performances in predicting SIT and SIE during extreme events.The effectiveness and reliability of the proposed deep transfer learning models in predicting Arctic SIT can facilitate more accurate pan-Arctic predictions,aiding climate change research and real-time business applications.

改进的Q-learning蜂群算法求解置换流水车间调度问题

针对置换流水车间调度问题,提出了一种基于改进的Q-learning算法的人工蜂群算法。该算法设计了一种改进的奖励函数作为人工蜂群算法的环境,根据奖励函数的优劣来判断下一代种群的寻优策略,并通过Q-learning智能选择人工蜂群算法的蜜源的更新维度数大小,根据选择的维度数大小对编码进行更新,提高了收敛速度和精度,最后使用不同规模的置换流水车间调度问题的实例来验证所提算法的性能,通过对标准实例的计算与其它算法对比,证明该算法的准确性。