Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems - Volume 46, issue 4

Authors: Yu, Peng | Song, Huxiong | Liu, Hui

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433 .

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233318

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8245-8272, 2024

Authors: Yuan, Weijin | Deng, Yunfeng

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This paper improves the visual change-based personnel evacuation model by considering the evacuees’ gravity. Specifically, first, the new model incorporates the gravity formula in the model’s mechanic part to consider the influence of gravity. Second, the new model involves rules for determining the visual range of personnel moving in the stairwell. Third, the proposed model investigates the influence of the angle and width of the stairwell, the number of people, and other factors during personnel evacuation under the influence of gravity. The model is developed in Python and is compared with actual results, revealing that the proposed model is more …realistic considering the evacuation time compared to current models. Indeed, under a fixed number of people, when the stairwell angle is less than 34°, the evacuation time decreases as the angle increases, and when the stairwell angle exceeds 34°, the evacuation time is almost unchanged. Additionally, under a fixed number of evacuees, the evacuation time decreases as the width of the stairwell increases, and due to stairwell width space redundancy, the evacuation time tends to stabilize. The results of the new model research provide reference for the design of building safety evacuation, thereby improving the safety of buildings. Show more

Keywords: Stair angle, stair width, view, pedestrian evacuation

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236008

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8273-8287, 2024

Authors: Shengbin, Liang | Haoran, Sun | Fuqi, Sun | Hongjian, Wu | Wencai, Du

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433 .

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236542

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8289-8309, 2024

Authors: Teng, Wei | Li, Yan | Sun, Hongxing | Chen, Haojie

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: In the present study, three hybrid models include support vector regression-salp swarm optimization (SVR-SSO), support vector regression-biogeography-based (SVR-BBO), and support vector regression-phasor particle swarm optimization (SVR- PPSO) was applied to forecast pond ash’s CBR value modified with lime sludge (LS) and lime (LI). In the developed models, five variables were selected as inputs. It can result that the developed integrated models have R2 bigger than 0.9952. It means the agreement between observed and forecasted values by hybrid models is mainly similar to represent the highest accuracy. In both the training and testing stages, PSO-SVR results from better performance than the …BBO-SVR model, with R2, RMSE, MAE, and PI equal to 0.9983, 0.6439, 0.3181, and 0.0081 for training data, and 0.9975, 0.7319, 0.4135, and 0.0141 for testing data, respectively. So, by considering the OBJ index, the OBJ value for PSO-SVR is 12.966, lower than BBO-SVR at 16.9957. Therefore, the PSO-SVR model outperforms another model to estimate the CBR of pond ash modified with LI and LS, consequently being recognized as the proposed model that makes it to be used for practical applications. Show more

Keywords: California bearing ratio, phasor particle swarm optimization, biogeography-based optimization, salp swarm optimization, support vector regression

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-220745

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8311-8327, 2024

Authors: Chen, Yong | Xie, Xiao-Zhu | Weng, Wei

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Graph-structured data is ubiquitous in real-world applications, such as social networks, citation networks, and communication networks. Graph neural network (GNN) is the key to process them. In recent years, graph attention networks (GATs) have been proposed for node classification and achieved encouraging performance. It focuses on the content associated on nodes to evaluate the attention weights, and the rich structure information in the graph is almost ignored. Therefore, we propose a multi-head attention mechanism to fully employ node content and graph structure information. The core idea is to introduce the interactions in the topological structure into the existing GATs. This …method can more accurately estimate the attention weights among nodes, thereby improving the convergence of GATs. Second, the mechanism is lightweight and efficient, requires no training to learn, can accurately analyze higher-order structural information, and can be strongly interpreted through heatmaps. We name the proposed model content- and structure-based graph attention network (CSGAT). Furthermore, our proposed model achieves state-of-the-art performance on a number of datasets in node classification. The code and data are available at https://github.com/CroakerShark/CSGAT. Show more

Keywords: Graph neural network, graph attention network, node classification, graph-structured data

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-223304

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8329-8343, 2024

Authors: Li, Biao | Tang, Shoufeng | Li, Wenyi

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Pose estimation plays a crucial role in human-centered vision applications and has advanced significantly in recent years. However, prevailing approaches use extremely complex structural designs for obtaining high scores on the benchmark dataset, hampering edge device applications. In this study, an efficient and lightweight human pose estimation problem is investigated. Enhancements are made to the context enhancement module of the U-shaped structure to improve the multi-scale local modeling capability. With a transformer structure, a lightweight transformer block was designed to enhance the local feature extraction and global modeling ability. Finally, a lightweight pose estimation network— U-shaped Hybrid Vision Transformer, UViT— …was developed. The minimal network UViT-T achieved a 3.9% improvement in AP scores on the COCO validation set with fewer model parameters and computational complexity compared with the best-performing V2 version of the MobileNet series. Specifically, with an input size of 384×288, UViT-T achieves an impressive AP score of 70.2 on the COCO test-dev set, with only 1.52 M parameters and 2.32 GFLOPs. The inference speed is approximately twice that of general-purpose networks. This study provides an efficient and lightweight design idea and method for the human pose estimation task and provides theoretical support for its deployment on edge devices. Show more

Keywords: Pose estimation, multi-branch structure, lightweight network, context enhancement, attention mechanism

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231440

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8345-8359, 2024

Authors: Yu, Bengong | Ji, Xiaohan

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433 .

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233163

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8361-8374, 2024

Authors: Atef, Shimaa | El-Seidy, Essam | Reda, Naglaa M.

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Decisions in many dilemmas are based on a combination of factors, including as incentive, punishment, reputation, and memory. The impact of memory information on cooperative evolution in multi-round games is a decision-making process in group evolution. The iterated prisoner’s dilemma is an excellent model for the development of cooperation amongst the payoff-maximizing individuals. Since tit-for-tat proved successful in Axelrod’s repeated prisoner’s dilemma tournaments, there has been a great deal of interest in creating new strategies. Every iterative prisoner’s dilemma method bases its decision-making on a specific duration of past contacts with the opponent, which is referred to as the memory’s …size. This study examines the impact of strategy memory size on the evolutionary stability of n-person iterated prisoner’s dilemma strategies. In this paper, we address the role that memory plays in decision-making. We interested in the model of the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma game for three players with memory two, and we will look at strategies with similar behavior, such as Tit-For-Tat (TFT) strategies as well as Win Stay-Lose Shift (WSLS) strategies. As a result of this paper, we have shown that the effect of memory length is almost non-existent in the competitions of strategies that we studied. Show more

Keywords: Memory-Two, Tit-For-Tat strategies (TFT), three-players iterated prisoner’s dilemma game (3P-IPD), transition matrix, Win Stay-Lose Shift strategies (WSLS)

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233690

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8375-8388, 2024

Authors: Chen, Jie | Yin, Chuancun

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) provide a flexible tool to express linguistic preferences, and several multi-criteria decision models based on PLTSs have been recently developed. In this framework, distortion risk measures are extensively used in finance and insurance applications, but are rarely applied in fuzzy systems. In this paper, distortion risk measures are applied to fuzzy tail decisions. In particular, three tail risk measurement methods are put forward, referred to as probabilistic linguistic VaR (PLVaR), expected probability linguistic VaR (EPLVaR), and Wang tail risk measure and extensively study their properties. Our novel methods help to clarify the connections between distortion …risk measure and fuzzy tail decision-making. In particular, the Wang tail risk measure is characterized by consistency and stability of decision results. The criteria and expert weights are unknown or only partially known during the decision making process, and the maximising PLTSs deviations are showed how to determine them. The theoretical results are showcased on an optimal stock fund selection problem, where the three tail risk measures are compared and analyzed. Show more

Keywords: Probabilistic linguistic term sets, probabilistic linguistic VaR, expected probability linguistic VaR, Wang tail risk measure, maximizing deviation method

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234218

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8389-8409, 2024

Authors: Li, Yaqin | Zhang, Ziyi | Yuan, Cao | Hu, Jing

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Traffic sign detection technology plays an important role in driver assistance systems and automated driving systems. This paper proposes DeployEase-YOLO, a real-time high-precision detection scheme based on an adaptive scaling channel pruning strategy, to facilitate the deployment of detectors on edge devices. More specifically, based on the characteristics of small traffic signs and complex background, this paper first of all adds a small target detection layer to the basic architecture of YOLOv5 in order to improve the detection accuracy of small traffic signs.Then, when capturing specific scenes with large fields of view, higher resolution and richer pixel information are preserved …instead of directly scaling the image size. Finally, the network structure is pruned and compressed using an adaptive scaling channel pruning strategy, and the pruned network is subjected to a secondary sparse pruning operation. The number of parameters and computations is greatly reduced without increasing the depth of the network structure or the influence of the input image size, thus compressing the model to the minimum within the compressible range. Experimental results show that the model trained by Experimental results show that the model trained by DeployEase-YOLO achieves higher accuracy and a smaller size on TT100k, a challenging traffic sign detection dataset. Compared to existing methods, DeployEase-YOLO achieves an average accuracy of 93.3%, representing a 1.3% improvement over the state-of-the-art YOLOv7 network, while reducing the number of parameters and computations to 41.69% and 59.98% of the original, respectively, with a compressed volume of 53.22% of the previous one. This proves that the DeployEase-YOLO has a great deal of potential for use in the area of small traffic sign detection. The algorithm outperforms existing methods in terms of accuracy and speed, and has the advantage of a compressed network structure that facilitates deployment of the model on resource-limited devices. Show more

Keywords: Small target, deep learning, model compression, traffic sign detection

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235135

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8411-8424, 2024

Authors: Zhou, Xiao-Guang | Chen, Ya-Nan | Ji, Jia-Xi

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract:  The multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) methods can deeply mine hidden information in data and make a more reliable decision with actual needs and human cognition. For this reason, this paper proposes the bipolar N -soft PROMETHEE (preference ranking organization method for enrichment of evaluation) method. The method fully embodies the advantages of the PROMETHEE method, which can limit the unconditional compensation between attribute values and effectively reflect the priority between attribute values. Further, by introducing an attribute threshold to filter research objects, the proposed method not only dramatically reduces the amount of computation but also considers the impact of the size …of the attribute value itself on decision-making. Secondly, the paper proposes the concepts of attribute praise, attribute popularity, total praise, and total popularity for the first time, fully mining information from bipolar N -soft sets, which can effectively handle situations where attribute values have different orders of magnitude. In addition, this paper presents the decision-making process of the new method, closely integrating theoretical models with real life. Finally, this paper analyses and compares the proposed method with the existing ones, further verifying the effectiveness and flexibility of the proposed method. Show more

Keywords: PROMETHEE method, bipolar N-soft set, attribute praise, attribute popularity, multi-attribute decision-making

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236404

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8425-8440, 2024

Authors: Dagal, Idriss | Akín, Burak | Dari, Yaya Dagal

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433 .

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-224535

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8441-8460, 2024

Authors: Gao, Shengxiang | He, Zhilei | Yu, Zhengtao | Zhu, Enchang | Wu, Shaoyang

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Cross-lingual event retrieval is an information retrieval task aimed at cross-lingual event retrieval among multiple languages to find text or documents related to a specific event. Specific to Chinese-Vietnamese cross-language event retrieval, it involves using Chinese as a query to retrieve Vietnamese documents related to the query event. The critical issue is how to efficiently align query and document representations with limited resources. Existing cross-language pre-training models are trained on large-scale multilingual corpora, but their training goals do not include explicit language alignment tasks. Due to the uneven distribution of training corpora between different languages, these models have The problem …of language bias. Therefore, this linguistic bias is also inherited in cross-lingual retrieval based on these models. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a Chinese-Vietnamese cross-lingual event retrieval method based on knowledge distillation. This approach enables the model to learn good query-document matching features from monolingual retrieval by transferring knowledge from high-resource to low-resource languages. By enhancing the alignment between queries and documents in different languages in a shared semantic space, the method improves the performance of Chinese-Vietnamese cross-lingual event retrieval. Show more

Keywords: Cross-lingual, event retrieval, knowledge distillation, language bias

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235749

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8461-8475, 2024

Authors: Xu, Dongsheng | Chen, Chuanming | Jin, Qi | Zheng, Ming | Ni, Tianjiao | Yu, Qingying

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Abnormal-trajectory detection can be used to detect fraudulent behavior of taxi drivers transporting passengers. Aiming at the problem that existing methods do not fully consider abnormal fragments of trajectories, this paper proposes an abnormal-trajectory detection method based on sub-trajectory classification and outlier-factor acquisition, which effectively detects abnormal sub-trajectories and further detects abnormal trajectories. First, each trajectory is reconstructed using the turning angles and is divided into multiple sub-trajectories according to the turning angle threshold and trajectory point original acceleration. The sub-trajectories are then classified according to the extracted directional features. Finally, the multivariate distances between angular adjacent segments are calculated …to obtain the outlier factor, and abnormal sub-trajectories are detected. The sum of the lengths of the abnormal sub-trajectories is used to calculate the outlier score and identify abnormal trajectories. Based on experimental results using real trajectory datasets, it has been found that the proposed method performs better at detecting abnormal trajectories than other similar methods. Show more

Keywords: Abnormal-trajectory detection, trajectory reconstruction, directional feature, outlier factor, sub-trajectory classification

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236508

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8477-8496, 2024

Authors: Yu, Jie | Zhang, Jubin

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433 .

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237483

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8497-8512, 2024

Authors: Wu, Guizhou | Wu, Junfeng | Zhang, Xinyu

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract:  Optimization of the routing represents an important challenge when considering the rapid development of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), which involve efficient energy methods. Applying the effectiveness of a Deep Neural Network (DNN) and a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM), the present article proposes an innovative method for attaining Energy-Efficient Routing (EER) in WSN. When it comes to dealing with dynamic network issues, conventional routing protocols generally conflict, resulting in unsustainable Energy consumption (EC). By applying algorithms based on data mining to adapt routing selections in an effective procedure, the GMM + DNN methodology that has been developed is able to successfully address this …problem. The GMM is a fundamental Feature Extraction (FE) method for accurately representing the features of statistical analysis associated with network parameters like signal frequency, the amount of traffic, and channel states. By learning from previous data collection, the DNN, which relies on these FE, provides improved routing selections, resulting in more efficient use of energy. Since routing paths are constantly optimized to ensure dynamic adaptation, where less energy is used, networks last longer and perform more efficiently. Network simulations highlight the GMM + DNN method’s effectiveness and depict how it outperforms conventional routing methods while preserving network connectivity and data throughput. The GMM + DNN’s adaptability to multiple network topologies and traffic patterns and its durability make it an efficient EER technique in the diverse WSN context. The GMM + DNN achieves an EC of 0.561 J, outperforming the existing state-of-the-art techniques. Show more

Keywords: Sensor Node, WSN, gaussian mixture, CNN, energy consumption, routing

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-238711

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8513-8527, 2024

Authors: Allouche, Moez | Dahech, Karim | Gaubert, Jean-Paul

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This paper proposes a multi-objective H2 /H ∞ maximum power tracking control of a variable speed wind turbine to minimize the H2 tracking error and ensure the H ∞ model reference-tracking performance, simultaneously. The optimal condition is obtained via a boost converter use, which adapts the load impedance to the wind turbine generator. Thus, based on the fuzzy T-S model, a multi-objective Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) controller is developed, ensuring maximum power transfer, despite wind speed variation and system uncertainty. To specify the optimal trajectory to follow, a TS reference model is proposed taking as input the optimal …rectified DC current. The conditions of stability and stabilization are expressed in terms of linear matrix inequality (LMI) for uncertain and disturbed T-S models leading to determining the controller gains. Finally, an example of MPP tracking applied to a Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS) illustrates the effectiveness of the proposed fuzzy control law. Show more

Keywords: Multi-objective fuzzy tracking control, maximum power point tracking (MPPT), linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), robust control, T-S fuzzy model

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-222887

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8529-8541, 2024

Authors: Sharma, Itika | Gupta, Sachin Kumar

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433 .

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235275

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8543-8562, 2024

Authors: Pandey, Vibha | Choubey, Siddhartha | Patra, Jyotiprakash | Mall, Shachi | Choubey, Abha

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Automated reading of license plate and its detection is a crucial component of the competent transportation system. Toll payment and parking management e-payment systems may benefit from this software’s features. License plate detection and identification algorithms abound, and each has its own set of strengths and weaknesses. Computer vision has advanced rapidly in terms of new breakthroughs and techniques thanks to the emergence and proliferation of deep learning principles across several branches of AI. The practice of automating the monitoring process in traffic management, parking management, and police surveillance has become much more effective thanks to the development of Automatic …License Plate Recognition (ALPR). Even though license plate recognition (LPR) is a technology that is extensively utilized and has been developed, there is still a significant amount of work to be done before it can achieve its full potential. In the last several years, there have been substantial advancements in both the scientific community’s methodology and its level of efficiency. In this era of deep learning, there have been numerous developments and techniques established for LPR, and the purpose of this research is to review and examine those developments and approaches. In light of this, the authors of this study suggest a four-stage technique to automated license plate detection and identification (ALPDR), which includes, image pre-processing, license plate extraction, character segmentation, and character recognition. And the first three phases are known as “extraction,” “pre-processing,” and “segmentation,” and each of these processes has been shown to benefit from its own unique technique. In light of the fact that character recognition is an essential component of license plate identification and detection, the Convolution Neural Network (CNN), MobileNet, Inception V3, and ResNet 50 have all been put through their paces in this regard. Show more

Keywords: Data security, secure image analysis, automatic license plate recognition, segmentation, image classification, convolution neural network, character recognition

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235400

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8563-8585, 2024

Authors: Sakthimohan, M. | Deny, J. | Rani, G. Elizabeth

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: In general, wireless sensor networks are used in various industries, including environmental monitoring, military applications, and queue tracking. To support vital applications, it is crucial to ensure effectiveness and security. To prolong the network lifetime, most current works either introduce energy-preserving and dynamic clustering strategies to maintain the optimal energy level or attempt to address intrusion detection to fix attacks. In addition, some strategies use routing algorithms to secure the network from one or two attacks to meet this requirement, but many fewer solutions can withstand multiple types of attacks. So, this paper proposes a secure deep learning-based energy-efficient routing …(SDLEER) mechanism for WSNs that comes with an intrusion detection system for detecting attacks in the network. The proposed system overcomes the existing solutions’ drawbacks by including energy-efficient intrusion detection and prevention mechanisms in a single network. The system transfers the network’s data in an energy-aware manner and detects various kinds of network attacks in WSNs. The proposed system mainly comprises two phases, such as optimal cluster-based energy-aware routing and deep learning-based intrusion detection system. Initially, the cluster of sensor nodes is formed using the density peak k-mean clustering algorithm. After that, the proposed system applies an improved pelican optimization approach to select the cluster heads optimally. The data are transmitted to the base station via the chosen optimal cluster heads. Next, in the attack detection phase, the preprocessing operations, such as missing value imputation and normalization, are done on the gathered dataset. Next, the proposed system applies principal component analysis to reduce the dimensionality of the dataset. Finally, intrusion classification is performed by Smish activation included recurrent neural networks. The proposed system uses the NSL-KDD dataset to train and test it. The proposed one consumes a minimum energy of 49.67 mJ, achieves a better delivery rate of 99.92%, takes less lifetime of 5902 rounds, 0.057 s delay, and achieves a higher throughput of 0.99 Mbps when considering a maximum of 500 nodes in the network. Also, the proposed one achieves 99.76% accuracy for the intrusion detection. Thus, the simulation outcomes prove the superiority of the proposed SDLEER system over the existing schemes for routing and attack detection. Show more

Keywords: Wireless sensor networks, optimal cluster-based energy aware routing, intrusion detection system, cluster head selection, routing, dimensionality reduction, and deep learning

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235512

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8587-8603, 2024

Authors: Zhao, Xiaoqing | Xu, Miaomiao | Li, Yanbing | Huang, Hao | Silamu, Wushour

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract:  This research focuses on Scene Text Recognition (STR), a crucial component in various applications of artificial intelligence such as image retrieval, office automation, and intelligent traffic systems. Recent studies have shown that semantic-aware approaches significantly improve the performance of STR tasks, with context-aware STR methods becoming mainstream. Among these, the fusion of visual and language models has shown remarkable effectiveness. We propose a novel method (PABINet) that incorporates three key components: a Visual-Language Decoder, a Language Model, and a Fusion Model. First, during training, the Visual-Language Decoder masks the original labels in the Transformer decoder using permutation masks, with each …mask being unique. This enhances word memorization and learning through contextual semantic information, resulting in robust semantic knowledge. During the inference stage, the Visual-Language Decoder employs autonomous Autoregressive model (AR) inference to generate results. Subsequently, the Language Model scrutinizes and corrects the output of the Visual-Language Encoder using a cloze mask approach, achieving context-aware, autonomous, bidirectional inference. Finally, the Fusion Model concatenates and refines the outputs of both models through iterative layers.Experimental results demonstrate that our PABINet performs exceptionally well when handling various quality images. When trained with synthetic data, PABINet achieves a new STR benchmark (average accuracy of 92.41%), and when trained with real data, it establishes new state-of-the-art results (average accuracy of 96.28%). Show more

Keywords: Scene text recognition, language model, visual-language decoder

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237135

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8605-8616, 2024

Authors: Arunagirinathan, Sumithara | Subramanian, Chitra

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This paper presents a hybrid approach for optimizing the maximum power point tracking of photovoltaic (PV) systems in electric vehicles. The hybrid technique involves the simultaneous utilization of the Gannet Optimization Algorithm (GOA) and Quantum Neural Network (QNN), collectively referred to as the GOA-QNN technique. The primary aim is to enhance the efficiency and maximize the power output of PV systems. The proposed hybrid methodology boosts the performance of the photovoltaic system by managing the power interface. A high step-up DC/DC converter is employed to adjust the photovoltaic source power and load, ensuring optimal power transfer under various operating conditions. …The proposed method optimally determines the duty cycle of the converter. Subsequently, the model is implemented in the MATLAB/Simulink platform, and its execution is evaluated using established procedures. The results clearly demonstrate the superiority of the proposed method over existing approaches in terms of power quality, settling time, and controller stability. The proposed technique achieves an impressive efficiency level of 95%, exceeding the efficiency of other existing techniques. Show more

Keywords: MPPT, Photovoltaic, high-gain converter, Gannet Optimization Algorithm, Quantum Neural Network, EV

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237734

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8617-8637, 2024

Authors: Karthika, K. | Rangasamy, Devi Priya

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: In today’s digital era, the security of sensitive data such as Aadhaar data is of utmost importance. To ensure the privacy and integrity of this data, a conceptual framework is proposed that employs the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol and Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to enhance the security. The proposed system begins with the preprocessing phase, which includes removing noise, standardizing formats and validating the integrity of the data. Next, the data is segmented into appropriate sections to enable efficient storage and retrieval in the cloud. Each segment is further processed to extract meaningful features, ensuring that the relevant information …is preserved while reducing the risk of unauthorized access. For safeguarding the stored Aadhaar data, the system employs the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol which allows the data owner and the cloud service provider to establish a shared secret key without exposing it to potential attackers. Additionally, HMAC is implemented to verify the identity of users during the login process. HMAC enhances security by leveraging cryptographic hash functions and a shared secret key to produce a distinct code for each login attempt. This mechanism effectively protects the confidentiality and integrity of stored data. The combination of Diffie-Hellman key exchange and HMAC authentication provides a robust security framework for Aadhaar data. It ensures that the data remains encrypted and inaccessible without the secret key, while also verifying the identity of users during the login process. This comprehensive approach helps preventing unauthorized access thereby protecting against potential attacks, instilling trust and confidence in the security of Aadhaar data stored in the cloud. Results of the article depict that the proposed scheme achieve 0.19 s of encryption time and 0.05 s of decryption time. Show more

Keywords: Hash based message authentication code (HMAC), cryptographic hash functions, Diffie Hellman, communications

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234641

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8639-8658, 2024

Authors: Wu, Chengding | Xu, Zhaoping | Liu, Liang | Yang, Tao

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: There are limitations of personalization in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) that have a serious impact on driver acceptance and satisfaction. This study investigates driving style recognition method to achieve personalization of longitudinal driving behavior. Currently, driving style recognition algorithms for Personalized Adaptive Cruise Control (PACC) rely on integrated recognition. However, disturbances in the driving cycle may lead to changes in a driver’s integrated driving style. Therefore, the integrated driving style cannot accurately and comprehensively reflect the driver’s driving style. To solve this problem, a new driving style recognition method for PACC is proposed, which considers integrated driving style and …driving cycle. Firstly, the method calculates the constructed feature parameters of driving cycle and style, and then reduces the dimensionality of the feature parameter matrix by principal component analysis (PCA). Secondly, a two-stage clustering algorithm with self-organizing mapping networks and K-means clustering (SOM-K-means) is used to obtain the type labels. Then, a transient recognition model based on random forest (RF) is established and the hyperparameters of this model are optimized by sparrow search algorithm (SSA). Based on this, a comprehensive driving style recognition model is established using analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Finally, the validity of the proposed method is verified by a natural dataset. The method incorporates the driving cycle into driving style recognition and provides guidance for improving the personalization of adaptive cruise control system. Show more

Keywords: Personalized adaptive cruise control, SOM-K-means two-stage clustering, random forest (RF), sparrow search algorithm (SSA), driving style recognition

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235045

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8659-8675, 2024

Authors: Wan, Huanyu | Qiu, Dong

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433 .

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237319

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8677-8695, 2024

Authors: Wang, Jinxin | Wu, Zhanwen | Yang, Longzhi | Hu, Wei | Song, Chaojun | Zhu, Zhaolong | Guo, Xiaolei | Cao, Pingxiang

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract:  Distributed flexible flowshop scheduling is getting more important in the large-scale panel furniture industry. It is vital for a higher manufacturing efficiency and economic profit. The distributed scheduling problem with lot-streaming in a flexible flow shop environment is investigated in this work. Furthermore, the actual constraints of packaging collaborative and machine setup times are considered in the proposed approach. The average order waiting time for packaging and average order delay rate is used as objectives. Non-dominated sorting method is used to handle this bi-objective optimization problem. An improved encoding method was proposed to address the large-scale orders that need to …be divided into sub-lots based on genetic algorithm. The proposed approach is firstly validated by benchmark with other multi-objectives evolutionary algorithms. The results found that the proposed approach had a good convergence and diversity. Besides, the influence of the proportion of large-scale orders priority level and sub-lot size was investigated in a panel furniture manufacturing scenario. The results can be concluded that the enterprise could obtain shorter order average waiting time and delay rate when the sub-lot sizes were set as two and the order priority level was allocated in the proportion of 1:2:3:4:5. Show more

Keywords: Distributed flexible flow shop scheduling, Panel furniture manufacturing, Lot-streaming, Packaging collaborative, Setup time

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237378

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8697-8707, 2024

Authors: Qin, Xiwen | Zhang, Siqi | Dong, Xiaogang | Shi, Hongyu | Yuan, Liping

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: The research of biomedical data is crucial for disease diagnosis, health management, and medicine development. However, biomedical data are usually characterized by high dimensionality and class imbalance, which increase computational cost and affect the classification performance of minority class, making accurate classification difficult. In this paper, we propose a biomedical data classification method based on feature selection and data resampling. First, use the minimal-redundancy maximal-relevance (mRMR) method to select biomedical data features, reduce the feature dimension, reduce the computational cost, and improve the generalization ability; then, a new SMOTE oversampling method (Spectral-SMOTE) is proposed, which solves the noise sensitivity problem …of SMOTE by an improved spectral clustering method; finally, the marine predators algorithm is improved using piecewise linear chaotic maps and random opposition-based learning strategy to improve the algorithm’s optimization seeking ability and convergence speed, and the key parameters of the spectral-SMOTE are optimized using the improved marine predators algorithm, which effectively improves the performance of the over-sampling approach. In this paper, five real biomedical datasets are selected to test and evaluate the proposed method using four classifiers, and three evaluation metrics are used to compare with seven data resampling methods. The experimental results show that the method effectively improves the classification performance of biomedical data. Statistical test results also show that the proposed PRMPA-Spectral-SMOTE method outperforms other data resampling methods. Show more

Keywords: Biomedical data, mRMR, spectral clustering, SMOTE, marine predators algorithm

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237538

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8709-8728, 2024

Authors: Ren, Shujun | Wang, Yuanhong

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Image segmentation is critical in medical image processing for lesion detection, localisation, and subsequent diagnosis. Currently, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) has played a significant role in improving diagnostic efficiency and accuracy. The segmentation task is made more difficult by the hazy lesion boundaries and uneven forms. Because standard convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are incapable of capturing global contextual information, adequate segmentation results are impossible to achieve. We propose a multiscale feature fusion network (MTC-Net) in this paper that integrates deep separable convolution and self-attentive modules in the encoder to achieve better local continuity of images and feature maps. In the decoder, …a multi-branch multi-scale feature fusion module (MSFB) is utilized to improve the network’s feature extraction capability, and it is integrated with a global cooperative aggregation module (GCAM) to learn more contextual information and adaptively fuse multi-scale features. To develop rich hierarchical representations of irregular forms, the suggested detail enhancement module (DEM) adaptively integrates local characteristics with their global dependencies. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed network, we conducted extensive experiments, evaluated on the public datasets of skin, breast, thyroid and gastrointestinal tract with ISIC2018, BUSI, TN3K and Kvasir-SEG. The comparison with the latest methods also verifies the superiority of our proposed MTC-Net in terms of accuracy. Our code on https://github.com/gih23/MTC-Net. Show more

Keywords: Medical image segmentation, multi-scale features, detail enhancement, feature fusion, deep learning

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237963

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8729-8740, 2024

Authors: Yue, Lizhu | Wang, Qian

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: With the rapid development of big data and continuous optimization of online shopping platforms, personalized recommendation has become a standard feature of recommendation methods. In order to effectively provide personalized recommendations to customers, improve recommendation accuracy, and customer satisfaction, it is necessary to consider customers’ preferences for multiple product attributes when making product recommendations. However, existing recommendation methods require precise calculation of product attribute weights, which is computationally expensive, complex, and often results in unstable weight values. This paper proposes a multi-attribute recommendation method based on consumer decision preference information that overcomes the need for weights and reflects personalized customer …preferences. Based on the acquisition of customer product attribute preference sequences, a partial order relation for recommended products is constructed using partial order set theory. Finally, the recommended products are determined through the partial order Hasse diagram, where the top layer elements of the Hasse diagram represent the recommended product set. This method addresses challenges that traditional content-based recommendations cannot overcome. The experiment in this paper uses a dataset of 30,000 records from Beeradvocate beer reviews. The experimental results show that, compared to traditional multi-attribute recommendation methods, this method only requires decision-maker preference information to complete product recommendations, requiring less information and having lower computational costs, resulting in more robust results. Show more

Keywords: Multi-attribute recommendation, partial order set, decision preference, hasse diagram, personalization

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231724

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8741-8754, 2024

Authors: Badshah, Noor | Begum, Nasra | Rada, Lavdie | Ashfaq, Muniba | Atta, Hadia

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Joint segmentation and registration of images is a focused area of research nowadays. Jointly segmenting and registering noisy images and images having weak boundaries/intensity inhomogeneity is a challenging task. In medical image processing, joint segmentation and registration are essential methods that aid in distinguishing structures and aligning images for precise diagnosis and therapy. However, these methods encounter challenges, such as computational complexity and sensitivity to variations in image quality, which may reduce their effectiveness in real-world applications. Another major issue is still attaining effective joint segmentation and registration in the presence of artifacts or anatomical deformations. In this paper, a …new nonparametric joint model is proposed for the segmentation and registration of multi-modality images having weak boundaries/noise. For segmentation purposes, the model will be utilizing local binary fitting data term and for registration, it is utilizing conditional mutual information. For regularization of the model, we are using linear curvature. The new proposed model is more efficient to segmenting and registering multi-modality images having intensity inhomogeneity, noise and/or weak boundaries. The proposed model is also tested on the images obtained from the freely available CHOAS dataset and compare the results of the proposed model with the other existing models using statistical measures such as the Jaccard similarity index, relative reduction, Dice similarity coefficient and Hausdorff distance. It can be seen that the proposed model outperforms the other existing models in terms of quantitatively and qualitatively. Show more

Keywords: Image segmentation, , , , , image registration, linear curvature (LC), conditional mutual information (CMI), Jaccard similarity index (JSI)

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233306

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8755-8770, 2024

Authors: Chen, Zhipeng | Liu, Xiao | Qin, Jianhua

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: To solve the problem that the walking jitter of quadruped robots leads to the degradation of clarity of visual imaging, a quadruped robot visual imaging jitter compensation algorithm based on the theory of walking jitter is proposed. The D-H coordinate transformation method is used to establish the coordinate system of each joint of the leg. The kinetic equations of the leg are derived from the relationship between the rotational velocity and the moment of the leg joint, and the kinetic equilibrium equations of the quadruped robot body are established based on the spatial moment equilibrium theorem; the spring-mass model of …the leg of the quadruped robot is used to construct the kinetic equations of the leg jittering, and the kinetic equations of the body jittering are derived using the moment equilibrium condition of the body center of gravity position and under the effect of the leg and body jitter to obtain the visual imaging device jitter quantity; finally, the tremor quantity is combined with the jitter quantity and rotation matrix to derive the walking jitter mathematical model of the quadruped robot visual imager, and the jitter compensation algorithm of quadruped robot visual imager is verified. The experimental results show that compared with the traditional Wiener filter algorithm for jitter compensation and the BP neural network jitter compensation algorithm, this algorithm improves the visual imaging by 10.8% and 3.3% in the two evaluation indexes of peak signal-to-noise ratio and structural similarity, respectively, and the de-jittering effect is better. Show more

Keywords: Quadruped robot, visual imaging, walking jitter, compensation algorithm

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235345

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8771-8782, 2024

Authors: Xiong, Haoyu | Yang, Leixin | Fang, Gang | Li, Junwei | Xiang, Yu | Zhang, Yaping

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Test-time augmentation (TTA) has become a widely adopted technique in the computer vision field, which can improve the prediction performance of models by aggregating the predictions of multiple augmented test samples without additional training or hyperparameter tuning. While previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of TTA in visual tasks, its application in natural language processing (NLP) tasks remains challenging due to complexities such as varying text lengths, discretization of word elements, and missing word elements. These unfavorable factors make it difficult to preserve the label invariance of the standard TTA method for augmented text samples. Therefore, this paper proposes a …novel TTA technique called Defy, which combines nearest-neighbor anomaly detection algorithm and an adaptive weighting network architecture with a bidirectional KL divergence entropy regularization term between the original sample and the aggregated sample, to encourage the model to make more consistent and reliable predictions for various augmented samples. Additionally, by comparing with Defy, the paper further explores the problem that common TTA methods may impair the semantic meaning of the text during augmentation, leading to a shift in the model’s prediction results from correct to corrupt. Extensive experimental results demonstrate that Defy consistently outperforms existing TTA methods in various text classification tasks and brings consistent improvements across different mainstream models. Show more

Keywords: Test-time augmentation, test-time robustification, text classification, language model, anomaly detection

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236010

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8783-8798, 2024

Authors: Vijaya Lakshmi, A. | Vaitheki, K. | Suresh Joseph, K.

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Over the years, numerous optimization problems have been addressed utilizing meta-heuristic algorithms. Continuing initiatives have always been to create and develop new, practical algorithms. This work proposes a novel meta-heuristic approach employing the slender Loris optimization algorithm (SLOA), miming slender Loris behavior. The behavior includes foraging, hunting, migration and communication with each other. The ultimate goal of the devised algorithm is to replicate the food-foraging behaviour of Slender Loris (SL) and the quick movement of SL when threatened (i.e.) their escape from predators and also mathematically modelled the special communication techniques of SL using their urine scent smell. SLOA modelled …SL’s slow food foraging behaviour as the exploitation phase, and moving between the tree and escaping from a predator is modelled as the exploration phase. The Eyesight of slender Loris plays a vital role in food foraging during nighttime in dim light. The operator’s Eyesight is modelled based on the angle of inclination of SL. The urine scent intensity is used here to be instrumental in preventing already exploited territory activities, which improves algorithm performance. The suggested algorithm is assessed and tested against nineteen benchmark test operations and evaluated for effectiveness with standard widely recognized meta-heuristics algorithms. The result shows SLOA performing better and achieving near-optimal solutions and dominance in exploration–exploitation balance in most cases than the existing state-of-the-art algorithms. Show more

Keywords: Slender loris optimization algorithm, exploitation and exploration, optimization problems, swarm intelligence algorithm, metaheuristic

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236737

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8799-8810, 2024

Authors: Chen, Junzhuo | Lu, Zonghan | Kang, Shitong

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: In the wake of the global spread of monkeypox, accurate disease recognition has become crucial. This study introduces an improved SE-InceptionV3 model, embedding the SENet module and incorporating L2 regularization into the InceptionV3 framework to enhance monkeypox disease detection. Utilizing the Kaggle monkeypox dataset, which includes images of monkeypox and similar skin conditions, our model demonstrates a noteworthy accuracy of 96.71% on the test set, outperforming conventional methods and deep learning models. The SENet module’s channel attention mechanism significantly elevates feature representation, while L2 regularization ensures robust generalization. Extensive experiments validate the model’s superiority in precision, recall, and F1 score, …highlighting its effectiveness in differentiating monkeypox lesions in diverse and complex cases. The study not only provides insights into the application of advanced CNN architectures in medical diagnostics but also opens avenues for further research in model optimization and hyperparameter tuning for enhanced disease recognition. Show more

Keywords: CNN, InceptionV3, SENet, L2 regularization, monkeypox disease, deep learning

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237232

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8811-8828, 2024

Authors: Zhou, Yinwei | Hu, Jun

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: The rough set model has been extended to interval rough number decision systems, but the existing studies do not consider interval rough number decision systems with missing values. To this end, a rough set model of incomplete interval rough number decision systems (IIRNDSs) is proposed, and its uncertainty measures are investigated. Firstly, the similarity of two incomplete interval rough numbers (IIRNs) are defined by calculating their optimistic and pessimistic distances of the lower and upper approximation intervals of IIRNs. Then, the rough sets in IIRNDSs are constructed by the induced similarity relation. Next, four uncertainty measures, including approximation accuracy, approximation …roughness, conditional entropy, and decision rough entropy are given, which exhibit a monotonic variation with changes in the size of attribute sets, α, and θ. Finally, the experimental results demonstrate the proposed rough set model of IIRNDSs is feasible and effective. Show more

Keywords: Incomplete interval rough number decision systems, interval rough number, similarity relation, uncertainty measure, rough sets

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-237320

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8829-8843, 2024

Authors: Guo, Hong | Yang, Jin | Yang, Jun

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This paper proposes a method of using machine learning and an evolutionary algorithm to solve the flexible job shop problem (FJSP). Specifically, a back propagation (BP) neural network is used as the machine learning method, the most widely used genetic algorithm (GA) is employed as the optimized object to address the machine-selection sub-problem of the FJSP, and particle swarm optimization (PSO) is utilized to solve the operation-order sub-problem of the FJSP. At present, evolutionary algorithms such as the GA, PSO, ant colony algorithm, simulated annealing algorithm, and their optimization algorithms are widely used to solve the FJSP; however, none of …them optimizes the initial solutions. Because each of these algorithms only focuses on solving a single FJSP, they can only use randomly generated initial solutions and cannot determine whether the initial solutions are good or bad. Based on these standard evolutionary algorithms and their optimized versions, the JSON object was introduced in this study to cluster and reconstruct FJSPs such that the machine learning strategies can be used to optimize the initial solutions. Specifically, the BP neural networks are trained so that the generalization of BP neural networks can be used to judge whether the initial solutions of the FJSPs are good or bad. This approach enables the bad solutions to be filtered out and the good solutions to be maintained as the initial solutions. Extensive experiments were performed to test the proposed algorithm. They demonstrated that it was feasible and effective. The contribution of this approach consists of reconstructing the mathematical model of the FJSP so that machine learning strategies can be introduced to optimize the algorithms for the FJSP. This approach seems to be a new direction for introducing more interesting machine learning methodologies to solve the FJSP. Show more

Keywords: Flexible job shop scheduling problem, mechanical engineering, evolutionary algorithms, machine learning

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-224021

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8845-8863, 2024

Authors: Wang, Tianxiong | Xu, Mengmeng | Yang, Liu | Zhou, Meiyu | Sun, Xin

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract:  Kansei Engineering (KE) is a product design method that aims to develop products to meet users’ emotional preferences. However, traditional KE faces the problem that the acquisition of Kansei factors does not represent the real consumers demands based on manual and reports, and using traditional methods to calculate relationship between Kansei factors and specific design elements, which can lead to the omission of key information. To address these problems, this study adopts text mining and backward propagation neural networks (BPNN) to propose a product form design method from a multi-objective optimization perspective. Firstly, Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF) and WordNet …are used to extract key user Kansei requirements from online review texts to obtain more accurate Kansei knowledge. Secondly, the BPNN is used to establish the non-linear relationship between product Kansei factors and specific design elements, and a preference mapping prediction model is constructed. Finally, BPNN is transformed into an iterative prediction value of non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II (NSGA-II), and the model is solved through multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) to obtain the Pareto optimal solution set that satisfies the user’s multiple emotional needs, and the fuzzy Delphi method is used to obtain the best product form design scheme that meets the user’s multiple emotional images. Using the example of electric bicycle form design could show that this proposed method can effectively complete multi-objective product solutions innovation design. Show more

Keywords: Text mining, Back propagation neural network (BPNN), Multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA), Non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II (NSGA-II), Kansei engineering

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-230668

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8865-8885, 2024

Authors: Maleki, Monavareh | Ebrahimi, Mohamad | Davvaz, B.

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: The concept of entropy and information gain of BE-algebras in scientific disciplines such as information theory, data science, supply chain and machine learning assists us to calculate the uncertanity of the scientific processes of phenomena. In this respect the notion of filter entropy for a transitive BE-algebra is introduced and its properties are investigated. The notion of a dynamical system on a transitive BE-algebra is introduced. The concept of the entropy for a transitive BE-algebra dynamical system is developed and, its characteristics are considered. The notion of equivalent transitive BE-algebra dynamical systems is defined, and it is proved the fact …that two equivalent BE-algebra dynamical systems have the same entropy. Theorems to help calculate the entropy are given. Specifically, a new version of Kolmogorov– Sinai Theorem has been proved. The study introduces the concept of information gain of a transitive BE-algebra with respect to its filters and investigates its properties. This study proposes the use of filter entropy to approximate the level of risk introduced by a BE-algebra dynamical system. This aim is reached by defining the information gain with respect to the filters of a BE-algebra. This methodology is well developed for use in engineering, especially in industrial networks. This paper proposes a novel approach to assess the quantity of uncertainty, and the impact of information gain of a BE-algebra dynamical system. Show more

Keywords: Generator, transitive BE-algebra, dynamical system, entropy, information gain

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232363

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8887-8901, 2024

Authors: Ma, Ping | Ni, Zhengwei

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Time series forecasting has a wide range of applications in various fields. To eliminate the need for time series data volume, a meta-learning-based few-shot time series forecasting method is proposed. This method uses a residual stack module as its backbone and connects the residuals forward and backward through a multilayer fully connected network so that the model and the meta-learning framework can be seamlessly combined. The Empirical knowledge of different time-sequence tasks is obtained through meta-training. To enable fast adaptation to new prediction tasks, a small meta-network is introduced to adaptively and dynamically generate the learning rate and weight decay …coefficient of each step in the network. This method can use sequences of different data distribution characteristics for cross-task learning, and each training task only needs a small number of time series to achieve sequence prediction for the target task. The results show that compared with the two baselines, the proposed method has improved performance on 67.07% and 58.53% of the evaluated tasks. Thus, this method can effectively alleviate the problems caused by insufficient data during training and has broad application prospects in the field of time series. Show more

Keywords: Time series forecasting, few-shot learning, meta learning, residual stack model

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233520

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8903-8916, 2024

Authors: Gul, Rimsha | Bashir, Maryam

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: As the volume of data continues to grow, the significance of text classification is on the rise. This vast amount of data majorly exists in the form of texts. Effective data preparation is essential to extract sentiment data from this vast amount of text, as irrelevant and redundant information can impede valuable insights. Feature selection is an important step in the data preparation phase as it eliminates irrelevant and insignificant features from the huge features set. There exist a large body of work related to feature selection for image processing but limited research is done for text data. While some …studies recognize the significance of feature selection in text classification, but there is still need for more efficient sentiment analysis models that optimize feature selection and reduce computational. This manuscript aims to bridge these gaps by introducing a hybrid multi-objective evolutionary algorithm as a feature selection mechanism, combining the power of multiple objectives and evolutionary processes. The approach combines two feature selection techniques within a binary classification model: a filter method, Information Gain (IG), and an evolutionary wrapper method, Binary Multi-Objective Grey Wolf Optimizer (BMOGWO). Experimental evaluations are conducted across six diverse datasets. It achieves a reduction of over 90 percent in feature size while improving accuracy by nearly nine percent. These results showcase the model’s efficiency in terms of computational time and its efficacy in terms of higher classification accuracy which improves sentiment analysis performance. This improvement can be beneficial for various applications, including recommendation systems, reviews analysis, and public opinion observation. However, it’s crucial to acknowledge certain limitations of this study. These encompass the need for broader classifier evaluation, and scalability considerations with larger datasets. These identified limitations serve as directions for future research and the enhancement of the proposed approach. Show more

Keywords: Feature selection, sentiment analysis, multi-objective optimization, evolutionary algorithms

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234615

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8917-8932, 2024

Authors: Yang, Jiyun | Gui, Can

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Malware attack is a growing problem on the Android mobile platform due to its popularity and openness. Although numerous malware detection approaches have been proposed, it still remains challenging for malware detection due to a large amount of constantly mutating apps. The opcode, as the most fundamental part of Android app, possesses good resistance against obfuscation and Android version updates. Due to the large number of opcodes, most opcode-based methods employ statistical-based feature selection, which disrupts the correlation and semantic information among opcodes. In this paper, we propose an Android malware detection framework based on sensitive opcodes and deep reinforcement …learning. Firstly, we extract sensitive opcode fragments based on sensitive elements and then encode the features using n -gram. Next, we use deep reinforcement learning to select the optimal subset of features. During the process of handling opcodes, we focus on preserving semantic information and the correlation among opcodes. Finally, our experimental results show an accuracy of 0.9670 by using the 25 opcode features we obtained. Show more

Keywords: Android malware, deep reinforcement learning, feature selection, machine learning

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235767

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8933-8942, 2024

Authors: Chen, Hongan | Zhang, Zongfu | Luo, Qingjia | Chen, Rongbin | Zhao, Yang

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433 .

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-235945

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8943-8959, 2024

Authors: Jianping, Liu | Yingfei, Wang | Jian, Wang | Meng, Wang | Xintao, Chu

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: To better understand users’ behavior patterns in web search, numerous click models are proposed to extract the implicit interaction feedback. Most existing click models are heavily based on the implicit information to model user behaviors, ignoring the impact of explicit information between queries and documents in search sessions. In this paper, we fully consider the topic relevance between queries and documents in search sessions and propose a novel topic relevance-aware click model (TRA-CM) for web search. TRA-CM consists of a relevance estimator and an examination predictor. The relevance estimator consists of a topic relevance predictor and a click context encoder. …In the topic relevance predictor, we utilize the pre-trained BERT model to model the content information of queries and documents in search sessions. Meanwhile, we use transformer to encode users’ click behaviors in the click context encoder. We further apply a two-stage fusion strategy to obtain the final relevance scores. The examination predictor estimates the examination probability of each document. We further utilize learnable filters to attenuate log noise and obtain purer input features in both relevance estimator and examination predictor, and investigate different combination functions to integrate relevance scores and examination probabilities into click prediction. Extensive experiment results on two real-world session datasets prove that TRA-CM outperforms existing click models in both click prediction and relevance estimation tasks. Show more

Keywords: BERT, click model, click prediction, deep learning, web search

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-236894

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8961-8974, 2024

Authors: Sharmila Joseph, J. | Vidyarthi, Abhay

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433 .

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231154

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8975-8992, 2024

Authors: Alqudah, Rajaa | Al-Mousa, Amjed | Faza, Ayman

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Traffic on highways has increased significantly in the past few years. Consequently, this has caused delays for the drivers in reaching their final destination and increased the highway’s congestion level. Many options have been proposed to ease these issues. In this paper, a model of the highway drivers’ population was built based on several factors, including the behavioral patterns of the drivers, like drivers’ time flexibility to reach the destination, their carpool eligibility, and their tolerance to pay the toll price, in addition to the traffic information from the system. A fuzzy logic decision-making model is presented to emulate how …drivers would choose the lane to use based on the aforementioned factors and the current congestion levels of all the lanes on the highway. The presented model, along with the simulation results from applying the model to different simulation scenarios, show the usefulness of such a model in predicting an optimal toll value. Such optimal value would reduce congestion on the highway at one end while maximizing the revenue for the toll company. Show more

Keywords: Fuzzy logic, decision-making, probabilistic model, toll pricing, traffic management

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-231352

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 8993-9006, 2024

Authors: Singh, Surender | Sharma, Sonam

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: A Single-valued neutrosophic set (SVNS) has recently been explored as a comprehensive tool to assess uncertain information due to varied human cognition. This notion stretches the domain of application of the classical fuzzy set and its extended versions. Various comparison measures based on SVNSs like distance measure, similarity measure, and, divergence measure have practical significance in the study of clustering analysis, pattern recognition, machine learning, and computer vision-related problems. Existing measures have some drawbacks in terms of precision and exclusion of information and produce unreasonable results in categorization problems. In this paper, we propose a generic method to define new …divergence measures based on common aggregation operators and discuss some algebraic properties of the proposed divergence measures. To further appreciate the proposed divergence measures, their application to pattern recognition has been investigated in conjunction with the prominent existing comparison measures based on SVNSs. The comparative assessment sensitivity analysis of the proposed measures establishes their edge over the existing ones because of appropriate classification results. Show more

Keywords: Single-valued neutrosophic set, aggregation operator, pattern recognition, divergence measure

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-232369

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 9007-9020, 2024

Authors: Dai, Songsong

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract:  The well-known iterative boolean-like law a  →(a  → b ) = a  → b can be generalized to the functional equation I (x , I (x , y )) = I (x , y ), where I is a fuzzy implication. In this paper, we discuss an approximation of the equation, I (x , I (x , y )) ≈ I (x , y ), i.e., the law is approximately valid. Furthermore, we study the property of approximation preserving with respect to compositions of fuzzy implications. Finally, we give a necessary condition and a sufficient condition for the approximate equation of (S , N )-implications.

Keywords: Functional equation, iterative boolean-like law, fuzzy implication, (S, N)-implication

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233435

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 9021-9028, 2024

Authors: Li, Xiaoli | Du, Linhui | Yu, Xiaowei | Wang, Kang | Hu, Yongkang

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: During the operation of HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning) systems, precise energy consumption prediction plays an important role in achieving energy savings and optimizing system performance. However, the HVAC system is a complex and dynamic system characterized by a large number of variables that exhibit significant changes over time. Therefore, it is inadequate to rely on a fixed offline model to adapt to the dynamic changes in the system that consume tremendous computation time. To solve this problem, a deep neural network (DNN) model based on Just-in-Time learning with hyperparameter R (RJITL) is proposed in this paper to predict …HVAC energy consumption. Firstly, relevant samples are selected using Euclidean distance weighted by Spearman coefficients. Subsequently, local models are constructed using deep neural networks supplemented with optimization techniques to enable real-time rolling energy consumption prediction. Then, the ensemble JITL model mitigates the influence of local features, and improves prediction accuracy. Finally, the local models can be adaptively updated to reduce the training time of the overall model by defining the update rule (hyperparameter R ) for the JITL model. Experimental results on energy consumption prediction for the HVAC system show that the proposed DNN-RJITL method achieves an average improvement of 5.17% in accuracy and 41.72% in speed compared to traditional methods. Show more

Keywords: HVAC, energy consumption, weighted similarity measure, deep neural network, Just-in-Time learning

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-233544

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 9029-9042, 2024

Authors: Mohammed Mustafa, M. | Kalpana Devi, S. | Althaf Ali, A. | Gunavathie, M.A.

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Wireless body sensor networks have gained significant importance across diverse fields, including environmental monitoring, healthcare, and sports. This research is concentrated on sports applications, specifically exploring the viability of a wireless body area network tailored for high-performing athletes. The paper is divided into three sections. First, the design of the node location that is used for real-time monitoring of a sportsperson in which the node position, such as the human thigh, foot, arm, wrist, and chest, was estimated and the best position was selected. Second, the accuracy of an application when related to the other schemes such as TDMA with …ZigBee and RA-TDMA & PA-TDMA was done. The reliability using RA-TDMA performed well and showed approximately 98% reliability. Finally, the features of wireless communiqués that affect the presentation of the network for RA-TDMA were estimated, such as delay and jitter. These findings collectively contribute to advancing the understanding of optimizing wireless body sensor networks for sports applications, with notable achievements including the identification of the arm as the optimal sensor placement, achieving a 98% success rate, and surpassing alternative techniques in network performance parameters like packet delivery rate. Show more

Keywords: Location points, real time scheduling, RATDMA, BSN

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234275

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 9043-9055, 2024

Authors: Qu, Ying | Wang, Xuming

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract:  In order to effectively prevent and control accidents, it is essential to trace back the causes of gas explosions in cities. The DT-AR(decision tree-association rule) algorithm is proposed as a quantitative analysis of gas accident features and causality. First, 210 gas explosion accident investigation reports were taken as samples. The gas accident causation system is divided into three aspects, including environmental factors, management factors and physical factors. Management factors were sorted into organizational-level and individual-level factors from the investigation reports. Second, the CART decision tree model was used to compare location features, organizational causality features, and individual causality features of …the piped and bottled gas accidents, and a decision tree model with the gas system fault site as the root node was built to filter the key feature variables. In order to reveal factor correlations and deep-level causation, the Apriori algorithm is used to mine accident association rules. The combinations on the branches of the decision tree are used as constraints to filter the critical causality rule, which improves the efficiency of association rule screening and enhances prediction accuracy. The results demonstrate that the DT-AR algorithm can evaluate the importance of variables, quickly locate effective combinations of factors, and mine the complete causal chain. The association rule is screened based on the constraint of the key element combination of the decision tree, which compensates for the low efficiency of the Apriori algorithm for association rule mining. In addition, the accident-caused excavation results provide an effective path for gas companies, outsourced service companies and administrative departments to implement gas safety chain supervision, which can address the problem of gas accident safety management failures and provide decision support for accident prevention. Show more

Keywords: 24model, decision tree model, association rule, gas explosion

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-234372

Citation: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 9057-9068, 2024