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Two-layer ensemble of deep learning models for medical image segmentation. [Article] (2024)
Journal Article
DANG, T., NGUYEN, T.T., MCCALL, J., ELYAN, E. and MORENO-GARCÍA, C.F. 2024. Two-layer ensemble of deep learning models for medical image segmentation. Cognitive computation [online], In Press. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-024-10257-5

One of the most important areas in medical image analysis is segmentation, in which raw image data is partitioned into structured and meaningful regions to gain further insights. By using Deep Neural Networks (DNN), AI-based automated segmentation al... Read More about Two-layer ensemble of deep learning models for medical image segmentation. [Article].

A weighted ensemble of regression methods for gross error identification problem. (2023)
Conference Proceeding
DOBOS, D., DANG, T., NGUYEN, T.T., MCCALL, J., WILSON, A., CORBETT, H. and STOCKTON, P. 2023. A weighted ensemble of regression methods for gross error identification problem. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Symposium series on computational intelligence (SSCI 2023), 5-8 December 2023, Mexico City, Mexico. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 413-420. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/SSCI52147.2023.10371882

In this study, we proposed a new ensemble method to predict the magnitude of gross errors (GEs) on measurement data obtained from the hydrocarbon and stream processing industries. Our proposed model consists of an ensemble of regressors (EoR) obtaine... Read More about A weighted ensemble of regression methods for gross error identification problem..

DEFEG: deep ensemble with weighted feature generation. (2023)
Journal Article
LUONG, A.V., NGUYEN, T.T., HAN, K., VU, T.H., MCCALL, J. and LIEW, A.W.-C. 2023. DEFEG: deep ensemble with weighted feature generation. Knowledge-based systems [online], 275, article 110691. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2023.110691

With the significant breakthrough of Deep Neural Networks in recent years, multi-layer architecture has influenced other sub-fields of machine learning including ensemble learning. In 2017, Zhou and Feng introduced a deep random forest called gcFores... Read More about DEFEG: deep ensemble with weighted feature generation..

Ensemble learning based on classifier prediction confidence and comprehensive learning particle swarm optimisation for medical image segmentation. (2022)
Conference Proceeding
DANG, T., NGUYEN, T.T., MCCALL, J. and LIEW, A.W.-C. 2022. Ensemble learning based on classifier prediction confidence and comprehensive learning particle swarm optimisation for medical image segmentation. In Ishibuchi, H., Kwoh, C.-K., Tan, A.-H., Srinivasan, D., Miao, C., Trivedi, A. and Crockett, K. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE Symposium series on computational intelligence (SSCI 2022), 4-7 December 2022, Singapore. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 269-276. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/SSCI51031.2022.10022114

Segmentation, a process of partitioning an image into multiple segments to locate objects and boundaries, is considered one of the most essential medical imaging process. In recent years, Deep Neural Networks (DNN) have achieved many notable successe... Read More about Ensemble learning based on classifier prediction confidence and comprehensive learning particle swarm optimisation for medical image segmentation..

Ensemble of deep learning models with surrogate-based optimization for medical image segmentation. (2022)
Conference Proceeding
DANG, T., LUONG, A.V., LIEW, A.W.C., MCCALL, J. and NGUYEN, T.T. 2022. Ensemble of deep learning models with surrogate-based optimization for medical image segmentation. In 2022 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Congress on evolutionary computation (CEC 2022), co-located with 2022 IEEE International joint conferences on neural networks (IJCNN 2022), 2022 IEEE International conference on fuzzy systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2022), 18-23 July 2022, Padua, Italy. Piscataway: IEEE (online), article #1030. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC55065.2022.9870389

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have created a breakthrough in medical image analysis in recent years. Because clinical applications of automated medical analysis are required to be reliable, robust and accurate, it is necessary to devise effective DNNs... Read More about Ensemble of deep learning models with surrogate-based optimization for medical image segmentation..

Streaming multi-layer ensemble selection using dynamic genetic algorithm. (2021)
Conference Proceeding
LUONG, A.V., NGUYEN, T.T. and LIEW, A.W.-C. 2021. Streaming multi-layer ensemble selection using dynamic genetic algorithm. In Zhou, J., Salvado, O., Sohel, F., Borges, P. and Wang, S. (eds.). Proceedings of 2021 Digital image computing: techniques and applications (DICTA 2021), 29 November - 1 December 2021, Gold Coast, Australia. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article 9647220. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/dicta52665.2021.9647220

In this study, we introduce a novel framework for non-stationary data stream classification problems by modifying the Genetic Algorithm to search for the optimal configuration of a streaming multi-layer ensemble. We aim to connect the two sub-fields... Read More about Streaming multi-layer ensemble selection using dynamic genetic algorithm..

Weighted ensemble of deep learning models based on comprehensive learning particle swarm optimization for medical image segmentation. (2021)
Conference Proceeding
DANG, T., NGUYEN, T.T., MORENO-GARCIA, C.F., ELYAN, E. and MCCALL, J. 2021. Weighted ensemble of deep learning models based on comprehensive learning particle swarm optimization for medical image segmentation. In Proceeding of 2021 IEEE (Institute of electrical and electronics engineers) Congress on evolutionary computation (CEC 2021), 28 June - 1 July 2021, Kraków, Poland : [virtual conference]. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 744-751. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC45853.2021.9504929

In recent years, deep learning has rapidly become a method of choice for segmentation of medical images. Deep neural architectures such as UNet and FPN have achieved high performances on many medical datasets. However, medical image analysis algorith... Read More about Weighted ensemble of deep learning models based on comprehensive learning particle swarm optimization for medical image segmentation..

Weighted ensemble of gross error detection methods based on particle swarm optimization. (2021)
Conference Proceeding
DOBOS, D., NGUYEN, T.T., MCCALL, J., WILSON, A., STOCKTON, P. and CORBETT, H. 2021. Weighted ensemble of gross error detection methods based on particle swarm optimization. In Chicano, F. (ed) Proceedings of the 2021 Genetic and evolutionary computation conference (GECCO 2021), 10-14 July 2021, [virtual conference]. New York: ACM [online], pages 307-308. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3449726.3459415

Gross errors, a kind of non-random error caused by process disturbances or leaks, can make reconciled estimates can be very inaccurate and even infeasible. Detecting gross errors thus prevents financial loss from incorrectly accounting and also ident... Read More about Weighted ensemble of gross error detection methods based on particle swarm optimization..

Two layer ensemble of deep learning models for medical image segmentation. [Preprint] (2021)
Working Paper
DANG, T., NGUYEN, T.T., MCCALL, J., ELYAN, E. and MORENO-GARCÍA, C.F. 2021. Two layer ensemble of deep learning models for medical image segmentation. arXiv [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2104.04809

In recent years, deep learning has rapidly become a method of choice for the segmentation of medical images. Deep Neural Network (DNN) architectures such as UNet have achieved state-of-the-art results on many medical datasets. To further improve the... Read More about Two layer ensemble of deep learning models for medical image segmentation. [Preprint].

VEGAS: a variable length-based genetic algorithm for ensemble selection in deep ensemble learning. (2021)
Conference Proceeding
HAN, K., PHAM, T., VU, T.H., DANG, T., MCCALL, J. and NGUYEN, T.T. 2021. VEGAS: a variable length-based genetic algorithm for ensemble selection in deep ensemble learning. In Nguyen, N.T., Chittayasothorn, S., Niyato, D. and Trawiński, B. (eds.) Intelligent information and database systems: proceedings of the 13th Asian conference on intelligent information and database systems 2021 (ACCIIDS 2021), 7-10 April 2021, [virtual conference]. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12672. Cham: Springer [online], pages 168–180. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73280-6_14

In this study, we introduce an ensemble selection method for deep ensemble systems called VEGAS. The deep ensemble models include multiple layers of the ensemble of classifiers (EoC). At each layer, we train the EoC and generates training data for th... Read More about VEGAS: a variable length-based genetic algorithm for ensemble selection in deep ensemble learning..

Toward an ensemble of object detectors. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
DANG, T., NGUYEN, T.T. and MCCALL, J. 2020. Toward an ensemble of object detectors. In Yang, H., Pasupa, K., Leung, A.C.-S., Kwok, J.T., Chan, J.H. and King, I. (eds.) Neural information processing: proceedings of 27th International conference on neural information processing 2020 (ICONIP 2020), part 5. Communications in computer and information science, 1333. Cham: Springer [online], pages, 458-467. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63823-8_53

The field of object detection has witnessed great strides in recent years. With the wave of deep neural networks (DNN), many breakthroughs have achieved for the problems of object detection which previously were thought to be difficult. However, ther... Read More about Toward an ensemble of object detectors..

A homogeneous-heterogeneous ensemble of classifiers. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
LUONG, A.V., VU, T.H., NGUYEN, P.M., VAN PHAM, N., MCCALL, J., LIEW, A.W.-C. and NGUYEN, T.T. 2020. A homogeneous-heterogeneous ensemble of classifiers. In Yang, H., Pasupa, K., Leung, A.C.-S., Kwok, J.T., Chan, J.H. and King, I. (eds.) Neural information processing: proceedings of 27th International conference on neural information processing 2020 (ICONIP 2020), part 5. Communications in computer and information science, 1333. Cham: Springer [online], pages, 251-259. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63823-8_30

In this study, we introduce an ensemble system by combining homogeneous ensemble and heterogeneous ensemble into a single framework. Based on the observation that the projected data is significantly different from the original data as well as each ot... Read More about A homogeneous-heterogeneous ensemble of classifiers..

Heterogeneous ensemble selection for evolving data streams. (2020)
Journal Article
LUONG, A.V., NGUYEN, T.T., LIEW, A.W.-C. and WANG, S. 2021. Heterogeneous ensemble selection for evolving data streams. Pattern recognition [online], 112, article ID 107743. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2020.107743

Ensemble learning has been widely applied to both batch data classification and streaming data classification. For the latter setting, most existing ensemble systems are homogenous, which means they are generated from only one type of learning model.... Read More about Heterogeneous ensemble selection for evolving data streams..

Heterogeneous ensemble selection for evolving data streams. [Dataset] (2020)
Dataset
LUONG, A.V., NGUYEN, T.T., LIEW, A.W.-C. and WANG, S. 2021. Heterogeneous ensemble selection for evolving data streams. [Dataset]. Pattern recognition [online], 112, article ID 107743. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003132032030546X#sec0023

Ensemble learning has been widely applied to both batch data classification and streaming data classification. For the latter setting, most existing ensemble systems are homogenous, which means they are generated from only one type of learning model.... Read More about Heterogeneous ensemble selection for evolving data streams. [Dataset].

WEC: weighted ensemble of text classifiers. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
UPADHYAY, A., NGUYEN, T.T., MASSIE, S. and MCCALL, J. 2020. WEC: weighted ensemble of text classifiers. In Proceedings of 2020 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) congress on evolutionary computation (IEEE CEC 2020), part of the 2020 (IEEE) World congress on computational intelligence (IEEE WCCI 2020) and co-located with the 2020 International joint conference on neural networks (IJCNN 2020) and the 2020 IEEE International fuzzy systems conference (FUZZ-IEEE 2020), 19-24 July 2020, Glasgow, UK [virtual conference]. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article ID 9185641. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC48606.2020.9185641

Text classification is one of the most important tasks in the field of Natural Language Processing. There are many approaches that focus on two main aspects: generating an effective representation; and selecting and refining algorithms to build the c... Read More about WEC: weighted ensemble of text classifiers..

Evolved ensemble of detectors for gross error detection. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
NGUYEN, T.T., MCCALL, J., WILSON, A., OCHEI, L., CORBETT, H. and STOCKTON, P. 2020. Evolved ensemble of detectors for gross error detection. In GECCO '20: proceedings of the Genetic and evolutionary computation conference companion (GECCO 2020), 8-12 July 2020, Cancún, Mexico. New York: ACM [online], pages 281-282. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3377929.3389906

In this study, we evolve an ensemble of detectors to check the presence of gross systematic errors on measurement data. We use the Fisher method to combine the output of different detectors and then test the hypothesis about the presence of gross err... Read More about Evolved ensemble of detectors for gross error detection..

Multi-layer heterogeneous ensemble with classifier and feature selection. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
NGUYEN, T.T., VAN PHAM, N., DANG, M.T., LUONG, A.V., MCCALL, J. and LIEW, A.W.C. 2020. Multi-layer heterogeneous ensemble with classifier and feature selection. In GECCO '20: proceedings of the Genetic and evolutionary computation conference (GECCO 2020), 8-12 July 2020, Cancun, Mexico. New York: ACM [online], pages 725-733. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3377930.3389832

Deep Neural Networks have achieved many successes when applying to visual, text, and speech information in various domains. The crucial reasons behind these successes are the multi-layer architecture and the in-model feature transformation of deep le... Read More about Multi-layer heterogeneous ensemble with classifier and feature selection..

Evolving interval-based representation for multiple classifier fusion. (2020)
Journal Article
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..

Confidence in prediction: an approach for dynamic weighted ensemble. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
DO D.T., NGUYEN T.T., NGUYEN T.T., LUONG A.V., LIEW A.W.-C. and MCCALL J. 2020. Confidence in prediction: an approach for dynamic weighted ensemble. In Nguyen N., Jearanaitanakij K., Selamat A., Trawiński B. and Chittayasothorn S. (eds.) Intelligent information and database systems: proceedings of the 12th Asian intelligent information and database systems conference (ACIIDS 2020), 23-26 March 2020, Phuket, Thailand. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12033. Cham: Springer [online], part 1, pages 358-370. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41964-6_31

Combining classifiers in an ensemble is beneficial in achieving better prediction than using a single classifier. Furthermore, each classifier can be associated with a weight in the aggregation to boost the performance of the ensemble system. In this... Read More about Confidence in prediction: an approach for dynamic weighted ensemble..

Deep heterogeneous ensemble. (2019)
Journal Article
NGUYEN, T.T., DANG, M.T., PHAM, T.D., DAO, L.P., LUONG, A.V., MCCALL, J. and LIEW, A.W.C. 2019. Deep heterogeneous ensemble. Australian journal of intelligent information processing systems [online], 16(1): special issue on neural information processing: proceedings of the 26th International conference on neural information processing (ICONIP 2019), 12-15 December 2019, Sydney, Australia, pages 1-9. Available from: http://ajiips.com.au/papers/V16.1/v16n1_5-13.pdf

In recent years, deep neural networks (DNNs) have emerged as a powerful technique in many areas of machine learning. Although DNNs have achieved great breakthrough in processing images, video, audio and text, it also has some limitations... Read More about Deep heterogeneous ensemble..

Evolving an optimal decision template for combining classifiers. (2019)
Conference Proceeding
NGUYEN, T.T., LUONG, A.V., DANG, M.T., DAO, L.P., NGUYEN, T.T.T., LIEW, A.W.-C. and MCCALL, J. 2019. Evolving an optimal decision template for combining classifiers. In Gedeon, T., Wong, K.W. and Lee, M. (eds.) Neural information processing: proceedings of the 26th International conference on neural information processing (ICONIP 2019), 12-15 December 2019, Sydney, Australia. Part I. Lecture notes in computer science, 11953. Cham: Springer [online], pages 608-620. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36708-4_50

In this paper, we aim to develop an effective combining algorithm for ensemble learning systems. The Decision Template method, one of the most popular combining algorithms for ensemble systems, does not perform well when working on certain datasets l... Read More about Evolving an optimal decision template for combining classifiers..

Ensemble selection based on classifier prediction confidence. (2019)
Journal Article
NGUYEN, T.T., LUONG, A.V., DANG, M.T., LIEW, A.W.-C. and MCCALL, J. 2020. Ensemble selection based on classifier prediction confidence. Pattern recognition [online], 100, article ID 107104. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2019.107104

Ensemble selection is one of the most studied topics in ensemble learning because a selected subset of base classifiers may perform better than the whole ensemble system. In recent years, a great many ensemble selection methods have been introduced.... Read More about Ensemble selection based on classifier prediction confidence..

An online variational inference and ensemble based multi-label classifier for data streams. (2019)
Conference Proceeding
NGUYEN, T.T.T., NGUYEN, T.T., LIEW, A.W.-C., WANG, S.-L., LIANG, T. and HU, Y. 2019. An online variational inference and ensemble based multi-label classifier for data streams. In Proceedings of 11th International conference on advanced computational intelligence (ICACI 2019), 7-9 June 2019, Guilin, China. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 302-307. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICACI.2019.8778594

Recently, multi-label classification algorithms have been increasingly required by a diversity of applications, such as text categorization, web, and social media mining. In particular, these applications often have streams of data coming continuousl... Read More about An online variational inference and ensemble based multi-label classifier for data streams..

Simultaneous meta-data and meta-classifier selection in multiple classifier system. (2019)
Conference Proceeding
NGUYEN, T.T., LUONG, A.V., NGUYEN, T.M.V., HA, T.S., LIEW, A.W.-C. and MCCALL, J. 2019. Simultaneous meta-data and meta-classifier selection in multiple classifier system. In López-Ibáñez, M. (ed.) Proceedings of the 2019 Genetic and evolutionary computation conference (GECCO ’19), 13-17 July 2019, Prague, Czech Republic. New York: ACM [online], pages 39-46. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3321707.3321770

In ensemble systems, the predictions of base classifiers are aggregated by a combining algorithm (meta-classifier) to achieve better classification accuracy than using a single classifier. Experiments show that the performance of ensembles significan... Read More about Simultaneous meta-data and meta-classifier selection in multiple classifier system..

Multi-label classification via incremental clustering on an evolving data stream. (2019)
Journal Article
NGUYEN, T.T., DANG, M.T., LUONG, A.V., LIEW, A. W.-C., LIANG, T. and MCCALL, J. 2019. Multi-label classification via incremental clustering on an evolving data stream. Pattern recognition [online], 95, pages 96-113. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2019.06.001

With the advancement of storage and processing technology, an enormous amount of data is collected on a daily basis in many applications. Nowadays, advanced data analytics have been used to mine the collected data for useful information and make pred... Read More about Multi-label classification via incremental clustering on an evolving data stream..

A weighted multiple classifier framework based on random projection. (2019)
Journal Article
NGUYEN, T.T., DANG, M.T., LIEW, A. W.-C. and BEZDEK, J.C. 2019. A weighted multiple classifier framework based on random projection. Information science [online], 490, pages 36-58. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2019.03.067

In this paper, we propose a weighted multiple classifier framework based on random projections. Similar to the mechanism of other homogeneous ensemble methods, the base classifiers in our approach are obtained by a learning algorithm on different tra... Read More about A weighted multiple classifier framework based on random projection..

A lossless online Bayesian classifier. (2019)
Journal Article
NGUYEN, T.T.T., NGUYEN, T.T., SHARMA, R. and LIEW, A. W.-C. 2019. A lossless online Bayesian classifier. Information sciences [online], 489, pages 1-17. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2019.03.031

We are living in a world progressively driven by data. Besides the issue that big data cannot be entirely stored in the main memory as required by traditional offline learning methods, the problem of learning data that can only be collected over time... Read More about A lossless online Bayesian classifier..

Multi-label classification via label correlation and first order feature dependance in a data stream. (2019)
Journal Article
NGUYEN, T.T., NGUYEN, T.T.T., LUONG, A.V., NGUYEN, Q.V.H., LIEW, A.W.-C. and STANTIC, B. 2019. Multi-label classification via label correlation and first order feature dependance in a data stream. Pattern recognition [online], 90, pages 35-51. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2019.01.007

Many batch learning algorithms have been introduced for offline multi-label classification (MLC) over the years. However, the increasing data volume in many applications such as social networks, sensor networks, and traffic monitoring has posed many... Read More about Multi-label classification via label correlation and first order feature dependance in a data stream..

Combining heterogeneous classifiers via granular prototypes. (2018)
Journal Article
NGUYEN, T.T., NGUYEN, M.P., PHAM, X.C., LIEW, A. W.-C. and PEDRYCZ, W. 2018. Combining heterogeneous classifiers via granular prototypes. Applied soft computing [online], 73, pages 795-815. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2018.09.021

In this study, a novel framework to combine multiple classifiers in an ensemble system is introduced. Here we exploit the concept of information granule to construct granular prototypes for each class on the outputs of an ensemble of base classifiers... Read More about Combining heterogeneous classifiers via granular prototypes..

Aggregation of classifiers: a justifiable information granularity approach. (2018)
Journal Article
NGUYEN, T.T., PHAM, X.C., LIEW, A.W.-C. and PEDRYCZ, W. 2019. Aggregation of classifiers: a justifiable information granularity approach. IEEE transactions on cybernetics [online], 49(6), pages 2168-2177. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2018.2821679

In this paper, we introduced a new approach of combining multiple classifiers in a heterogeneous ensemble system. Instead of using numerical membership values when combining, we constructed interval membership values for each class prediction from th... Read More about Aggregation of classifiers: a justifiable information granularity approach..