Acoustic classification using linear predictive coding for wildlife detection systems

Abstract

In this work we compare different classification algorithms applied on different number of features (linear predictive coding coefficients) in order to detect audio signals from wildlife areas. The final goal is to find the appropriate number of linear predictive coding coefficients to provide the desired accuracy for a certain framework. The experimental results prove that the best classifier is Logistic Model Trees regardless the number of features, having a constant classification accuracy greater than 95%. In the case of a reduced number of features, both Random Forest and Lazy IBk have good results; the classification accuracy is greater than 98%.