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With the proliferation of blockchain technology in decentralized applications like decentralized finance and supply chain and identity management, smart contracts operating on a blockchain frequently encounter security issues such as reentrancy vulnerabilities, timestamp dependency vulnerabilities, tx.origin vulnerabilities, and integer overflow vulnerabilities. These security concerns pose a significant risk of causing substantial losses to user accounts. Consequently, the detection of vulnerabilities in smart contracts has become a prominent area of research. Existing research exhibits limitations, including low detection accuracy in traditional smart contract vulnerability detection approaches and the tendency of deep learning-based solutions to focus on a single type of vulnerability. To address these constraints, this paper introduces a smart contract vulnerability detection method founded on multimodal feature fusion. This method adopts a multimodal perspective to extract three modal features from the lifecycle of smart contracts, leveraging both static and dynamic features comprehensively. Through deep learning models like Graph Convolutional Networks (GCNs) and bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory networks (bi-LSTMs), effective detection of vulnerabilities in smart contracts is achieved. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method attains detection accuracies of 85.73% for reentrancy vulnerabilities, 85.41% for timestamp dependency vulnerabilities, 83.58% for tx.origin vulnerabilities, and 90.96% for integer Overflow vulnerabilities. Furthermore, ablation experiments confirm the efficacy of the newly introduced modal features, highlighting the significance of fusing dynamic and static features in enhancing detection accuracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most of the deep-learning algorithms on stock price volatility prediction in the existing literature use data such as same-frequency market indicators or technical indicators, and less consider mixed-frequency data, such as macro-data. Compared with the traditional model that only inputs the same-frequency data such as technical indicators and market indicators, this study proposes an improved deep-learning model based on mixed-frequency big data. This paper first introduces the reserve restricted mixed-frequency data sampling (RR-MIDAS) model to deal with the mixed-frequency data and, secondly, extracts the temporal and spatial features of volatility series by using the parallel model of CNN-LSTM and LSTM, and finally utilizes the Optuna framework for hyper-parameter optimization to achieve volatility prediction. For the deep-learning model with mixed-frequency data, its RMSE, MAE, MSLE, MAPE, SMAPE, and QLIKE are reduced by 18.25%, 14.91%, 30.00%, 12.85%, 13.74%, and 23.42%, respectively. This paper provides a more accurate and robust method for forecasting the realized volatility of stock prices under mixed-frequency data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Deep learning, a crucial technique for achieving artificial intelligence (AI), has been successfully applied in many fields. The gradual application of the latest architectures of deep learning in the field of time series forecasting (TSF), such as Transformers, has shown excellent performance and results compared to traditional statistical methods. These applications are widely present in academia and in our daily lives, covering many areas including forecasting electricity consumption in power systems, meteorological rainfall, traffic flow, quantitative trading, risk control in finance, sales operations and price predictions for commercial companies, and pandemic prediction in the medical field. Deep learning-based TSF tasks stand out as one of the most valuable AI scenarios for research, playing an important role in explaining complex real-world phenomena. However, deep learning models still face challenges: they need to deal with the challenge of large-scale data in the information age, achieve longer forecasting ranges, reduce excessively high computational complexity, etc. Therefore, novel methods and more effective solutions are essential. In this paper, we review the latest developments in deep learning for TSF. We begin by introducing the recent development trends in the field of TSF and then propose a new taxonomy from the perspective of deep neural network models, comprehensively covering articles published over the past five years. We also organize commonly used experimental evaluation metrics and datasets. Finally, we point out current issues with the existing solutions and suggest promising future directions in the field of deep learning combined with TSF. This paper is the most comprehensive review related to TSF in recent years and will provide a detailed index for researchers in this field and those who are just starting out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the development of artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning is widely used in various industries. At CRYPTO 2019, researchers used deep learning to analyze the block cipher for the first time and constructed a differential neural network distinguisher to meet a certain accuracy. In this paper, a mixture differential neural network distinguisher using ResNet is proposed to further improve the accuracy by exploring the mixture differential properties. Experiments are conducted on SIMON32/64, and the accuracy of the 8-round mixture differential neural network distinguisher is improved from 74.7% to 92.3%, compared with that of the previous differential neural network distinguisher. The prediction accuracy of the differential neural network distinguisher is susceptible to the choice of the specified input differentials, whereas the mixture differential neural network distinguisher is less affected by the input difference and has greater robustness. Furthermore, by combining the probabilistic expansion of rounds and the neutral bit, the obtained mixture differential neural network distinguisher is extended to 11 rounds, which can realize the 12-round actual key recovery attack on SIMON32/64. With an appropriate increase in the time complexity and data complexity, the key recovery accuracy of the mixture differential neural network distinguisher can be improved to 55% as compared to 52% of the differential neural network distinguisher. The mixture differential neural network distinguisher proposed in this paper can also be applied to other lightweight block ciphers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This correction notice provides updates and corrections to a research paper on deep machine learning model-based cyber-attacks detection in smart power systems. The paper proposes a deep learning-based attack detection model that addresses system disturbances caused by natural events and cyber-attacks. It discusses the use of principal component analysis (PCA) for feature selection and the potential of deep learning-based and decision tree classifiers for detecting cyber-attacks in intelligent energy grids. The notice also includes updates to references, clarifications on the experimental data set, and feature selection based on PCA. The study evaluates the effectiveness of the proposed model using various assessment indexes and compares it to conventional methods, concluding that the proposed model is effective in detecting cyber-attacks and demonstrates good performance in detecting destructive attacks. [Extracted from the article]

Deep learning technology has made significant progress in agricultural image recognition tasks, but the parameter adjustment of deep models usually requires a lot of manual intervention, which is time-consuming and inefficient. To solve this challenge, this paper proposes an adaptive parameter tuning strategy that combines sine–cosine algorithm with Tent chaotic mapping to enhance sea horse optimization, which improves the search ability and convergence stability of standard sea horse optimization algorithm (SHO). Through adaptive optimization, this paper determines the best parameter configuration in ResNet-50 neural network and optimizes the model performance. The improved ESHO algorithm shows superior optimization effects than other algorithms in various performance indicators. The improved model achieves 96.7% accuracy in the corn disease image recognition task, and 96.4% accuracy in the jade fungus image recognition task. These results show that ESHO can not only effectively improve the accuracy of agricultural image recognition, but also reduce the need for manual parameter adjustment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Urban logistics encompass transportation and delivery operations within densely populated urban areas. It faces significant challenges from the evolving dynamic and stochastic nature of on-demand and conventional logistics services. Further challenges arise with application doctrines shifting towards crowd-sourced platforms. As a result, "traditional" deterministic approaches do not adequately fulfil constantly evolving customer expectations. To maintain competitiveness, logistic service providers must adopt proactive and anticipatory systems that dynamically model and evaluate probable (future) events, i.e., stochastic information. These events manifest in problem characteristics such as customer requests, demands, travel times, parking availability, etc. The Stochastic Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem (SDVRP) addresses the dynamic and stochastic information inherent in urban logistics. This paper aims to analyse the key concepts, challenges, and recent advancements and opportunities in the evolving urban logistics landscape and assess the evolution from classical VRPs, via DVRPs, to state-of-art SDVRPs. Further, coupled with non-reactive techniques, this paper provides an in-depth overview of cutting-edge model-based and model-free reactive solution approaches. Although potent, these approaches become restrictive due to the "curse of dimensionality". Sacrificing granularity for scalability, researchers have opted for aggregation and decomposition techniques to overcome this problem and recent approaches explore solutions using deep learning. In the scope of this research, we observed that addressing real-world SDVRPs with a comprehensive resolution encounters a set of challenges, emphasising a substantial gap in the research field that warrants further exploration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the development of the Internet, the types and quantities of malware have grown rapidly, and how to identify unknown malware is becoming a new challenge. The traditional malware detection method based on fixed features is becoming more and more difficult. In order to improve detection accuracy and efficiency for mobile terminals, this paper proposed a malware detection method for mobile terminals based on application programming interface (API) call sequence, which was characterized by the API call sequence and used a series of feature preprocessing techniques to remove redundant processing of the API call sequence. Finally, the recurrent neural network method (RNN) was used to build the model and perform detection and verification. Furthermore, this paper constructed a malware detection model based on a two-way recurrent neural network and used the two-way long short-term memory network model (LSTM) to train the data set containing 5986 malware samples and 5065 benign software samples to obtain the final detection model and its parameters. Finally, the feature vector of the APK file to be detected was passed into the model and obtained the detection results. The experimental results indicated that the detection accuracy of this method can reach 93.68%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Wireless communication technologies have profoundly impacted the interconnectivity of mobile users and terminals. Nevertheless, the exponential increase in the number of users poses significant challenges, particularly in interference management, which is a major concern in wireless communication. Machine learning (ML) approaches have emerged as powerful tools for solving various problems in this domain. However, existing studies have not fully addressed the problem of interference management for wireless communication using ML techniques. In this paper, we explore the application of recurrent neural network (RNN) approaches to address co-channel interference in wireless communication. Specifically, we investigate the effectiveness of long short-term memory (LSTM), bidirectional LSTM (Bi-LSTM), and gated recurrent unit (GRU) network architectures in two different network settings. The first network comprises 10 connected devices, while the second network involves 20 devices. Our experimental results demonstrate that Bi-LSTM outperforms LSTM and GRU in terms of mean squared error, normalized mean squared error, and sum rate. While LSTM and GRU produce similar results, LSTM exhibits a marginal advantage over GRU. In addition, a combined RNN approach is also studied, and it can provide better results in dense networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ship detection and identification play pivotal roles in ensuring navigation safety and facilitating efficient maritime traffic management. Aiming at ship detection in complex environments, which often faces problems such as the dense occlusion of ship targets, low detection accuracy, and variable environmental conditions, in this paper, we propose a ship detection algorithm CSD-YOLO (Context guided block module, Slim-neck, Deformable large kernel attention-You Only Look Once) based on the deformable large kernel attention (D-LKA) mechanism, which was improved based on YOLOv8 to enhance its performance. This approach integrates several innovations to bolster its performance. Initially, the utilization of the Context Guided Block module (CG block) enhanced the c2f module of the backbone network, thereby augmenting the feature extraction capabilities and enabling a more precise capture of the key image information. Subsequently, the introduction of a novel neck architecture and the incorporation of the slim-neck module facilitated more effective feature fusion, thereby enhancing both the accuracy and efficiency of detection. Furthermore, the algorithm incorporates a D-LKA mechanism to dynamically adjust the convolution kernel shape and size, thereby enhancing the model's adaptability to varying ship target shapes and sizes. To address data scarcity in complex marine environments, the experiments utilized a fused dataset comprising the SeaShips dataset and a proprietary dataset. The experimental results demonstrate that the CSD-YOLO algorithm outperformed the YOLOv8n algorithm across all model evaluation metrics. Specifically, the precision rate (precision) was 91.5%, the recall rate (recall) was 89.5%, and the mean accuracy (mAP) was 91.5%. Compared to the benchmark algorithm, the Recall was improved by 0.7% and the mAP was improved by 0.4%. These results indicate that the CSD-YOLO algorithm can effectively meet the requirements for ship target recognition and tracking in complex marine environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to enhance the existing Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) technologies for utilities in the public services sector, such as water, electricity, and gas, by allowing users to regularly upload images of their meters, which are then automatically processed by machines for digit recognition. We propose an end-to-end AMR approach designed explicitly for unconstrained environments, offering practical solutions to common failures encountered during the automatic recognition process, such as image blur, perspective distortion, partial reflection, poor lighting, missing digits, and intermediate digit states, to reduce the failure rate of automatic meter readings. The system's first stage involves checking the quality of the user-uploaded images through the SVM method and requesting re-uploads for images unsuitable for digit extraction and recognition. The second stage employs deep learning models for digit localization and recognition, automatically detecting and correcting issues such as missing and intermediate digits to enhance the accuracy of automatic meter readings. Our research established a gas meter training dataset comprising 52,000 images, extensively annotated across various degrees, to train the deep learning models for high-precision digit recognition. Experimental results demonstrate that, with the simple SVM model, an accuracy of 87.03% is achieved for the classification of blurry image types. In addition, meter digit recognition (including intermediate digit states) can reach 97.6% (mAP), and the detection and correction of missing digits can be as high as 63.64%, showcasing the practical application value of the system developed in this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Algorithmic trading is playing an increasingly important role in the financial market, achieving more efficient trading strategies by replacing human decision-making. Among numerous trading algorithms, deep reinforcement learning is gradually replacing traditional high-frequency trading strategies and has become a mainstream research direction in the field of algorithmic trading. This paper introduces a novel approach that leverages reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF) within the double DQN algorithm. Traditional reward functions in algorithmic trading heavily rely on expert knowledge, posing challenges in their design and implementation. To tackle this, the reward-driven double DQN (R-DDQN) algorithm is proposed, integrating human feedback via a reward function network trained on expert demonstrations. Additionally, a classification-based training method is employed for optimizing the reward function network. The experiments, conducted on datasets including HSI, IXIC, SP500, GOOGL, MSFT, and INTC, show that the proposed method outperforms all baselines across six datasets and achieves a maximum cumulative return of 1502% within 24 months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The reconfiguration of wireless channels with reconfigurable reflecting surface (RIS) technology offers new design options for future wireless networks. Due to its high altitude and increased probability of establishing line-of-sight linkages with ground source/destination nodes, aerial RIS (ARIS) has greater deployment flexibility than traditional terrestrial RIS. It also provides a wider-view signal reflection. To leverage the advantages of ARIS-enabled systems, this paper defines air-to-ground linkages via Nakagami-m small-scale fading and inverse-Gamma large-scale shadowing, considering realistic composite fading channels. To construct a tight approximate closed-form formula for the outage probability (OP), a new mathematical framework is proposed. Additionally, a deep-learning-based system called the BiLSTM model is deployed to evaluate OP performance in the 3D spatial movement of the ARIS system. In the offline phase, the proposed model is trained with real-value channel state estimation sets and enhances OP performance in the online phase by learning channel information in a bidirectional manner. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed BiLSTM model outperforms all other models in analyzing OP for the ARIS system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of medical image classification models necessitates a substantial number of labeled images for model training. In real-world scenarios, sample sizes are typically limited and labeled samples often constitute only a small portion of the dataset. This paper aims to investigate a collaborative similarity learning strategy that optimizes pseudo-labels to enhance model accuracy and expedite its convergence, known as the joint similarity learning framework. By integrating semantic similarity and instance similarity, the pseudo-labels are mutually refined to ensure their quality during initial training. Furthermore, the similarity score is utilized as a weight to guide samples away from misclassification predictions during the classification process. To enhance the model's generalization ability, an adaptive consistency constraint is introduced into the loss function to improve performance on untrained datasets. The model achieved a satisfactory accuracy of 93.65% at 80% labeling ratio, comparable to supervised learning methods' performance. Even with very low labeling ratio (e.g., 5%), the model still attained an accuracy of 74.28%. Comparison with other techniques such as Mean Teacher and FixMatch revealed that our approach significantly outperforms them in medical image classification tasks through improving accuracy by approximately 2%, demonstrating this framework's leadership in medical image classification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The field of network security is highly concerned with intrusion detection, which safeguards the security of computer networks. The invention and application of intrusion detection technology play indispensable roles in network security, and it is crucial to investigate and comprehend this topic. Recently, with the continuous occurrence of intrusion incidents in virus propagation networks, traditional network detection algorithms for virus propagation have encountered limitations and have struggled to detect these incidents effectively and accurately. Therefore, updating the intrusion detection algorithm of the virus-spreading network is imperative. This paper introduces a novel system for virus propagation, whose core is a graph-based neural network. By organically combining two modules—a standardization module and a computation module—this system forms a powerful GNN model. The standardization module uses two methods, while the calculation module uses three methods. Through permutation and combination, we obtain six GNN models with different characteristics. To verify their performance, we conducted experiments on the selected datasets. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm has excellent capabilities, high accuracy, reasonable complexity, and excellent stability in the intrusion detection of virus-spreading networks, making the network more secure and reliable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Featured Application: The Deep Neural Network model employed in this work will help build a system for the pre-diagnosis of retinopathies that can lead to blindness. The main intention of this type of system is to support the work performed by ophthalmology specialists. Computer-based pre-diagnosis of diseases through medical imaging is a task worked on for many years. The so-called fundus images stand out since they do not have uniform illumination and are highly sensitive to noise. One of the diseases that can be pre-diagnosed through fundus images is age-related macular degeneration, which initially manifests as the appearance of lesions called drusen. Several ways of pre-diagnosing macular degeneration have been proposed, methods based entirely on the segmentation of drusen with prior image processing have been designed and applied, and methods based on image pre-processing and subsequent conversion to feature vectors, or patterns, to be classified by a Machine-Learning model have also been developed. Finally, in recent years, the use of Deep-Learning models, particularly Convolutional Networks, has been proposed and used in classification problems where the data are only images. The latter has allowed the so-called transfer learning, which consists of using the learning achieved in the solution of one problem to solve another. In this paper, we propose the use of transfer learning through the Xception Deep Convolutional Neural Network to detect age-related macular degeneration in fundus images. The performance of the Xception model was compared against six other state-of-the-art models with a dataset created from images available in public and private datasets, which were divided into training/validation and test; with the training/validation set, the training was made using 10-fold cross-validation. The results show that the Xception neural network obtained a validation accuracy that surpasses other models, such as the VGG-16 or VGG-19 networks, and had an accuracy higher than 80% in the test set. We consider that the contributions of this work include the use of a Convolutional Neural Network model for the detection of age-related macular degeneration through the classification of fundus images in those affected by AMD (drusen) and the images of healthy patients. The performance of this model is compared against other methods featured in the state-of-the-art approaches, and the best model is tested on a test set outside the training and validation set. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Image restoration under adverse weather conditions poses a challenging task. Previous research efforts have predominantly focused on eliminating rain and fog phenomena from images. However, snow, being another common atmospheric occurrence, also significantly impacts advanced computer vision tasks such as object detection and semantic segmentation. Recently, there has been a surge of methods specifically targeting snow removal, with the majority employing visual Transformers as the backbone network to enhance restoration effectiveness. Nevertheless, due to the quadratic computations required by Transformers to model long-range dependencies, this significantly escalates the time and space consumption of deep learning models. To address this issue, this paper proposes an efficient snow removal Transformer with a global windowing network (SGNet). This method forgoes the localized windowing strategy of previous visual Transformers, opting instead to partition the image into multiple low-resolution subimages containing global information using wavelet sampling, thereby ensuring higher performance while reducing computational overhead. Extensive experimentation demonstrates that our approach achieves outstanding performance across a wide range of benchmark datasets and can rival methods employing CNNs in terms of computational cost. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aimed to develop a method for generating sand–dust removal and dehazed images utilizing CycleGAN, facilitating object identification on roads under adverse weather conditions such as heavy dust or haze, which severely impair visibility. Initially, the study addressed the scarcity of paired image sets for training by employing unpaired CycleGAN training. The CycleGAN training module incorporates hierarchical single-scale Retinex (SSR) images with varying sigma sizes, facilitating multiple-scaled trainings. Refining the training data into detailed hierarchical layers for virtual paired training enhances the performance of CycleGAN training. Conventional sand–dust removal or dehazing algorithms, alongside deep learning methods, encounter challenges in simultaneously addressing sand–dust removal and dehazing with a singular algorithm. Such algorithms often necessitate resetting hyperparameters to process images from both scenarios. To overcome this limitation, we proposed a unified approach for removing sand–dust and haze phenomena using a single model, leveraging images processed hierarchically with SSR. The image quality and image sharpness metrics of the proposed method were BRIQUE, PIQE, CEIQ, MCMA, LPC-SI, and S3. In sand–dust environments, the proposed method achieved the highest scores, with an average of 21.52 in BRISQUE, 0.724 in MCMA, and 0.968 in LPC-SI compared to conventional methods. For haze images, the proposed method outperformed conventional methods with an average of 3.458 in CEIQ, 0.967 in LPC-SI, and 0.243 in S3. The images generated via this proposed method demonstrated superior performance in image quality and sharpness evaluation compared to conventional algorithms. The outcomes of this study hold particular relevance for camera images utilized in automobiles, especially in the context of self-driving cars or CCTV surveillance systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a comprehensive study on fall recognition and forecasting for reconfigurable stair-accessing robots by leveraging deep learning techniques. The proposed framework integrates machine learning algorithms and recurrent neural networks (RNNs), specifically Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and Bidirectional LSTM (BiLSTM), for fall detection of service robots on staircases. The reconfigurable stair-accessing robot sTetro serves as the platform, and the fall data required for training models are generated in a simulation environment. The two machine learning algorithms are compared and their effectiveness on the fall recognition task is reported. The results indicate that the BiLSTM model effectively classifies falls with a median categorical accuracy of 94.10% in simulation and 90.02% with limited experiments. Additionally, the BiLSTM model can be used for forecasting, which is practically valuable for making decisions well before the onset of a free fall. This study contributes insights into the design and implementation of fall detection systems for service robots used to navigate staircases through deep learning approaches. Our experimental and simulation data, along with the simulation steps, are available for reference and analysis via the shared link. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Parameter estimation is one of the most important tasks in statistics, and is key to helping people understand the distribution behind a sample of observations. Traditionally, parameter estimation is done either by closed-form solutions (e.g., maximum likelihood estimation for Gaussian distribution) or by iterative numerical methods such as the Newton–Raphson method when a closed-form solution does not exist (e.g., for Beta distribution). In this paper, we propose a transformer-based approach to parameter estimation. Compared with existing solutions, our approach does not require a closed-form solution or any mathematical derivations. It does not even require knowing the probability density function, which is needed by numerical methods. After the transformer model is trained, only a single inference is needed to estimate the parameters of the underlying distribution based on a sample of observations. In the empirical study, we compared our approach with maximum likelihood estimation on commonly used distributions such as normal distribution, exponential distribution and beta distribution. It is shown that our approach achieves similar or better accuracy as measured by mean-square-errors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Time series data are prevalent in the real world, particularly playing a crucial role in key domains such as meteorology, electricity, and finance. Comprising observations at historical time points, these data, when subjected to in-depth analysis and modeling, enable researchers to predict future trends and patterns, providing support for decision making. In current research, especially in the analysis of long time series, effectively extracting and integrating long-term dependencies with short-term features remains a significant challenge. Long-term dependencies refer to the correlation between data points spaced far apart in a time series, while short-term features focus on more recent changes. Understanding and combining these two features correctly are crucial for constructing accurate and reliable predictive models. To efficiently extract and integrate long-term dependencies and short-term features in long time series, this paper proposes a pyramid attention structure model based on multi-scale feature extraction, referred to as the MSFformer model. Initially, a coarser-scale construction module is designed to obtain coarse-grained information. A pyramid data structure is constructed through feature convolution, with the bottom layer representing the original data and each subsequent layer containing feature information extracted across different time step lengths. As a result, nodes higher up in the pyramid integrate information from more time points, such as every Monday or the beginning of each month, while nodes lower down retain their individual information. Additionally, a Skip-PAM is introduced, where a node only calculates attention with its neighboring nodes, parent node, and child nodes, effectively reducing the model's time complexity to some extent. Notably, the child nodes refer to nodes selected from the next layer by skipping specific time steps. In this study, we not only propose an innovative time series prediction model but also validate the effectiveness of these methods through a series of comprehensive experiments. To comprehensively evaluate the performance of the designed model, we conducted comparative experiments with baseline models, ablation experiments, and hyperparameter studies. The experimental results demonstrate that the MSFformer model improves by 35.87% and 42.6% on the MAE and MSE indicators, respectively, compared to traditional Transformer models. These results highlight the outstanding performance of our proposed deep learning model in handling complex time series data, particularly in capturing long-term dependencies and integrating short-term features. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Surface defects on the permanent magnetic ferrite magnet rotor are the primary cause for the decline in performance and safety hazards in permanent magnet motors. Machine-vision methods offer the possibility to identify defects automatically. In response to the challenges in the permanent magnetic ferrite magnet rotor, this study proposes an improved You Only Look Once (YOLO) algorithm named SAB-YOLOv5. Utilizing a line-scan camera, images capturing the complete surface of a general object are obtained, and a dataset containing surface defects is constructed. Simultaneously, an improved YOLOv5-based surface defect algorithm is introduced. Firstly, the algorithm enhances the capability to extract features at different scales by incorporating the Atrous Spatial Pyramid Pooling (ASPP) structure. Then, the fusion of features is improved by combining the tensor concatenation operation of the feature-melting network with the Bidirectional Feature Pyramid Network (BiFPN) structure. Finally, the introduction of the spatial pyramid dilated (SPD) convolutional structure into the backbone network and output end enhances the detection performance for minute defects on the target surface. In the study, the SAB-YOlOv5 algorithm shows an obvious increase from 84.2% to 98.3% in the mean average precision (mAP) compared to that of the original YOLOv5 algorithm. The results demonstrate that the data acquisition method and detection algorithm designed in this paper effectively enhance the efficiency of defect detection permanent magnetic ferrite magnet rotors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cervical cancer, as the fourth most common cancer in women, poses a significant threat to women's health. Vaginal colposcopy examination, as the most cost-effective step in cervical cancer screening, can effectively detect precancerous lesions and prevent their progression into cancer. The size of the lesion areas in the colposcopic images varies, and the characteristics of the lesions are complex and difficult to discern, thus heavily relying on the expertise of the medical professionals. To address these issues, this paper constructs a vaginal colposcopy image dataset, ACIN-3, and proposes a Fusion Multi-scale Attention Network for the detection of cervical precancerous lesions. First, we propose a heterogeneous receptive field convolution module to construct the backbone network, which utilizes combinations of convolutions with different structures to extract multi-scale features from multiple receptive fields and capture features from different-sized regions of the cervix at different levels. Second, we propose an attention fusion module to construct a branch network, which integrates multi-scale features and establishes connections in both the spatial and channel dimensions. Finally, we design a dual-threshold loss function and introduce positive and negative thresholds to improve sample weights and address the issue of data imbalance in the dataset. Multiple experiments are conducted on the ACIN-3 dataset to demonstrate the superior performance of our approach compared to some classical and recent advanced methods. Our method achieves an accuracy of 92.2% in grading and 94.7% in detection, with average AUCs of 0.9862 and 0.9878. Our heatmap illustrates the accuracy of our approach in focusing on the locations of lesions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electroencephalography (EEG) signals can be used as a neuroimaging indicator to analyze brain-related diseases and mental states, such as schizophrenia, which is a common and serious mental disorder. However, the main limiting factor of using EEG data to support clinical schizophrenia diagnosis lies in the inadequacy of both objective characteristics and effective data analysis techniques. Random matrix theory (RMT) and its linear eigenvalue statistics (LES) can provide an effective mathematical modeling method for exploring the statistical properties of non-stationary nonlinear systems, such as EEG signals. To obtain an accurate classification and diagnosis of schizophrenia, this paper proposes a LES-based deep learning network scheme in which a series of random matrixes, consisting of EEG data sliding window sampling and their eigenvalues, are employed as features for deep learning. Due to the fact that the performance of the LES-based scheme is sensitive to the LES's test function, the proposed LES-based deep learning network is embedded with two ways of combining LES's test functions with learning techniques: the first is to have the LES's test function assigned, while, using the second way, the optimal LES's test function should be solved in a functional optimization problem. In this paper, various test functions and different optimal learning methods were coupled in experiments. Our results revealed a binary classification accuracy of nearly 90% in distinguishing between healthy controls (HC) and patients experiencing the first episode of schizophrenia (FES). Additionally, we achieved a ternary classification accuracy of approximately 70% by including clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR). The LES-embedded approach yielded notably higher classification accuracy compared to conventional machine learning methods and standard convolutional neural networks. As the performance of schizophrenia classification is strongly influenced by test functions, a functional optimization problem was proposed to identify an optimized test function, and an approximated parameter optimization problem was introduced to limit the search area of suitable basis functions. Furthermore, the parameterization test function optimization problem and the deep learning network were coupled to be synchronously optimized during the training process. The proposal approach achieved higher classification accuracy rates of 96.87% between HC and FES, with an additional 89.06% accuracy when CHR was included. The experimental studies demonstrated that the proposed LES-based method was significantly effective for schizophrenic EEG data classification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper studies the application of artificial intelligence to milling machines, focusing specifically on identifying the inputs (features) required for predicting surface roughness. Previous studies have extensively reviewed and presented useful features for surface roughness prediction. However, applying research findings to actual operational factories can be challenging due to the additional costs of sensor installations and the diverse environments present in each factory setting. To address these issues, in this paper, we introduced effective features for predicting surface roughness in situations where additional sensors are not installed in the existing environment. These features include feed per tooth,  F z ; material removal rate, Q; and the load information. These features are suitable for use in highly constrained environments where separate sensor installation is not required, making it possible to apply the research findings in various factory environments. Additionally, to efficiently select the optimal subset for surface roughness prediction among subsets formed by available features, we apply causality to the feature selection method, proposing an approach called causality-driven efficient feature selection. The experimental results demonstrate that the features introduced in this paper are quite suitable for predicting surface roughness and that the proposed feature selection approach is more effective and efficient compared to existing selection methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Employee attrition and high turnover have become critical challenges faced by various sectors in today's competitive job market. In response to these pressing issues, organizations are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to predict employee attrition and implement effective retention strategies. This paper delves into the application of explainable AI (XAI) in identifying potential employee turnover and devising data-driven solutions to address this complex problem. The first part of the paper examines the escalating problem of employee attrition in specific industries, analyzing the detrimental impact on organizational productivity, morale, and financial stability. The second section focuses on the utilization of AI techniques to predict employee attrition. AI can analyze historical data, employee behavior, and various external factors to forecast the likelihood of an employee leaving an organization. By identifying early warning signs, businesses can intervene proactively and implement personalized retention efforts. The third part introduces explainable AI techniques which enhance the transparency and interpretability of AI models. By incorporating these methods into AI-based predictive systems, organizations gain deeper insights into the factors driving employee turnover. This interpretability enables human resources (HR) professionals and decision-makers to understand the model's predictions and facilitates the development of targeted retention and recruitment strategies that align with individual employee needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the challenges of the hyperparameter tuning in deep learning models and proposes a green approach to the neural architecture search process that minimizes its environmental impact. The traditional approach of neural architecture search involves sweeping the entire space of possible architectures, which is computationally expensive and time-consuming. Recently, to address this issue, performance predictors have been proposed to estimate the performance of different architectures, thereby reducing the search space and speeding up the exploration process. The proposed approach aims to develop a performance predictor by training only a small percentage of the possible hyperparameter configurations. The suggested predictor can be queried to find the best configurations without training them on the dataset. Numerical examples of image denoising and classification enable us to evaluate the performance of the proposed approach in terms of performance and time complexity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The power supply is crucial in the present day due to the negative impacts of poor power quality on the electric grid. In this research, we employed deep learning methods to investigate the power factor, which is a significant indicator of power quality. A multi-step forecast was developed for the power factor in the power supply installation of a hot rolling mill, extending beyond the horizontal line. This was conducted using data obtained from the respective electrical supply system. The forecast was developed via hybrid RNN (recurrent neural networks) incorporating LSTM (long short-term memory) and GRU (gated recurrent unit) layers. This research utilized hybrid recurrent neural network designs with deep learning methods to build several power factor models. These layers have advantages for time series forecasting. After conducting time series forecasting, qualitative indicators of the prediction were identified, including the sMAPE (Symmetric Mean Absolute Percentage Error) and regression coefficient. In this paper, the authors examined the quality of applied models and forecasts utilizing these indicators, both in the short term and long term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bayesian neural networks (BNNs) have recently regained a significant amount of attention in the deep learning community due to the development of scalable approximate Bayesian inference techniques. There are several advantages of using a Bayesian approach: parameter and prediction uncertainties become easily available, facilitating more rigorous statistical analysis. Furthermore, prior knowledge can be incorporated. However, the construction of scalable techniques that combine both structural and parameter uncertainty remains a challenge. In this paper, we apply the concept of model uncertainty as a framework for structural learning in BNNs and, hence, make inferences in the joint space of structures/models and parameters. Moreover, we suggest an adaptation of a scalable variational inference approach with reparametrization of marginal inclusion probabilities to incorporate the model space constraints. Experimental results on a range of benchmark datasets show that we obtain comparable accuracy results with the competing models, but based on methods that are much more sparse than ordinary BNNs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Quantization is a widespread method for reducing the inference time of neural networks on mobile Central Processing Units (CPUs). Eight-bit quantized networks demonstrate similarly high quality as full precision models and perfectly fit the hardware architecture with one-byte coefficients and thirty-two-bit dot product accumulators. Lower precision quantizations usually suffer from noticeable quality loss and require specific computational algorithms to outperform eight-bit quantization. In this paper, we propose a novel 4.6-bit quantization scheme that allows for more efficient use of CPU resources. This scheme has more quantization bins than four-bit quantization and is more accurate while preserving the computational efficiency of the later (it runs only 4% slower). Our multiplication uses a combination of 16- and 32-bit accumulators and avoids multiplication depth limitation, which the previous 4-bit multiplication algorithm had. The experiments with different convolutional neural networks on CIFAR-10 and ImageNet datasets show that 4.6-bit quantized networks are 1.5–1.6 times faster than eight-bit networks on the ARMv8 CPU. Regarding the quality, the results of the 4.6-bit quantized network are close to the mean of four-bit and eight-bit networks of the same architecture. Therefore, 4.6-bit quantization may serve as an intermediate solution between fast and inaccurate low-bit network quantizations and accurate but relatively slow eight-bit ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Predicting diseases in the early stages is extremely important. By taking advantage of advances in deep learning and fuzzy logic techniques, a new model is proposed in this paper for disease evaluation depending on the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) with a genetic algorithm (GA) for classification, and the pre-trained DenseNet-201 model for feature extraction, in addition to the whale optimization algorithm (WOA) for feature selection. Two medical databases (chest X-ray and MRI brain tumor) for the diagnosis of two disease types were used as input in the suggested model. The optimization of ANFIS parameters was performed by GA to achieve the optimum prediction capability. DenseNet-201 for feature extraction was employed to obtain better classification accuracy. Having more features sometimes leads to lower accuracy, and this issue can be rectified using a feature selection strategy WOA which gave good results. The proposed model was evaluated utilizing statistical metrics root mean square error (RMSE), mean square error (MSE), standard deviation (STD), and coefficient of determination ( R 2 ), and it was compared with the conventional ANFIS model, with the proposed model (ANFIS-GA) showing a superior prediction capability over the ANFIS model. As a result, it can be concluded that the proposed ANFIS-GA model is efficient and has the potential for a robust diseases evaluation with good accuracy. Also, we conclude from this work that integrating optimization algorithms with ANFIS boosts its performance, resulting in a more accurate and reliable model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Network public opinion plays a crucial role in the behavior and decision making of various stakeholders, including farmers, middlemen, and consumers. It also affects the price fluctuations of small-scale agricultural products. Understanding the transmission path and spillover effect of network public opinion on the price fluctuations of these products is essential for ensuring their sustainable development and price stability. This paper selects the monthly data of network public opinion and related market prices of small-scale agricultural products from January 2014 to December 2021, constructs a network public opinion value through the sentiment classification results of deep learning models, and uses the trivariate VAR-BEKK-GARCH(1,1) model and spillover index model to study the spillover effect and spillover index of network public opinion on the market prices of small-scale agricultural products (national average price and origin price). The results show that: (1) There is a bidirectional volatility spillover effect between public opinion sentiment and the market prices of small-scale agricultural products. Additionally, this two-way volatility spillover effect is also evident between the average market prices and the origin prices of these commodities. (2) The influence of network public opinion on the market prices of small-scale agricultural products is substantial, with the spillover index being more pronounced for origin prices than for national average prices and reaching its zenith earlier. Consequently, based on these results, recommendations are provided to adapt planting and inventory strategies, enhance vigilance towards price risk transmission amongst small-scale agricultural product markets, and improve the comprehensive information platform encompassing the entire industry chain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sentiment analysis has increasingly gained significance in commercial settings, driven by the rising impact of reviews on purchase decision-making in recent years. This research conducts a thorough examination of the suitability of machine learning and deep learning approaches for sentiment analysis, using Romanian reviews as a case study, with the aim of gaining insights into their practical utility. A comprehensive, multi-level analysis is performed, covering the document, sentence, and aspect levels. The main contributions of the paper refer to the in-depth exploration of multiple sentiment analysis models at three different textual levels and the subsequent improvements brought with respect to these standard models. Additionally, a balanced dataset of Romanian reviews from twelve product categories is introduced. The results indicate that, at the document level, supervised deep learning techniques yield the best outcomes (specifically, a convolutional neural network model that obtains an AUC value of 0.93 for binary classification and a weighted average F1-score of 0.77 in a multi-class setting with 5 target classes), albeit with increased resource consumption. Favorable results are achieved at the sentence level, as well, despite the heightened complexity of sentiment identification. In this case, the best-performing model is logistic regression, for which a weighted average F1-score of 0.77 is obtained in a multi-class polarity classification task with three classes. Finally, at the aspect level, promising outcomes are observed in both aspect term extraction and aspect category detection tasks, in the form of coherent and easily interpretable word clusters, encouraging further exploration in the context of aspect-based sentiment analysis for the Romanian language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The open-source software platform hosts a large number of software defects, and the task of relying on administrators to manually assign developers is often time consuming. Thus, it is crucial to determine how to assign software defects to appropriate developers. This paper presents DARIP, a method for assigning developers to address software defects. First, the correlation between software defects and issues is considered, predicting related issues for each defect and comprehensively calculating the textual characteristics of the defect using the BERT model. Second, a heterogeneous collaborative network is constructed based on the three development behaviors of developers: reporting, commenting, and fixing. The meta-paths are defined based on the four collaborative relationships between developers: report–comment, report–fix, comment–comment, and comment–fix. The graph-embedding algorithm metapath2vec extracts developer characteristics from the heterogeneous collaborative network. Then, a classifier based on a deep learning model calculates the probability assigned to each developer category. Finally, the assignment list is obtained according to the probability ranking. Experiments on a dataset of 20,280 defects from 9 popular projects show that the DARIP method improves the average of the Recall@5, the Recall@10, and the MRR by 31.13%, 21.40%, and 25.45%, respectively, compared to the state-of-the-art method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The classification of certain agricultural species poses a formidable challenge due to their inherent resemblance and the absence of dependable visual discriminators. The accurate identification of these plants holds substantial importance in industries such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and herbal medicine, where the optimization of essential compound yields and product quality is paramount. In response to this challenge, we have devised an automated classification system based on deep learning principles, designed to achieve precision and efficiency in species classification. Our approach leverages a diverse dataset encompassing various cultivars and employs the Parallel Artificial Multiple Intelligence System–Ensemble Deep Learning model (P-AMIS-E). This model integrates ensemble image segmentation techniques, including U-Net and Mask-R-CNN, alongside image augmentation and convolutional neural network (CNN) architectures such as SqueezeNet, ShuffleNetv2 1.0x, MobileNetV3, and InceptionV1. The culmination of these elements results in the P-AMIS-E model, enhanced by an Artificial Multiple Intelligence System (AMIS) for decision fusion, ultimately achieving an impressive accuracy rate of 98.41%. This accuracy notably surpasses the performance of existing methods, such as ResNet-101 and Xception, which attain 93.74% accuracy on the testing dataset. Moreover, when applied to an unseen dataset, the P-AMIS-E model demonstrates a substantial advantage, yielding accuracy rates ranging from 4.45% to 31.16% higher than those of the compared methods. It is worth highlighting that our heterogeneous ensemble approach consistently outperforms both single large models and homogeneous ensemble methods, achieving an average improvement of 13.45%. This paper provides a case study focused on the Centella Asiatica Urban (CAU) cultivar to exemplify the practical application of our approach. By integrating image segmentation, augmentation, and decision fusion, we have significantly enhanced accuracy and efficiency. This research holds theoretical implications for the advancement of deep learning techniques in image classification tasks while also offering practical benefits for industries reliant on precise species identification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Given an observed low frame rate video, video frame interpolation (VFI) aims to generate a high frame rate video, which has smooth video frames with higher frames per second (FPS). Most existing VFI methods often focus on generating one frame at a specific timestep, e.g., 0.5, between every two frames, thus lacking the flexibility to increase the video's FPS by an arbitrary scale, e.g., 3. To better address this issue, in this paper, we propose an arbitrary timestep video frame interpolation (ATVFI) network with time-dependent decoding. Generally, the proposed ATVFI is an encoder–decoder architecture, where the interpolation timestep is an extra input added to the decoder network; this enables ATVFI to interpolate frames at arbitrary timesteps between input frames and to increase the video's FPS at any given scale. Moreover, we propose a data augmentation method, i.e., multi-width window sampling, where video frames can be split into training samples with multiple window widths, to better leverage training frames for arbitrary timestep interpolation. Extensive experiments were conducted to demonstrate the superiority of our model over existing baseline models on several testing datasets. Specifically, our model trained on the GoPro training set achieved 32.50 on the PSNR metric on the commonly used Vimeo90k testing set. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While the increased availability of traffic data is allowing us to better understand urban mobility, research on data-driven and predictive modeling is also providing new methods for improving traffic management and reducing congestion. In this paper, we present a hybrid predictive modeling architecture, namely GAT-LSTM, by incorporating graph attention (GAT) and long short-term memory (LSTM) networks for handling traffic prediction tasks. In this architecture, GAT networks capture the spatial dependencies of the traffic network, LSTM networks capture the temporal correlations, and the Dayfeature component incorporates time and external information (such as day of the week, extreme weather conditions, holidays, etc.). A key attention block is designed to integrate GAT, LSTM, and the Dayfeature components as well as learn and assign weights to these different components within the architecture. This method of integration is proven effective at improving prediction accuracy, as shown by the experimental results obtained with the PeMS08 open dataset, and the proposed model demonstrates state-of-the-art performance in these experiments. Furthermore, the hybrid model demonstrates adaptability to dynamic traffic conditions, different prediction horizons, and various traffic networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At present, decision-making solutions developed based on deep learning (DL) models have received extensive attention in predictive maintenance (PM) applications along with the rapid improvement of computing power. Relying on the superior properties of shared weights and spatial pooling, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) can learn effective representations of health states from industrial data. Many developed CNN-based schemes, such as advanced CNNs that introduce residual learning and multi-scale learning, have shown good performance in health states recognition tasks under the assumption that all the classes are known. However, these schemes have no ability to deal with new abnormal samples that belong to state classes not part of the training set. In this paper, a collective decision framework for different CNNs is proposed. It is based on a one-vs.-rest network (OVRN) to simultaneously achieve classification of known and unknown health states. OVRNs learn class-specific discriminative features and enhance the ability to reject new abnormal samples incorporated to different CNNs. According to the validation results on the public dataset of the Tennessee Eastman process (TEP), the proposed CNN-based decision schemes incorporating an OVRN have outstanding recognition ability for samples of unknown heath states while maintaining satisfactory accuracy on known states. The results show that the new DL framework outperforms state-of-the-art CNNs, and the one based on residual and multi-scale learning has the best overall performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hybrid approaches combining machine learning with traditional inverse problem solution methods represent a promising direction for the further development of inverse modeling algorithms. The paper proposes an approach to emission source identification from measurement data for advection–diffusion–reaction models. The approach combines general-type source identification and post-processing refinement: first, emission source identification by measurement data is carried out by a sensitivity operator-based algorithm, and then refinement is done by incorporating a priori information about unknown sources. A general-type distributed emission source identified at the first stage is transformed into a localized source consisting of multiple point-wise sources. The second, refinement stage consists of two steps: point-wise source localization and emission rate estimation. Emission source localization is carried out using deep learning with convolutional neural networks. Training samples are generated using a sensitivity operator obtained at the source identification stage. The algorithm was tested in regional remote sensing emission source identification scenarios for the Lake Baikal region and was able to refine the emission source reconstruction results. Hence, the aggregates used in traditional inverse problem solution algorithms can be successfully applied within machine learning frameworks to produce hybrid algorithms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Control charts with conditional expected value (CEV) can be used with novel statistical techniques to monitor the means of moderately and lowly censored data. In recent years, machine learning and deep learning have been successfully combined with quality technology to solve many process control problems. This paper proposes a residual control chart combining a convolutional neural network (CNN) and support vector regression (SVR) for type-I censored data with the Weibull model. The CEV and exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) statistics are used to generate training data for the CNN and SVR. The average run length shows that the proposed chart approach outperforms the traditional EWMA CEV chart approach in various shift sizes and censored rates. The proposed chart approach is suitable to be used in detecting small shift size for highly censored data. An illustrative example presents the application of the proposed method in an electronics industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Early and timely fire detection within enclosed spaces notably diminishes the response time for emergency aid. Previous methods have mostly focused on singularly detecting either fire or combustible materials, rarely integrating both aspects, leading to a lack of a comprehensive understanding of indoor fire scenarios. Moreover, traditional fire load assessment methods such as empirical formula-based assessment are time-consuming and face challenges in diverse scenarios. In this paper, we collected a novel dataset of fire and materials, the Material-Auxiliary Fire Dataset (MAFD), and combined this dataset with deep learning to achieve both fire and material recognition and segmentation in the indoor scene. A sophisticated deep learning model, Dual Attention Network (DANet), was specifically designed for image semantic segmentation to recognize fire and combustible material. The experimental analysis of our MAFD database demonstrated that our approach achieved an accuracy of 84.26% and outperformed the prevalent methods (e.g., PSPNet, CCNet, FCN, ISANet, OCRNet), making a significant contribution to fire safety technology and enhancing the capacity to identify potential hazards indoors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The significance of precise gold price forecasting is accentuated by its financial attributes, mirroring global economic conditions, market uncertainties, and investor risk aversion. However, predicting the gold price is challenging due to its inherent volatility, influenced by multiple factors, such as COVID-19, financial crises, geopolitical issues, and fluctuations in other metals and energy prices. These complexities often lead to non-stationary time series, rendering traditional time series modeling methods inadequate. Our paper presents a multi-objective optimization algorithm that refines the interval prediction framework with quantile regression deep learning in response to this issue. This framework comprehensively responds to gold's financial market dynamics and uncertainties with a screening process of various factors, including pandemic-related indices, geopolitical indices, the US dollar index, and prices of various commodities. The quantile regression deep-learning models optimized by multi-objective optimization algorithms deliver robust, interpretable, and highly accurate predictions for handling non-linear relationships and complex data structures and enhance the overall predictive performance. The results demonstrate that the QRBiLSTM model, optimized using the MOALO algorithm, delivers excellent forecasting performance. The composite indicator AIS reaches −15.6240 and −11.5581 at 90% and 95% confidence levels, respectively. This underscores the model's high forecasting accuracy and its potential to provide valuable insights for assessing future trends in gold prices. The deterministic and probabilistic forecasting framework for gold prices captures the market dynamics with the new pandemic index and comprehensively sets a new benchmark for predictive modeling in volatile market commodities like gold. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the evolving landscape of targeted marketing, integrating deep learning (DL) and explainable AI (XAI) offers a promising avenue for enhanced customer segmentation. This paper introduces a groundbreaking approach, DeepLimeSeg, which synergizes DL methodologies with Lime-based Explainability to segment customers effectively. The approach employs a comprehensive mathematical model to harness demographic data, behavioral patterns, and purchase histories, categorizing customers into distinct clusters aligned with their preferences and needs. A pivotal component of this research is the mathematical underpinning of the DeepLimeSeg approach. The Lime-based Explainability module ensures that the segmentation results are accurate and interpretable. The mathematical rigor facilitates businesses tailoring their marketing strategies with precision, optimizing sales outcomes. To validate the efficacy of DeepLimeSeg, we employed two real-world datasets: Mall-Customer Segmentation Data and an E-Commerce dataset. A comparative analysis between DeepLimeSeg and the traditional Recency, Frequency, and Monetary (RFM) analysis is presented. The RFM analysis, grounded in its mathematical modeling, segments customers based on purchase recency, frequency, and monetary value. Our preprocessing involved computing RFM scores for each customer, followed by K-means clustering to delineate customer segments. Empirical results underscored the superiority of DeepLimeSeg over other models in terms of MSE, MAE, and R 2 metrics. Specifically, the model registered an MSE of 0.9412, indicative of its robust predictive accuracy concerning the spending score. The MAE value stood at 0.9874, signifying minimal deviation from actual values. This paper accentuates the importance of mathematical modeling in enhancing customer segmentation. The DeepLimeSeg approach, with its mathematical foundation and explainable AI integration, paves the way for businesses to make informed, data-driven marketing decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This review paper addresses the critical need for structural prognostics and health management (SPHM) in aircraft maintenance, highlighting its role in identifying potential structural issues and proactively managing aircraft health. With a comprehensive assessment of various SPHM techniques, the paper contributes by comparing traditional and modern approaches, evaluating their limitations, and showcasing advancements in data-driven and model-based methodologies. It explores the implementation of machine learning and deep learning algorithms, emphasizing their effectiveness in improving prognostic capabilities. Furthermore, it explores model-based approaches, including finite element analysis and damage mechanics, illuminating their potential in the diagnosis and prediction of structural health issues. The impact of digital twin technology in SPHM is also examined, presenting real-life case studies that demonstrate its practical implications and benefits. Overall, this review paper will inform and guide researchers, engineers, and maintenance professionals in developing effective strategies to ensure aircraft safety and structural integrity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information dissemination refers to how information spreads among users on social networks. With the widespread application of mobile communication and internet technologies, people increasingly rely on information on the internet, and the mode of information dissemination is constantly changing. Researchers have performed various studies from mathematical modeling and cascade prediction perspectives to explore the previous problem. However, lacking a comprehensive review of the latest information dissemination models hinders scientific development. As a result, it is essential to review the latest models or methods. In this paper, we review information dissemination models from the past three years and conduct a detailed analysis, such as explanatory and predictive models. Moreover, we provide public datasets, evaluation metrics, and interface tools for researchers focusing more on algorithm design and modeling. Finally, we discuss the model application and future research directions. This paper aims to understand better the research progress and development trends for beginners and guide future research endeavors. We believe this article will attract more researchers' interest and attention to the information dissemination field on social networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Learning novel classes with a few samples per class is a very challenging task in deep learning. To mitigate this issue, previous studies have utilized an additional dataset with extensively labeled samples to realize transfer learning. Alternatively, many studies have used unlabeled samples that originated from the novel dataset to achieve few-shot learning, i.e., semi-supervised few-shot learning. In this paper, an easy but efficient semi-supervised few-shot learning model is proposed to address the embeddings mismatch problem that results from inconsistent data distributions between the novel and base datasets, where samples with the same label approach each other while samples with different labels separate from each other in the feature space. This model emphasizes pseudo-labeling guided contrastive learning. We also develop a novel local factor clustering module to improve the ability to obtain pseudo-labels from unlabeled samples, and this module fuses the local feature information of labeled and unlabeled samples. We report our experimental results on the mini-ImageNet and tiered-ImageNet datasets for both five-way one-shot and five-way five-shot settings and achieve better performance than previous models. In particular, the classification accuracy of our model is improved by approximately 11.53% and 14.87% compared to the most advanced semi-supervised few-shot learning model we know in the five-way one-shot scenario. Moreover, ablation experiments in this paper show that our proposed clustering strategy demonstrates accuracy improvements of about 4.00% in the five-way one-shot and five-way five-shot scenarios compared to two popular clustering methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper assesses the fault-detection capabilities of modern deep-learning models. It highlights that a naive deep-learning approach optimized for accuracy is unsuitable for learning fault-detection models from time-series data. Consequently, out-of-the-box deep-learning strategies may yield impressive accuracy results but are ill-equipped for real-world applications. The paper introduces a methodology for estimating fault-detection delays when no oracle information on fault occurrence time is available. Moreover, the paper presents a straightforward approach to implicitly achieve the objective of minimizing fault-detection delays. This approach involves using pseudo-multi-objective deep optimization with data windowing, which enables the utilization of standard deep-learning methods for fault detection and expanding their applicability. However, it does introduce an additional hyperparameter that needs careful tuning. The paper employs the Tennessee Eastman Process dataset as a case study to demonstrate its findings. The results effectively highlight the limitations of standard loss functions and emphasize the importance of incorporating fault-detection delays in evaluating and reporting performance. In our study, the pseudo-multi-objective optimization could reach a fault-detection accuracy of 95% in just a fifth of the time it takes the best naive approach to do so. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital twin is the digital representation of an entity, and it drives Industry 4.0. This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of digital twin in the supply chain to help researchers, industry practitioners, and academics to understand the trend, development, and focus of the areas of digital twin in the supply chain. This paper found several key clusters of research, including the designing of a digital twin model, integration of a digital twin model, application of digital twin in quality control, and digital twin in digitalization. In the embryonic stage of research, digital twin was tested in the production line with limited optimization. In the development stage, the importance of digital twin in Industry 4.0 was observed, as big data, machine learning, Industrial Internet of Things, blockchain, edge computing, and cloud-based systems complemented digital twin models. Digital twin was applied to improve sustainability in manufacturing and production logistics. In the current prosperity stage with high annual publications, the recent trends of this topic focus on the integration of deep learning, data models, and artificial intelligence for digitalization. This bibliometric analysis also found that the COVID-19 pandemic drove the start of the prosperity stage of digital twin research in the supply chain. Researchers in this field are slowly moving towards applying digital twin for human-centric systems and mass personalization to prepare to transit to Industry 5.0. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The availability of computational power in the domain of Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) with deep learning (DL) applications has attracted researchers worldwide. Industrial robots are the prime mover of modern industry. Industrial robots comprise multiple forms of rotating machinery, like servo motors and numerous gears. Thus, the PHM of the rotating components of industrial robots is crucial to minimize the downtime in the industries. In recent times, deep learning has proved its mettle in different areas, like bio-medical, image recognition, speech recognition, and many more. PHM with DL applications is a rapidly growing field. It has helped achieve a better understanding of the different condition monitoring signals, like vibration, current, temperature, acoustic emission, partial discharge, and pressure. Most current review articles are component- (or system-)specific and have not been updated to reflect the new deep learning approaches. Also, a unified review paper for PHM strategies for industrial robots and their rotating machinery with DL applications has not previously been presented. This paper presents a review of the PHM strategies with various DL algorithms for industrial robots and rotating machinery, along with brief theoretical aspects of the algorithms. This paper presents a trend of the up-to-date advancements in PHM approaches using DL algorithms. Also, the restrictions and challenges associated with the available PHM approaches are discussed, paving the way for future studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many problems in the fields of finance and actuarial science can be transformed into the problem of solving backward stochastic differential equations (BSDE) and partial differential equations (PDEs) with jumps, which are often difficult to solve in high-dimensional cases. To solve this problem, this paper applies the deep learning algorithm to solve a class of high-dimensional nonlinear partial differential equations with jump terms and their corresponding backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) with jump terms. Using the nonlinear Feynman-Kac formula, the problem of solving this kind of PDE is transformed into the problem of solving the corresponding backward stochastic differential equations with jump terms, and the numerical solution problem is turned into a stochastic control problem. At the same time, the gradient and jump process of the unknown solution are separately regarded as the strategy function, and they are approximated, respectively, by using two multilayer neural networks as function approximators. Thus, the deep learning-based method is used to overcome the "curse of dimensionality" caused by high-dimensional PDE with jump, and the numerical solution is obtained. In addition, this paper proposes a new optimization algorithm based on the existing neural network random optimization algorithm, and compares the results with the traditional optimization algorithm, and achieves good results. Finally, the proposed method is applied to three practical high-dimensional problems: Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation, bond pricing under the jump Vasicek model and option pricing under the jump diffusion model. The proposed numerical method has obtained satisfactory accuracy and efficiency. The method has important application value and practical significance in investment decision-making, option pricing, insurance and other fields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]