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Topological optimization of the DenseNet with pretrained-weights inheritance and genetic channel selection. (2020)
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FANG, Z, REN, J., MARSHALL, S., ZHAO, H., WANG, S. and LI, X. 2021. Topological optimization of the DenseNet with pretrained-weights inheritance and genetic channel selection. Pattern recognition [online], 109, article ID 107608. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2020.107608

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been successfully applied in many computer vision applications, especially in image classification tasks, where most of the structures have been designed manually. With the aid of skip connection and dense co... Read More about Topological optimization of the DenseNet with pretrained-weights inheritance and genetic channel selection..

Breast tumor segmentation in ultrasound images using contextual-information-aware deep adversarial learning framework. (2020)
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SINGH, V.K., ABDEL-NASSER, M., AKRAM, F., RASHWAN, H.A., SARKER, M.M.K., PANDEY, N., ROMANI, S. and PUIG, D. 2020. Breast tumor segmentation in ultrasound images using contextual-information-aware deep adversarial learning framework. Expert systems with applications [online], 162, article 113870. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113870

Automatic tumor segmentation in breast ultrasound (BUS) images is still a challenging task because of many sources of uncertainty, such as speckle noise, very low signal-to-noise ratio, shadows that make the anatomical boundaries of tumors ambiguous,... Read More about Breast tumor segmentation in ultrasound images using contextual-information-aware deep adversarial learning framework..

Response to discussion on “Improved overlap-based undersampling for imbalanced dataset classification with application to epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease.” (2020)
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VUTTIPITTAYAMONGKOL, P. and ELYAN, E. 2020. Response to discussion on “Improved overlap-based undersampling for imbalanced dataset classification with application to epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease.”. International journal of neural systems [online], 30(9), article ID 2075002. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1142/s0129065720750027

In the paper 'Improved Overlap-Based Undersampling for Imbalanced Dataset Classification with Application to Epilepsy and Parkinson's Disease', the authors introduced two new methods that address the class overlap problem in imbalanced datasets. The... Read More about Response to discussion on “Improved overlap-based undersampling for imbalanced dataset classification with application to epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease.”.

Handling minority class problem in threats detection based on heterogeneous ensemble learning approach. (2020)
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EKE, H., PETROVSKI, A. and AHRIZ, H. 2020. Handling minority class problem in threats detection based on heterogeneous ensemble learning approach. International journal of systems and software security and protection [online], 13(3), pages 13-37. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSSP.2020070102

Multiclass problem, such as detecting multi-steps behaviour of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) have been a major global challenge, due to their capability to navigates around defenses and to evade detection for a prolonged period of time. Targeted... Read More about Handling minority class problem in threats detection based on heterogeneous ensemble learning approach..

Semisupervised hypergraph discriminant learning for dimensionality reduction of hyperspectral image. (2020)
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LUO, F., GUO, T., LIN, Z., REN, J. and ZHOU, X. 2020. Semisupervised hypergraph discriminant learning for dimensionality reduction of hyperspectral image. IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing [online], 13, pages 4242-4256. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2020.3011431

Semisupervised learning is an effective technique to represent the intrinsic features of a hyperspectral image (HSI), which can reduce the cost to obtain the labeled information of samples. However, traditional semisupervised learning methods fail to... Read More about Semisupervised hypergraph discriminant learning for dimensionality reduction of hyperspectral image..

CDSMOTE: class decomposition and synthetic minority class oversampling technique for imbalanced-data classification. (2020)
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ELYAN, E., MORENO-GARCIA, C.F. and JAYNE, C. 2021. CDSMOTE: class decomposition and synthetic minority class oversampling technique for imbalanced-data classification. Neural computing and applications [online], 33(7), pages 2839-2851. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-020-05130-z

Class-imbalanced datasets are common across several domains such as health, banking, security, and others. The dominance of majority class instances (negative class) often results in biased learning models, and therefore, classifying such datasets re... Read More about CDSMOTE: class decomposition and synthetic minority class oversampling technique for imbalanced-data classification..

Improved overlap-based undersampling for imbalanced dataset classification with application to epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. (2020)
Journal Article
VUTTIPITTAYAMONGKOL, P. and ELYAN, E. 2020. Improved overlap-based undersampling for imbalanced dataset classification with application to epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. International journal of neural systems [online], 30(8), article ID 2050043. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129065720500434

Classification of imbalanced datasets has attracted substantial research interest over the past decades. Imbalanced datasets are common in several domains such as health, finance, security and others. A wide range of solutions to handle imbalanced da... Read More about Improved overlap-based undersampling for imbalanced dataset classification with application to epilepsy and Parkinson's disease..

STEM teaching for the Internet of Things maker course: a teaching model based on the iterative loop. (2020)
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CHEN, R., ZHENG, Y., XU, X., ZHAO, H., REN, J. and TAN, H.-Z. 2020. STEM teaching for the Internet of Things maker course: a teaching model based on the interative loop. Sustainability [online], 12(14), article 5758. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145758

As the key technology for 5G applications in the future, the Internet of Things (IoT) is developing rapidly, and the demand for the cultivation of engineering talents in the IoT is also expanding. The rise of maker education has brought new teaching... Read More about STEM teaching for the Internet of Things maker course: a teaching model based on the iterative loop..

Sensitivity analysis applied to fuzzy inference on the value of information in the oil and gas industry. (2020)
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VILELA, M., OLUYEMI, G. and PETROVSKI, A. 2020. Sensitivity analysis applied to fuzzy inference on the value of information in the oil and gas industry. International journal of applied decision sciences [online], 13(3), pages 344-362. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJADS.2020.10026404

Value of information is a widely accepted methodology for evaluating the need to acquire new data in the oil and gas industry. In the conventional approach to estimating the value of information, the outcomes of a project assessment relate to the dec... Read More about Sensitivity analysis applied to fuzzy inference on the value of information in the oil and gas industry..

Does good ESG lead to better financial performances by firms? Machine learning and logistic regression models of public enterprises in Europe. (2020)
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DE LUCIA, C., PAZIENZA, P. and BARTLETT, M. 2020. Does good ESG lead to better financial performances by firms? Machine learning and logistics regression models of public enterprises in Europe. Sustainability [online], 12(13), article ID 5317. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12135317

The increasing awareness of climate change and human capital issues is shifting companies towards aspects other than traditional financial earnings. In particular, the changing behaviors towards sustainability issues of the global community and the a... Read More about Does good ESG lead to better financial performances by firms? Machine learning and logistic regression models of public enterprises in Europe..

On-line anomaly detection with advanced independent component analysis of multi-variate residual signals from causal relation networks. (2020)
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LUGHOFER, E., ZAVOIANU, A.-C., POLLAK, R., PRATAMA, M., MEYER-HEYE, P., ZÖRRER, H., EITZINGER, C. and RADAUER, T. 2020. On-line anomaly detection with advanced independent component analysis of multi-variate residual signals from causal relation networks. Information sciences [online], 537, 425-451. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2020.06.034

Anomaly detection in todays industrial environments is an ambitious challenge to detect possible faults/problems which may turn into severe waste during production, defects, or systems components damage, at an early stage. Data-driven anomaly detecti... Read More about On-line anomaly detection with advanced independent component analysis of multi-variate residual signals from causal relation networks..

Programming heterogeneous parallel machines using refactoring and Monte–Carlo tree search. (2020)
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BROWN, C. JANJIC, V., GOLI, M. and MCCALL, J. 2020. Programming heterogeneous parallel machines using refactoring and Monte–Carlo tree search. International journal of parallel programming [online], 48(4): high level parallel programming, pages 583-602. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10766-020-00665-z

This paper presents a new technique for introducing and tuning parallelism for heterogeneous shared-memory systems (comprising a mixture of CPUs and GPUs), using a combination of algorithmic skeletons (such as farms and pipelines), Monte–Carlo tree s... Read More about Programming heterogeneous parallel machines using refactoring and Monte–Carlo tree search..

Deep learning for symbols detection and classification in engineering drawings. (2020)
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ELYAN, E., JAMIESON, L. and ALI-GOMBE, A. 2020. Deep learning for symbols detection and classification in engineering drawings. Neural networks [online], 129, pages 91-102. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2020.05.025

Engineering drawings are commonly used in different industries such as Oil and Gas, construction, and other types of engineering. Digitising these drawings is becoming increasingly important. This is mainly due to the need to improve business practic... Read More about Deep learning for symbols detection and classification in engineering drawings..

DPIA in context: applying DPIA to assess privacy risks of cyber physical systems. (2020)
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HENRIKSEN-BULMER, J., FAILY, S. and JEARY, S. 2020. DPIA in context: applying DPIA to assess privacy risks of cyber physical systems. Future internet [online], 12(5), article 93. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/fi12050093

Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) seamlessly integrate physical objects with technology, thereby blurring the boundaries between the physical and virtual environments. While this brings many opportunities for progress, it also adds a new layer of complexi... Read More about DPIA in context: applying DPIA to assess privacy risks of cyber physical systems..

Evolving interval-based representation for multiple classifier fusion. (2020)
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NGUYEN, T.T., DANG,M.T., BAGHEL, V.A., LUONG, A.V., MCCALL, J. and LIEW, A.W.-C. 2020 Evolving interval-based representation for multiple classifier fusion. Knowledge-based systems [online], 201-202, article ID 106034. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2020.106034

Designing an ensemble of classifiers is one of the popular research topics in machine learning since it can give better results than using each constituent member. Furthermore, the performance of ensemble can be improved using selection or adaptation... Read More about Evolving interval-based representation for multiple classifier fusion..

A novel spectral-spatial singular spectrum analysis technique for near real-time in-situ feature extraction in hyperspectral imaging. (2020)
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FU, H., SUN, G., ZABALZA, J., ZHANG, A., REN, J. and JIA, X. 2020. A novel spectral-spatial singular spectrum analysis technique for near real-time in-situ feature extraction in hyperspectral imaging. IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing [online], 13, pages 2214-2225. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.2992230

As a cutting-edge technique for denoising and feature extraction, singular spectrum analysis (SSA) has been applied successfully for feature mining in hyperspectral images (HSI). However, when applying SSA for in situ feature extraction in HSI, conve... Read More about A novel spectral-spatial singular spectrum analysis technique for near real-time in-situ feature extraction in hyperspectral imaging..

Content-sensitive superpixel generation with boundary adjustment. (2020)
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ZHANG, D., XIE, G., REN, J., ZHANG, Z., BAO, W. and XU, X. 2020. Content-sensitive superpixel generation with boundary adjustment. Applied sciences [online], 10(9), article 3150. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/app10093150

Superpixel segmentation has become a crucial tool in many image processing and computer vision applications. In this paper, a novel content-sensitive superpixel generation algorithm with boundary adjustment is proposed. First, the image local entropy... Read More about Content-sensitive superpixel generation with boundary adjustment..

Spatial residual blocks combined parallel network for hyperspectral image classification. (2020)
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ZHANG, B., QING, C., XU, X. and REN, J. 2020. Spatial residual blocks combined parallel network for hyperspectral image classification. IEEE access [online], 8, pages 74513-74524. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2988553

In hyperspectral image (HSI) classification, there are challenges of the spatial variation in spectral features and the lack of labeled samples. In this paper, a novel spatial residual blocks combined parallel network (SRPNet) is proposed for HSI cla... Read More about Spatial residual blocks combined parallel network for hyperspectral image classification..

Privacy, security, legal and technology acceptance elicited and consolidated requirements for a GDPR compliance platform (2020)
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TSOHOU, A., MAGKOS, E., MOURATIDIS, H., CHRYSOLORAS, G., PIRAS, L., PAVLIDIS, M., DEBUSSCHE, J., ROTOLONI, M. and CRESPO, B. G.-N. 2020. Privacy, security, legal and technology acceptance elicited and consolidated requirements for a GDPR compliance platform. Information and computer security [online], 28(4), pages 531-553. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/ICS-01-2020-0002

Purpose– General data protection regulation (GDPR) entered into force in May 2018 for enhancing personal data protection. Even though GDPR leads toward many advantages for the data subjects it turned out to be a significant challenge. Organizations n... Read More about Privacy, security, legal and technology acceptance elicited and consolidated requirements for a GDPR compliance platform.

A simple encoder scheme for distributed residual video coding. (2020)
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HU, C., ZHAO, Y., YU, L., JIANG, Y. and XIONG, Y. 2020. A simple encoder scheme for distributed residual video coding. Multimedia tools and applications [online], 79(27-28), pages 20061-20078. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-020-08811-y

Rate-Distortion (RD) performance of Distributed Video Coding (DVC) is considerably less than that of conventional predictive video coding. In order to reduce the performance gap, many methods and techniques have been proposed to improve the coding ef... Read More about A simple encoder scheme for distributed residual video coding..