A deep learning fusion model for accurate classification of brain tumours in Magnetic Resonance images

Detecting brain tumours is complex due to the natural variation in their location, shape, and intensity in images. While having accurate detection and segmentation of brain tumours would be beneficial, current methods still need to solve this problem despite the numerous available approaches. Precise analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is crucial for detecting, segmenting, and classifying brain tumours in medical diagnostics. Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a vital component in medical diagnosis, and it requires precise, efficient, careful, efficient, and reliable image analysis techniques. The authors developed a Deep Learning (DL) fusion model to classify brain tumours reliably. Deep Learning models require large amounts of training data to achieve good results, so the researchers utilised data augmentation techniques to increase the dataset size for training models. VGG16, ResNet50, and convolutional deep belief networks networks extracted deep features from MRI images. Softmax was used as the classifier, and the training set was supplemented with intentionally created MRI images of brain tumours in addition to the genuine ones. The features of two DL models were combined in the proposed model to generate a fusion model, which significantly increased classification accuracy. An openly accessible dataset from the internet was used to test the model's performance, and the experimental results showed that the proposed fusion model achieved a classification accuracy of 98.98%. Finally, the results were compared with existing methods, and the proposed model outperformed them significantly.

DCEL:classifier fusion model for Android malware detection

The rapid growth of mobile applications,the popularity of the Android system and its openness have attracted many hackers and even criminals,who are creating lots of Android malware.However,the current methods of Android malware detection need a lot of time in the feature engineering phase.Furthermore,these models have the defects of low detection rate,high complexity,and poor practicability,etc.We analyze the Android malware samples,and the distribution of malware and benign software in application programming interface(API)calls,permissions,and other attributes.We classify the software’s threat levels based on the correlation of features.Then,we propose deep neural networks and convolutional neural networks with ensemble learning(DCEL),a new classifier fusion model for Android malware detection.First,DCEL preprocesses the malware data to remove redundant data,and converts the one-dimensional data into a two-dimensional gray image.Then,the ensemble learning approach is used to combine the deep neural network with the convolutional neural network,and the final classification results are obtained by voting on the prediction of each single classifier.Experiments based on the Drebin and Malgenome datasets show that compared with current state-of-art models,the proposed DCEL has a higher detection rate,higher recall rate,and lower computational cost.

Intelligent Fish Behavior Classification Using Modified Invasive Weed Optimization with Ensemble Fusion Model

Accurate and rapid detection of fish behaviors is critical to perceive health and welfare by allowing farmers to make informed management deci-sions about recirculating the aquaculture system while decreasing labor.The classic detection approach involves placing sensors on the skin or body of the fish,which may interfere with typical behavior and welfare.The progress of deep learning and computer vision technologies opens up new opportunities to understand the biological basis of this behavior and precisely quantify behaviors that contribute to achieving accurate management in precision farming and higher production efficacy.This study develops an intelligent fish behavior classification using modified invasive weed optimization with an ensemble fusion(IFBC-MIWOEF)model.The presented IFBC-MIWOEF model focuses on identifying the distinct kinds of fish behavior classification.To accomplish this,the IFBC-MIWOEF model designs an ensemble of Deep Learning(DL)based fusion models such as VGG-19,DenseNet,and Effi-cientNet models for fish behavior classification.In addition,the hyperparam-eter tuning of the DL models is carried out using the MIWO algorithm,which is derived from the concepts of oppositional-based learning(OBL)and the IWO algorithm.Finally,the softmax(SM)layer at the end of the DL model categorizes the input into distinct fish behavior classes.The experimental validation of the IFBC-MIWOEF model is tested using fish videos,and the results are examined under distinct aspects.An Extensive comparative study pointed out the improved outcomes of the IFBC-MIWOEF model over recent approaches.

Mean shift algorithm based on fusion model for head tracking

To solve the mismatch between the candidate model and the reference model caused by the time change of the tracked head, a novel mean shift algorithm based on a fusion model is provided. A fusion model is employed to describe the tracked head by sampling the models of the fore-head and the back-head under different situations. Thus the fusion head reference model is represented by the color distribution estimated from both the fore- head and the back-head. The proposed tracking system is efficient and it is easy to realize the goal of continual tracking of the head by using the fusion model. The results show that the new tracker is robust up to a 360°rotation of the head on a cluttered background and the tracking precision is improved.

Artificial Intelligence-Based Fusion Model for Paddy Leaf Disease Detection and Classification

In agriculture,rice plant disease diagnosis has become a challenging issue,and early identification of this disease can avoid huge loss incurred from less crop productivity.Some of the recently-developed computer vision and Deep Learning(DL)approaches can be commonly employed in designing effective models for rice plant disease detection and classification processes.With this motivation,the current research work devises an Efficient Deep Learning based FusionModel for Rice Plant Disease(EDLFM-RPD)detection and classification.The aim of the proposed EDLFM-RPD technique is to detect and classify different kinds of rice plant diseases in a proficient manner.In addition,EDLFM-RPD technique involves median filtering-based preprocessing and K-means segmentation to determine the infected portions.The study also used a fusion of handcrafted Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix(GLCM)and Inception-based deep features to derive the features.Finally,Salp Swarm Optimization with Fuzzy Support Vector Machine(FSVM)model is utilized for classification.In order to validate the enhanced outcomes of EDLFM-RPD technique,a series of simulations was conducted.The results were assessed under different measures.The obtained values infer the improved performance of EDLFM-RPD technique over recent approaches and achieved a maximum accuracy of 96.170%.

Fusion-Based Deep Learning Model for Automated Forest Fire Detection

Earth resource and environmental monitoring are essential areas that can be used to investigate the environmental conditions and natural resources supporting sustainable policy development,regulatory measures,and their implementation elevating the environment.Large-scale forest fire is considered a major harmful hazard that affects climate change and life over the globe.Therefore,the early identification of forest fires using automated tools is essential to avoid the spread of fire to a large extent.Therefore,this paper focuses on the design of automated forest fire detection using a fusion-based deep learning(AFFD-FDL)model for environmental monitoring.The AFFDFDL technique involves the design of an entropy-based fusion model for feature extraction.The combination of the handcrafted features using histogram of gradients(HOG)with deep features using SqueezeNet and Inception v3 models.Besides,an optimal extreme learning machine(ELM)based classifier is used to identify the existence of fire or not.In order to properly tune the parameters of the ELM model,the oppositional glowworm swarm optimization(OGSO)algorithm is employed and thereby improves the forest fire detection performance.A wide range of simulation analyses takes place on a benchmark dataset and the results are inspected under several aspects.The experimental results highlighted the betterment of the AFFD-FDL technique over the recent state of art techniques.

Rapid identification of healthy Tegillarca granosa using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and fusion model

Objectives:This study presents a method combining a one-class classifier and laser-induced breakdown spectrometry(LIBS)to quickly identify healthy Tegillarca granosa(T.granosa).Materials and Methods:The sum of ranking differences(SRD)was used to fuse multiple anomaly detection metrics to build the one-class classifier,which was only trained with healthy T.granosa.The one-class classifier can identify healthy T.granosa to exclude non-healthy T.granosa.The proposed method calculated multiple anomaly detection metrics and standardized them to obtain a fusion matrix.Based on the fusion matrix,the samples were ranked by SRD and those ranked lowest and below the threshold were considered to be unhealthy.Results:Multiple anomaly detection metrics were fused by the SRD algorithm and tested on each band,and the final fusion model achieved an accuracy rate of 98.46%,a sensitivity of 100%,and a specificity of 80%.The remaining three single classification models obtained the following results:the SVDD model achieved an accuracy rate of 87.69%,a sensitivity of 90%,and a specificity of 60%;the OCSVM model achieved an accuracy rate of 80%,a sensitivity of 76.67%,and a specificity of 60%;and the DD-SIMCA model achieved an accuracy rate of 95.38%,a sensitivity of 98.33%,and a specificity of 60%.Conclusions:The experimental results showed that the proposed method achieved better results than the traditional one-class classification methods with a single metric.Therefore,the fusion method effectively improves the performance of traditional one-class classifiers when using LIBS to quickly identify healthy substances(healthy T.granosa).

Student Academic Performance Predictive Model Based on Dual-stream Deep Network

Blended teaching is one of the essential teaching methods with the development of information technology.Constructing a learning effect evaluation model is helpful to improve students’academic performance and helps teachers to better implement course teaching.However,a lack of evaluation models for the fusion of temporal and non-temporal behavioral data leads to an unsatisfactory evaluation effect.To meet the demand for predicting students’academic performance through learning behavior data,this study proposes a learning effect evaluation method that integrates expert perspective indicators to predict academic performance by constructing a dual-stream network that combines temporal behavior data and non-temporal behavior data in the learning process.In this paper,firstly,the Delphi method is used to analyze and process the course learning behavior data of students and establish an effective evaluation index system of learning behavior with universality;secondly,the Mann-Whitney U-test and the complex correlation analysis are used to analyze further and validate the evaluation indexes;and lastly,a dual-stream information fusion model,which combines temporal and non-temporal features,is established.The learning effect evaluation model is built,and the results of the mean absolute error(MAE)and root mean square error(RMSE)indexes are 4.16 and 5.29,respectively.This study indicates that combining expert perspectives for evaluation index selection and further fusing temporal and non-temporal behavioral features that for learning effect evaluation and prediction is rationality,accuracy,and effectiveness,which provides a powerful help for the practical application of learning effect evaluation and prediction.

基于SEFusion-MPOR的多模态特征融合舆情表征算法

[目的/意义]多模态舆情表征是多模态舆情计算与分析的基础。文章探索了一种赋予不同模态特征动态权重的舆情表征算法,可以更精准地捕捉到模态之间的依赖关系,极大降低多模态舆情表征复杂度,减少算力资源消耗。[方法/过程]SEFusion-MPOR算法在预训练模型特征的基础上,通过全连接层、门控机制与激活函数构建了压缩与激活算子,获取各模态的动态权重,使用矩阵相乘将动态权重作用于相应模态,进而构建了多模态特征融合的网络舆情表征算法。[结果/结论]在Memotion 3与MVSA-multiple两个公开的多模态舆情数据集上进行实验,与基线模型的对比表明,文章提出的表征方法在多个子任务中取得了最优结果。该方法仅通过简单操作,就达到了复杂表征算法的效果,且具有可解释性与外推性。其高效和准确的表征方法不仅适用于舆情情报处理,也适合情报分析工作中的通用多模态信息基础表征。[局限]研究验证仅限于双模态数据集,未涉及更广泛模态的数据集。

Video Copy Detection Based on Spatiotemporal Fusion Model

Content-based video copy detection is an active research field due to the need for copyright pro- tection and business intellectual property protection. This paper gives a probabilistic spatiotemporal fusion approach for video copy detection. This approach directly estimates the location of the copy segment with a probabilistic graphical model. The spatial and temporal consistency of the video copy is embedded in the local probability function. An effective local descriptor and a two-level descriptor pairing method are used to build a video copy detection system to evaluate the approach. Tests show that it outperforms the popular voting algorithm and the probabilistic fusion framework based on the Hidden Markov Model, improving F-score （F1） by 8%.

M-LFM:a multi-level fusion modeling method for shape−performance integrated digital twin of complex structure

As a virtual representation of a specific physical asset,the digital twin has great potential for realizing the life cycle maintenance management of a dynamic system.Nevertheless,the dynamic stress concentration is generated since the state of the dynamic system changes over time.This generation of dynamic stress concentration has hindered the exploitation of the digital twin to reflect the dynamic behaviors of systems in practical engineering applications.In this context,this paper is interested in achieving real-time performance prediction of dynamic systems by developing a new digital twin framework that includes simulation data,measuring data,multi-level fusion modeling(M-LFM),visualization techniques,and fatigue analysis.To leverage its capacity,the M-LFM method combines the advantages of different surrogate models and integrates simulation and measured data,which can improve the prediction accuracy of dynamic stress concentration.A telescopic boom crane is used as an example to verify the proposed framework for stress prediction and fatigue analysis of the complex dynamic system.The results show that the M-LFM method has better performance in the computational efficiency and calculation accuracy of the stress prediction compared with the polynomial response surface method and the kriging method.In other words,the proposed framework can leverage the advantages of digital twins in a dynamic system:damage monitoring,safety assessment,and other aspects and then promote the development of digital twins in industrial fields.

A life-prediction method for lithium-ion batteries based on a fusion model and an attention mechanism

The current life-prediction models for lithium-ion batteries have several problems, such as the construction of complex feature structures, a high number of feature dimensions, and inaccurate prediction results. To overcome these problems, this paper proposes a deep-learning model combining an autoencoder network and a long short-term memory network. First, this model applies the characteristics of the autoencoder to reduce the dimensionality of the high-dimensional features extracted from the battery data set and realize the fusion of complex time-domain features, which overcomes the problems of redundant model information and low computational efficiency. This model then uses a long short-term memory network that is sensitive to time-series data to solve the long-path dependence problem in the prediction of battery life. Lastly, the attention mechanism is used to give greater weight to features that have a greater impact on the target value, which enhances the learning effect of the model on the long input sequence. To verify the efficacy of the proposed model, this paper uses NASA's lithium-ion battery cycle life data set.

Physical-data Fusion Modeling Method for Energy Consumption Analysis of Smart Building

The energy consumption of buildings accounts for approximately 40%of total energy consumption.An accurate energy consumption analysis of buildings can not only promise significant energy savings but also help estimate the demand response potential more accurately,and consequently brings benefits to the upstream power grid.This paper proposes a novel physical-data fusion modeling(PFM)method for modeling smart buildings that can accurately assess energy consumption.First,a thermal process model of buildings and an electrical load model that focus on building heating,ventilation,and air conditioning(HVAC)systems are presented to analyze the thermal-electrical conversion process of energy consumption of buildings.Second,the PFM method is used to improve the accuracy of the energy consumption analysis model for buildings by modifying the parameters that are difficult to measure in the physical model(i.e.,it effectively modifies the electrical load model based on the proposed PFM method).Finally,case studies involving a real-world dataset recorded in a high-tech park in Changzhou,China,demonstrate that the proposed method exhibits superior performance with respect to the traditional physical modeling(TPM)method and data-driven modeling(DDM)method in terms of the achieved accuracy.

Chaotic Flower Pollination with Deep Learning Based COVID-19 Classification Model

The Coronavirus Disease(COVID-19)pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of medical services across the globe,especially in underdeveloped nations.In the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak,a strong demand exists for developing novel computer-assisted diagnostic tools to execute rapid and cost-effective screenings in locations where many screenings cannot be executed using conventional methods.Medical imaging has become a crucial component in the disease diagnosis process,whereas X-rays and Computed Tomography(CT)scan imaging are employed in a deep network to diagnose the diseases.In general,four steps are followed in image-based diagnostics and disease classification processes by making use of the neural networks,such as network training,feature extraction,model performance testing and optimal feature selection.The current research article devises a Chaotic Flower Pollination Algorithm with a Deep Learning-Driven Fusion(CFPADLDF)approach for detecting and classifying COVID-19.The presented CFPA-DLDF model is developed by integrating two DL models to recognize COVID-19 in medical images.Initially,the proposed CFPA-DLDF technique employs the Gabor Filtering(GF)approach to pre-process the input images.In addition,a weighted voting-based ensemble model is employed for feature extraction,in which both VGG-19 and the MixNet models are included.Finally,the CFPA with Recurrent Neural Network(RNN)model is utilized for classification,showing the work’s novelty.A comparative analysis was conducted to demonstrate the enhanced performance of the proposed CFPADLDF model,and the results established the supremacy of the proposed CFPA-DLDF model over recent approaches.

Sailfish Optimization with Deep Learning Based Oral Cancer Classification Model

Recently,computer aided diagnosis(CAD)model becomes an effective tool for decision making in healthcare sector.The advances in computer vision and artificial intelligence(AI)techniques have resulted in the effective design of CAD models,which enables to detection of the existence of diseases using various imaging modalities.Oral cancer(OC)has commonly occurred in head and neck globally.Earlier identification of OC enables to improve survival rate and reduce mortality rate.Therefore,the design of CAD model for OC detection and classification becomes essential.Therefore,this study introduces a novel Computer Aided Diagnosis for OC using Sailfish Optimization with Fusion based Classification(CADOC-SFOFC)model.The proposed CADOC-SFOFC model determines the existence of OC on the medical images.To accomplish this,a fusion based feature extraction process is carried out by the use of VGGNet-16 and Residual Network(ResNet)model.Besides,feature vectors are fused and passed into the extreme learning machine(ELM)model for classification process.Moreover,SFO algorithm is utilized for effective parameter selection of the ELM model,consequently resulting in enhanced performance.The experimental analysis of the CADOC-SFOFC model was tested on Kaggle dataset and the results reported the betterment of the CADOC-SFOFC model over the compared methods with maximum accuracy of 98.11%.Therefore,the CADOC-SFOFC model has maximum potential as an inexpensive and non-invasive tool which supports screening process and enhances the detection efficiency.

Leveraging Multimodal Ensemble Fusion-Based Deep Learning for COVID-19 on Chest Radiographs

Recently,COVID-19 has posed a challenging threat to researchers,scientists,healthcare professionals,and administrations over the globe,from its diagnosis to its treatment.The researchers are making persistent efforts to derive probable solutions formanaging the pandemic in their areas.One of the widespread and effective ways to detect COVID-19 is to utilize radiological images comprising X-rays and computed tomography(CT)scans.At the same time,the recent advances in machine learning(ML)and deep learning(DL)models show promising results in medical imaging.Particularly,the convolutional neural network(CNN)model can be applied to identifying abnormalities on chest radiographs.While the epidemic of COVID-19,much research is led on processing the data compared with DL techniques,particularly CNN.This study develops an improved fruit fly optimization with a deep learning-enabled fusion(IFFO-DLEF)model for COVID-19 detection and classification.The major intention of the IFFO-DLEF model is to investigate the presence or absence of COVID-19.To do so,the presented IFFODLEF model applies image pre-processing at the initial stage.In addition,the ensemble of three DL models such as DenseNet169,EfficientNet,and ResNet50,are used for feature extraction.Moreover,the IFFO algorithm with a multilayer perceptron(MLP)classification model is utilized to identify and classify COVID-19.The parameter optimization of the MLP approach utilizing the IFFO technique helps in accomplishing enhanced classification performance.The experimental result analysis of the IFFO-DLEF model carried out on the CXR image database portrayed the better performance of the presented IFFO-DLEF model over recent approaches.

Co-Estimation of State of Charge and Capacity for Lithium-Ion Batteries with Multi-Stage Model Fusion Method

Lithium-ion batteries(LIBs)have emerged as the preferred energy storage systems for various types of electric transports,including electric vehicles,electric boats,electric trains,and electric airplanes.The energy management of LIBs in electric transports for all-climate and long-life operation requires the accurate estimation of state of charge(SOC)and capacity in real-time.This study proposes a multistage model fusion algorithm to co-estimate SOC and capacity.Firstly,based on the assumption of a normal distribution,the mean and variance of the residual error from the model at different ageing levels are used to calculate the weight for the establishment of a fusion model with stable parameters.Secondly,a differential error gain with forward-looking ability is introduced into a proportional–integral observer(PIO)to accelerate convergence speed.Thirdly,a fusion algorithm is developed by combining a multistage model and proportional–integral–differential observer(PIDO)to co-estimate SOC and capacity under a complex application environment.Fourthly,the convergence and anti-noise performance of the fusion algorithm are discussed.Finally,the hardware-in-the-loop platform is set up to verify the performance of the fusion algorithm.The validation results of different aged LIBs over a wide range of temperature show that the presented fusion algorithm can realize a high-accuracy estimation of SOC and capacity with the relative errors within 2%and 3.3%,respectively.

Fast Sentiment Analysis Algorithm Based on Double Model Fusion

Nowadays,as the number of textual data is exponentially increasing,sentiment analysis has become one of the most significant tasks in natural language processing(NLP)with increasing attention.Traditional Chinese sentiment analysis algorithms cannot make full use of the order information in context and are inefficient in sentiment inference.In this paper,we systematically reviewed the classic and representative works in sentiment analysis and proposed a simple but efficient optimization.First of all,FastText was trained to get the basic classification model,which can generate pre-trained word vectors as a by-product.Secondly,Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory Network(Bi-LSTM)utilizes the generated word vectors for training and then merges with FastText to make comprehensive sentiment analysis.By combining FastText and Bi-LSTM,we have developed a new fast sentiment analysis,called FAST-BiLSTM,which consistently achieves a balance between performance and speed.In particular,experimental results based on the real datasets demonstrate that our algorithm can effectively judge sentiments of users’comments,and is superior to the traditional algorithm in time efficiency,accuracy,recall and F1 criteria.

Hierarchical hybrid testability modeling and evaluation method based on information fusion

In order to meet the demand of testability analysis and evaluation for complex equipment under a small sample test in the equipment life cycle, the hierarchical hybrid testability model- ing and evaluation method （HHTME）, which combines the testabi- lity structure model （TSM） with the testability Bayesian networks model （TBNM）, is presented. Firstly, the testability network topo- logy of complex equipment is built by using the hierarchical hybrid testability modeling method. Secondly, the prior conditional prob- ability distribution between network nodes is determined through expert experience. Then the Bayesian method is used to update the conditional probability distribution, according to history test information, virtual simulation information and similar product in- formation. Finally, the learned hierarchical hybrid testability model （HHTM） is used to estimate the testability of equipment. Compared with the results of other modeling methods, the relative deviation of the HHTM is only 0.52%, and the evaluation result is the most accu rate.

Effect of Fusion Neutron Source Numerical Models on Neutron Wall Loading in a D-D Tokamak Device

Effect of various spatial and energy distributions of fusion neutron sourceon the calculation of neutron wall loading of Tokamak D-D fusion device has been investigated bymeans of the 3-D Monte Carlo code MCNP. A realistic Monte Carlo source model was developed based onthe accurate representation of the spatial distribution and energy spectrum of fusion neutrons tosolve the complicated problem of tokamak fusion neutron source modelling. The results show thatthose simplified source models will introduce significant uncertainties. For accurate estimation ofthe key nuclear responses of the tokamak design and analyses, the use of the realistic source isrecommended. In addition, the accumulation of tritium produced during D-D plasma operation should becarefully considered.