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  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,865 Views
19 Pages

12 May 2023

This paper proposes an ensemble voting model for solar radiation forecasting based on machine learning algorithms. Several ensemble models are assessed using a simple average and a weighted average, combining the following algorithms: random forest,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,640 Views
17 Pages

19 November 2022

More than four million people worldwide suffer from hearing loss. Recently, new CNNs and deep ensemble-learning technologies have brought promising opportunities to the image-recognition field, so many studies aiming to recognize American Sign Langua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
69 Citations
5,622 Views
17 Pages

Performance of Machine Learning-Based Multi-Model Voting Ensemble Methods for Network Threat Detection in Agriculture 4.0

  • Nikolaos Peppes,
  • Emmanouil Daskalakis,
  • Theodoros Alexakis,
  • Evgenia Adamopoulou and
  • Konstantinos Demestichas

10 November 2021

The upcoming agricultural revolution, known as Agriculture 4.0, integrates cutting-edge Information and Communication Technologies in existing operations. Various cyber threats related to the aforementioned integration have attracted increasing inter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,789 Views
21 Pages

2 October 2021

Sea ice information in the Arctic region is essential for climatic change monitoring and ship navigation. Although many sea ice classification methods have been put forward, the accuracy and usability of classification systems can still be improved....

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,207 Views
16 Pages

16 October 2022

Manual or traditional industrial product inspection and defect-recognition models have some limitations, including process complexity, time-consuming, error-prone, and expensiveness. These issues negatively impact the quality control processes. There...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,297 Views
18 Pages

17 January 2022

A photovoltaic (PV) system is one of the renewable energy resources that can help in meeting the ever-increasing energy demand. However, installation of PV systems is prone to faults that can occur unpredictably and remain challenging to detect. Majo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,857 Views
16 Pages

Estimation of Cotton SPAD Based on Multi-Source Feature Fusion and Voting Regression Ensemble Learning in Intercropping Pattern of Cotton and Soybean

  • Xiaoli Wang,
  • Jingqian Li,
  • Junqiang Zhang,
  • Lei Yang,
  • Wenhao Cui,
  • Xiaowei Han,
  • Dulin Qin,
  • Guotao Han,
  • Qi Zhou and
  • Yubin Lan
  • + 2 authors

29 September 2024

The accurate estimation of soil plant analytical development (SPAD) values in cotton under various intercropping patterns with soybean is crucial for monitoring cotton growth and determining a suitable intercropping pattern. In this study, we utilize...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,105 Views
17 Pages

10 June 2022

In this study, we propose a method for inspecting the condition of hull surfaces using underwater images acquired from the camera of a remotely controlled underwater vehicle (ROUV). To this end, a soft voting ensemble classifier comprising six well-k...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,661 Views
18 Pages

18 December 2024

Determining the maturity of cocoa pods early is not just about guaranteeing harvest quality and optimizing yield. It is also about efficient resource management. Rapid identification of the stage of maturity helps avoid losses linked to a premature o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,760 Views
25 Pages

Adapted Deep Ensemble Learning-Based Voting Classifier for Osteosarcoma Cancer Classification

  • Md. Abul Ala Walid,
  • Swarnali Mollick,
  • Pintu Chandra Shill,
  • Mrinal Kanti Baowaly,
  • Md. Rabiul Islam,
  • Md. Martuza Ahamad,
  • Manal A. Othman and
  • Md Abdus Samad

9 October 2023

The study utilizes osteosarcoma hematoxylin and the Eosin-stained image dataset, which is unevenly dispersed, and it raises concerns about the potential impact on the overall performance and reliability of any analyses or models derived from the data...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
5,691 Views
13 Pages

4 November 2021

The continuous development of network technologies plays a major role in increasing the utilization of these technologies in many aspects of our lives, including e-commerce, electronic banking, social media, e-health, and e-learning. In recent times,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,328 Views
24 Pages

A Two-Stage Voting-Boosting Technique for Ensemble Learning in Social Network Sentiment Classification

  • Su Cui,
  • Yiliang Han,
  • Yifei Duan,
  • Yu Li,
  • Shuaishuai Zhu and
  • Chaoyue Song

24 March 2023

In recent years, social network sentiment classification has been extensively researched and applied in various fields, such as opinion monitoring, market analysis, and commodity feedback. The ensemble approach has achieved remarkable results in sent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
6,520 Views
19 Pages

19 November 2018

Biometry based authentication and recognition have attracted greater attention due to numerous applications for security-conscious societies, since biometrics brings accurate and consistent identification. Face biometry possesses the merits of low in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,608 Views
13 Pages

Machine Learning Model of ResNet50-Ensemble Voting for Malignant–Benign Small Pulmonary Nodule Classification on Computed Tomography Images

  • Weiming Li,
  • Siqi Yu,
  • Runhuang Yang,
  • Yixing Tian,
  • Tianyu Zhu,
  • Haotian Liu,
  • Danyang Jiao,
  • Feng Zhang,
  • Xiangtong Liu and
  • Xiuhua Guo
  • + 4 authors

15 November 2023

Background: The early detection of benign and malignant lung tumors enabled patients to diagnose lesions and implement appropriate health measures earlier, dramatically improving lung cancer patients’ quality of living. Machine learning methods...

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
7,117 Views
16 Pages

15 July 2022

Predicting medical waste (MW) properly is vital for an effective waste management system (WMS), but it is difficult because of inadequate data and various factors that impact MW. This study’s primary objective was to develop an ensemble voting...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,736 Views
23 Pages

An Optimized Weighted-Voting-Based Ensemble Learning Approach for Fake News Classification

  • Muhammad Shahzaib Toor,
  • Hooria Shahbaz,
  • Muddasar Yasin,
  • Armughan Ali,
  • Norma Latif Fitriyani,
  • Changgyun Kim and
  • Muhammad Syafrudin

28 January 2025

The emergence of diverse content-sharing platforms and social media has rendered the dissemination of fake news and misinformation increasingly widespread. This misinformation can cause extensive confusion and fear throughout the populace. Confrontin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
6,716 Views
18 Pages

16 November 2022

Determining the aggressiveness of gliomas, termed grading, is a critical step toward treatment optimization to increase the survival rate and decrease treatment toxicity for patients. Streamlined grading using molecular information has the potential...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,074 Views
12 Pages

Ensemble Learning with Highly Variable Class-Based Performance

  • Brandon Warner,
  • Edward Ratner,
  • Kallin Carlous-Khan,
  • Christopher Douglas and
  • Amaury Lendasse

24 September 2024

This paper proposes a novel model-agnostic method for weighting the outputs of base classifiers in machine learning (ML) ensembles. Our approach uses class-based weight coefficients assigned to every output class in each learner in the ensemble. This...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,120 Views
11 Pages

Meta-Learning Guided Weight Optimization for Enhanced Solar Radiation Forecasting and Sustainable Energy Management with VotingRegressor

  • Mohamed Khalifa Boutahir,
  • Abdelaaziz Hessane,
  • Yousef Farhaoui,
  • Mourade Azrour,
  • Mbadiwe S. Benyeogor and
  • Nisreen Innab

27 June 2024

Solar radiation prediction plays a crucial role in renewable energy management, impacting various decision-making processes aimed at optimizing the utilization of solar resources and promoting sustainability. Ensemble regression methods, notably Voti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,354 Views
20 Pages

Portrait Segmentation Using Ensemble of Heterogeneous Deep-Learning Models

  • Yong-Woon Kim,
  • Yung-Cheol Byun and
  • Addapalli V. N. Krishna

5 February 2021

Image segmentation plays a central role in a broad range of applications, such as medical image analysis, autonomous vehicles, video surveillance and augmented reality. Portrait segmentation, which is a subset of semantic image segmentation, is widel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,567 Views
19 Pages

Predicting the Impact of Construction Rework Cost Using an Ensemble Classifier

  • Fatemeh Mostofi,
  • Vedat Toğan,
  • Yunus Emre Ayözen and
  • Onur Behzat Tokdemir

9 November 2022

Predicting construction cost of rework (COR) allows for the advanced planning and prompt implementation of appropriate countermeasures. Studies have addressed the causation and different impacts of COR but have not yet developed the robust cost predi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
7,624 Views
34 Pages

Combining State-of-the-Art Pre-Trained Deep Learning Models: A Noble Approach for Skin Cancer Detection Using Max Voting Ensemble

  • Md. Mamun Hossain,
  • Md. Moazzem Hossain,
  • Most. Binoee Arefin,
  • Fahima Akhtar and
  • John Blake

Skin cancer poses a significant healthcare challenge, requiring precise and prompt diagnosis for effective treatment. While recent advances in deep learning have dramatically improved medical image analysis, including skin cancer classification, ense...

  • Article
  • Open Access
67 Citations
6,729 Views
13 Pages

14 January 2022

Meeting the required amount of energy between supply and demand is indispensable for energy manufacturers. Accordingly, electric industries have paid attention to short-term energy forecasting to assist their management system. This paper firstly com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,307 Views
35 Pages

Using Voting-Based Ensemble Classifiers to Map Invasive Phragmites australis

  • Connor J. Anderson,
  • Daniel Heins,
  • Keith C. Pelletier and
  • Joseph F. Knight

12 July 2023

Machine learning is frequently combined with imagery acquired from uncrewed aircraft systems (UASs) to detect invasive plants. Having prior knowledge of which machine learning algorithm will produce the most accurate results is difficult. This study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,851 Views
17 Pages

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death globally; therefore, early detection of CVD is crucial. Many intelligent technologies, including deep learning and machine learning (ML), are being integrated into healthcare systems for diseas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,938 Views
20 Pages

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated skin disease characterized by lifelong persistence and fluctuating symptoms. The clinical similarities among its subtypes and the diversity of symptoms present challenges in diagnosis. Early diagnos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,526 Views
13 Pages

Therapeutic Decision Making in Prevascular Mediastinal Tumors Using CT Radiomics and Clinical Features: Upfront Surgery or Pretreatment Needle Biopsy?

  • Chao-Chun Chang,
  • Chia-Ying Lin,
  • Yi-Sheng Liu,
  • Ying-Yuan Chen,
  • Wei-Li Huang,
  • Wu-Wei Lai,
  • Yi-Ting Yen,
  • Mi-Chia Ma and
  • Yau-Lin Tseng

13 February 2024

The study aimed to develop machine learning (ML) classification models for differentiating patients who needed direct surgery from patients who needed core needle biopsy among patients with prevascular mediastinal tumor (PMT). Patients with PMT who r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,790 Views
19 Pages

Majority Voting Ensemble of Deep CNNs for Robust MRI-Based Brain Tumor Classification

  • Kuo-Ying Liu,
  • Nan-Han Lu,
  • Yung-Hui Huang,
  • Akari Matsushima,
  • Koharu Kimura,
  • Takahide Okamoto and
  • Tai-Been Chen

Background/Objectives: Accurate classification of brain tumors is critical for treatment planning and prognosis. While deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have shown promise in medical imaging, few studies have systematically compared multiple...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,536 Views
14 Pages

19 February 2025

The accurate prediction of ship carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and fuel consumption is critical for enhancing environmental sustainability in the maritime industry. This study introduces a novel ensemble learning approach, the Voting-BRL model, which...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,537 Views
15 Pages

Ensemble of Multiple Classifiers for Multilabel Classification of Plant Protein Subcellular Localization

  • Warin Wattanapornprom,
  • Chinae Thammarongtham,
  • Apiradee Hongsthong and
  • Supatcha Lertampaiporn

30 March 2021

The accurate prediction of protein localization is a critical step in any functional genome annotation process. This paper proposes an improved strategy for protein subcellular localization prediction in plants based on multiple classifiers, to impro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
7,495 Views
15 Pages

A Weighted Voting Ensemble Self-Labeled Algorithm for the Detection of Lung Abnormalities from X-Rays

  • Ioannis E. Livieris,
  • Andreas Kanavos,
  • Vassilis Tampakas and
  • Panagiotis Pintelas

16 March 2019

During the last decades, intensive efforts have been devoted to the extraction of useful knowledge from large volumes of medical data employing advanced machine learning and data mining techniques. Advances in digital chest radiography have enabled r...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
809 Views
30 Pages

Machine Learning and Ensemble Methods for Cardiovascular Disease Prediction: A Systematic Review of Approaches, Performance Trends, and Research Challenges

  • Ghazala Gul,
  • Imtiaz Ali Korejo,
  • Dil Nawaz Hakro,
  • Haitham Alqahtani,
  • Abdullah Abbasi,
  • Muhammad Babar,
  • Osama Al Rahbi and
  • Najma Imtiaz Ali

Knowledge discovery helps mitigate the shortcomings of classical machine learning, especially those so-called imbalanced, high-dimensional, and noisy data challenges. Adaptive combination of multiple models, voting and other data fusion strategies, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
4,190 Views
23 Pages

Deep Ensemble Learning for the Automatic Detection of Pneumoconiosis in Coal Worker’s Chest X-ray Radiography

  • Liton Devnath,
  • Suhuai Luo,
  • Peter Summons,
  • Dadong Wang,
  • Kamran Shaukat,
  • Ibrahim A. Hameed and
  • Fatma S. Alrayes

12 September 2022

Globally, coal remains one of the natural resources that provide power to the world. Thousands of people are involved in coal collection, processing, and transportation. Particulate coal dust is produced during these processes, which can crush the lu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,125 Views
19 Pages

EnsembleNPPred: A Robust Approach to Neuropeptide Prediction and Recognition Using Ensemble Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods

  • Supatcha Lertampaiporn,
  • Warin Wattanapornprom,
  • Chinae Thammarongtham and
  • Apiradee Hongsthong

25 June 2025

Neuropeptides (NPs) are a diverse group of signaling molecules involved in regulating key physiological processes such as pain perception, stress response, mood, appetite, and circadian rhythms. Acting as neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, or neuroh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,311 Views
26 Pages

EQLC-EC: An Efficient Voting Classifier for 1D Mass Spectrometry Data Classification

  • Lin Guo,
  • Yinchu Wang,
  • Zilong Liu,
  • Fengyi Zhang,
  • Wei Zhang and
  • Xingchuang Xiong

28 February 2025

Mass spectrometry (MS) data present challenges for machine learning (ML) classification due to their high dimensionality, complex feature distributions, batch effects, and intensity discrepancies, often hindering model generalization and efficiency....

  • Article
  • Open Access
349 Views
28 Pages

An Explainable Voting Ensemble Framework for Early-Warning Forecasting of Corporate Financial Distress

  • Lersak Phothong,
  • Anupong Sukprasert,
  • Sutana Boonlua,
  • Prapaporn Chubsuwan,
  • Nattakron Seetha and
  • Rotcharin Kunsrison

Accurate early-warning forecasting of corporate financial distress remains a critical challenge due to nonlinear financial relationships, severe data imbalance, and the high operational costs of false alarms in risk-monitoring systems. This study pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
311 Views
18 Pages

A Voting-Based Ensemble Approach for Brain Disorder Detection Using Random Forest

  • Dina Abooelzahab,
  • Nawal Zaher,
  • Abdel Hamid Soliman and
  • Claude Chibelushi

Background: Automatic detection of abnormal electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is essential for supporting clinical screening and reducing human error in EEG interpretation. Although deep learning architectures such as CNN–LSTM have shown promi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
11,101 Views
28 Pages

1 April 2017

In this paper, we present the supervised multi-view canonical correlation analysis ensemble (SMVCCAE) and its semi-supervised version (SSMVCCAE), which are novel techniques designed to address heterogeneous domain adaptation problems, i.e., situation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,812 Views
17 Pages

An Intelligent Group Learning Framework for Detecting Common Tomato Diseases Using Simple and Weighted Majority Voting with Deep Learning Models

  • Seyed Mohamad Javidan,
  • Yiannis Ampatzidis,
  • Ahmad Banakar,
  • Keyvan Asefpour Vakilian and
  • Kamran Rahnama

Plant diseases pose significant economic challenges and may lead to ecological consequences. Although plant pathologists have a significant ability to diagnose plant diseases, rapid, accurate, and early diagnosis of plant diseases by intelligent syst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
973 Views
21 Pages

Enhancing Migraine Classification Through Machine Learning: A Comparative Study of Ensemble Methods

  • Raniya R. Sarra,
  • Ayad E. Korial,
  • Ivan Isho Gorial and
  • Amjad J. Humaidi

A migraine is a common and complex neurological disorder affecting more than 90% of people globally. Traditional migraine diagnostic and classification methods are time-intensive and prone to error. In today’s world, where health and technology...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,892 Views
12 Pages

A Soft Voting Ensemble-Based Model for the Early Prediction of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Disease Severity in Lungs Disease Patients

  • Sikandar Ali,
  • Ali Hussain,
  • Satyabrata Aich,
  • Moo Suk Park,
  • Man Pyo Chung,
  • Sung Hwan Jeong,
  • Jin Woo Song,
  • Jae Ha Lee and
  • Hee Cheol Kim

15 October 2021

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which is one of the lung diseases, is quite rare but fatal in nature. The disease is progressive, and detection of severity takes a long time as well as being quite tedious. With the advent of intelligent machine learni...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,570 Views
21 Pages

Identifying First-Trimester Risk Factors for SGA-LGA Using Weighted Inheritance Voting Ensemble Learning

  • Sau Nguyen Van,
  • Jinhui Cui,
  • Yanling Wang,
  • Hui Jiang,
  • Feng Sha and
  • Ye Li

The classification of fetuses as Small for Gestational Age (SGA) and Large for Gestational Age (LGA) is a critical aspect of neonatal health assessment. SGA and LGA, terms used to describe fetal weights that fall below or above the expected weights f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
3,433 Views
14 Pages

COVID-19 Patient Detection Based on Fusion of Transfer Learning and Fuzzy Ensemble Models Using CXR Images

  • Chandrakanta Mahanty,
  • Raghvendra Kumar,
  • Panagiotis G. Asteris and
  • Amir H. Gandomi

2 December 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of millions of people and put a significant strain on healthcare facilities. To combat this disease, it is necessary to monitor affected patients in a timely and cost-effective manner. In this work, CXR ima...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
4,586 Views
17 Pages

21 January 2021

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are natural peptides possessing antimicrobial activities. These peptides are important components of the innate immune system. They are found in various organisms. AMP screening and identification by experimental techniq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,391 Views
40 Pages

Machine and Deep Learning Models for Hypoxemia Severity Triage in CBRNE Emergencies

  • Santino Nanini,
  • Mariem Abid,
  • Yassir Mamouni,
  • Arnaud Wiedemann,
  • Philippe Jouvet and
  • Stephane Bourassa

8 December 2024

Background/Objectives: This study develops machine learning (ML) models to predict hypoxemia severity during emergency triage, particularly in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) scenarios, using physiological data from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,752 Views
21 Pages

5 December 2024

In the context of smart cities with advanced Internet of Things (IoT) systems, ensuring the sustainability and safety of freshwater resources is pivotal for public health and urban resilience. This study introduces EWAIS (Ensemble Learning and Explai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,515 Views
15 Pages

6 August 2024

The use of speech-based recognition technologies in human–computer interactions is increasing daily. Age and gender recognition, one of these technologies, is a popular research topic used directly or indirectly in many applications. In this re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,246 Views
25 Pages

4 December 2024

Accurately predicting the state of surface water quality is crucial for ensuring the sustainable use of water resources and environmental protection. This often requires a focus on the range of factors affecting water quality, such as physical and ch...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,571 Views
19 Pages

Heart Disease Prediction Using Concatenated Hybrid Ensemble Classifiers

  • Annwesha Banerjee Majumder,
  • Somsubhra Gupta,
  • Dharmpal Singh,
  • Biswaranjan Acharya,
  • Vassilis C. Gerogiannis,
  • Andreas Kanavos and
  • Panagiotis Pintelas

25 November 2023

Heart disease is a leading global cause of mortality, demanding early detection for effective and timely medical intervention. In this study, we propose a machine learning-based model for early heart disease prediction. This model is trained on a dat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,204 Views
21 Pages

Automatic Feature Selection for Imbalanced Echocardiogram Data Using Event-Based Self-Similarity

  • Huang-Nan Huang,
  • Hong-Min Chen,
  • Wei-Wen Lin,
  • Rita Wiryasaputra,
  • Yung-Cheng Chen,
  • Yu-Huei Wang and
  • Chao-Tung Yang

Background and Objective: Using echocardiogram data for cardiovascular disease (CVD) can lead to difficulties due to imbalanced datasets, leading to biased predictions. Machine learning models can enhance prognosis accuracy, but their effectiveness i...

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