Maojian Chen^1,2,3, Xiong Luo^1,2,3,*, Yueqin Zhu⁴, Yan Li^1,2,3, Wenbing Zhao⁵, Jinsong Wu⁶

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.26, No.5, pp. 973-987, 2020, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2020.010129

Abstract The past decade has witnessed the rapid advancements of geological data analysis techniques, which facilitates the development of modern agricultural systems. However, there remains some technical challenges that should be addressed to fully exploit the potential of those geological big data, while gathering massive amounts of data in this application field. Generally, a good representation of correlation in the geological big data is critical to making full use of multi-source geological data, while discovering the relationship in data and mining mineral prediction information. Then, in this article, a scheme is proposed towards intelligent mining of association rules for geological big… More >

Yunlong Wang^1,2,3, Xiong Luo^1,2,4,*, Jing Zhang^1,2,3, Zhigang Zhao¹, Jun Zhang⁵

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.26, No.5, pp. 961-971, 2020, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2020.010128

Abstract K-means is a simple and commonly used algorithm, which is widely applied in many fields due to its fast convergence and distinctive performance. In this paper, a novel algorithm is proposed to help K-means jump out of a local optimum on the basis of several ideas from evolutionary computation, through the use of random and evolutionary processes. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is capable of improving the accuracy of K-means and decreasing the SSE of K-means, which indicates that the proposed algorithm can prevent K-means from falling into the local optimum to some extent. More >

Ahmed A. M. Jamel^1,∗, Bahriye Akay^2,†

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.35, No.6, pp. 441-456, 2020, DOI:10.32604/csse.2020.35.441

Abstract Recently, owing to the capability of mobile and wearable devices to sense daily human activity, human activity recognition (HAR) datasets have become a large-scale data resource. Due to the heterogeneity and nonlinearly separable nature of the data recorded by these sensors, the datasets generated require special techniques to accurately predict human activity and mitigate the considerable heterogeneity. Consequently, classic clustering algorithms do not work well with these data. Hence, kernelization, which converts the data into a new feature vector representation, is performed on nonlinearly separable data. This study aims to present a robust method to perform HAR data clustering to… More >

Guorong Cui, Hao Li, Yachuan Zhang, Rongjing Bu, Yan Kang^*, Jinyuan Li, Yang Hu

Journal of Quantum Computing, Vol.2, No.2, pp. 85-95, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jqc.2020.09717

Abstract The traditional K-means clustering algorithm is difficult to determine the cluster number, which is sensitive to the initialization of the clustering center and easy to fall into local optimum. This paper proposes a clustering algorithm based on self-organizing mapping network and weight particle swarm optimization SOM&WPSO (Self-Organization Map and Weight Particle Swarm Optimization). Firstly, the algorithm takes the competitive learning mechanism of a self-organizing mapping network to divide the data samples into coarse clusters and obtain the clustering center. Then, the obtained clustering center is used as the initialization parameter of the weight particle swarm optimization algorithm. The particle position… More >

Lei Feng^1,2, Haibin Li^1,*, Yakun Gao¹, Yakun Zhang¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.26, No.4, pp. 831-839, 2020, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2020.010117

Abstract In the paper, we apply the sparse reconstruction algorithm of improved background dictionary to saliency detection. Firstly, after super-pixel segmentation, two bottom features are extracted: the color information of LAB and the texture features of the image by Gabor filter. Secondly, the convex hull theory is used to remove object region in boundary region, and K-means clustering algorithm is used to continue to simplify the background dictionary. Finally, the saliency map is obtained by calculating the reconstruction error. Compared with the mainstream algorithms, the accuracy and efficiency of this algorithm are better than those of other algorithms. More >

Sun-Taag Choe, We-Duke Cho^*, Jai-Hoon Kim, and Ki-Hyung Kim

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.26, No.4, pp. 679-691, 2020, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2020.010102

Abstract Recent research on activity recognition in wearable devices has identified a key challenge: k-nearest neighbors (k-NN) algorithms have a high operational time complexity. Thus, these algorithms are difficult to utilize in embedded wearable devices. Herein, we propose a method for reducing this complexity. We apply a clustering algorithm for learning data and assign labels to each cluster according to the maximum likelihood. Experimental results show that the proposed method achieves effective operational levels for implementation in embedded devices; however, the accuracy is slightly lower than that of a traditional k-NN algorithm. Additionally, our method provides the advantage of controlling the… More >

Yudong Wang^{1, 2}, Jie Tan^{1, *}, Zhenjie Liu¹, Allah Ditta³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.65, No.3, pp. 2111-2122, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.011098

Abstract Batteries are often packed together to meet voltage and capability needs. However, due to variations in raw materials, different ages of equipment, and manual operation, there is inconsistency between batteries, which leads to reduced available capacity, variability of resistance, and premature failure. Therefore, it is crucial to pack similar batteries together. The conventional approach to screening batteries is based on their capacity, voltage and internal resistance, which disregards how batteries perform during manufacturing. In the battery discharge process, real time discharge voltage curves (DVCs) are collected as a set of unlabeled time series, which reflect how the battery voltage changes.… More >

Peng Tang^∗, Yu Wang, Ning Shen

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.35, No.4, pp. 237-246, 2020, DOI:10.32604/csse.2020.35.237

Abstract In today’s modern society, the physical fitness of college students is gradually declining. In this paper, a prediction model for college students’ physical fitness is established, in which support vector regression (SVR) and k-means clustering are combined together for the prediction of college students’ fitness. Firstly, the physical measurement data of college students are classified according to gender and class characteristics. Then, the k-means clustering method is used to classify the physical measurement data of college students. Next, the physical characteristics of college students are extracted by SVR to establish the prediction model of physical indicators, and the model for… More >

Ahmed A. M. Jamel^1,∗, Bahriye Akay^2,†

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.34, No.5, pp. 259-281, 2019, DOI:10.32604/csse.2019.34.259

Abstract Parallel processing has turned into one of the emerging fields of machine learning due to providing consistent work by performing several tasks simultaneously, enhancing reliability (the presence of more than one device ensures the workflow even if some devices disrupted), saving processing time and introducing low cost and high-performance computation units. This research study presents a survey of parallel K-means and Fuzzy-c-means clustering algorithms based on their implementations in parallel environments such as Hadoop, MapReduce, Graphical Processing Units, and multi-core systems. Additionally, the enhancement in parallel clustering algorithms is investigated as hybrid approaches in which K-means and Fuzzy-c-means clustering algorithms… More >

Thamotharan B^1,*, Venkatraman B², Chandrasekaran S³

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.26, No.2, pp. 335-340, 2020, DOI:10.31209/2019.100000156

Abstract Accumulation of impurities within cold trap device results in degradation of efficient performance in a nuclear reactor systems. The impurities have to be identified and the device has to be replaced periodically based on the accumulation level. Though there are a few techniques available to identify these impurities from the cold trap device, there are certain limitations in these techniques. In order to overcome these constraints, a new harmless and easy approach for identifying and separating the impurities using the radiographic images of cold traps is proposed in this paper. It includes a new segmentation algorithm to segregate the deposited… More >