Wenshuai Cheng, Liying Fang, L. Yang, Han Zhao, Pu Wang, Jianzhuo Yan
{"title":"Varying Coefficient Models for Analyzing the Effects of Risk Factors on Pregnant Women's Blood Pressure","authors":"Wenshuai Cheng, Liying Fang, L. Yang, Han Zhao, Pu Wang, Jianzhuo Yan","doi":"10.1109/ICMLA.2014.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLA.2014.14","url":null,"abstract":"In the study of gestational hypertension, most of studies focused on whether a risk factor is associated with gestational hypertension. However, according to the clinical experience, it is important to know the effects of risk factors on women's blood pressure during pregnancy. Thus, we examined the effects of known risk factors (age, hematocrit, etc.) over gestational age. We also examined whether the effects of known risk factors are different between gestational hypertension group and preeclampsia group. These were studied in 412 pregnant women including 1874 clinical follow-up records. On the longitudinal clinical data of pregnant women, varying coefficient models were applied to study the effects of known risk factors over gestational age. The results showed that the effects of known risk factors varied with gestational age, and the changing processes of known risk factors over gestational age were different between gestational hypertension group and preeclampsia group. In final, we used the relative error as the criterion to assess the accuracy of the estimated varying coefficient model. The relative errors for total clinical data, gestational hypertension group and preeclampsia group were 13.3%, 8.1% and 14.3%, respectively.","PeriodicalId":109606,"journal":{"name":"2014 13th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116789793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Morton, Eman N. Marzban, G. Giannoulis, Ayush Patel, R. Aparasu, I. Kakadiaris
{"title":"A Comparison of Supervised Machine Learning Techniques for Predicting Short-Term In-Hospital Length of Stay among Diabetic Patients","authors":"A. Morton, Eman N. Marzban, G. Giannoulis, Ayush Patel, R. Aparasu, I. Kakadiaris","doi":"10.1109/ICMLA.2014.76","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLA.2014.76","url":null,"abstract":"Diabetes is a life-altering medical condition that affects millions of people and results in many hospitalizations per year. Consequently, predicting the length of stay of in-hospital diabetic patients has become increasingly important for staffing and resource planning. Although statistical methods have been used to predict length of stay in hospitalized patients, many powerful machine learning techniques have not yet been explored. In this paper, we compare and discuss the performance of various supervised machine learning algorithms (i.e., Multiple linear regression, support vector machines, multi-task learning, and random forests) for predicting long versus short-term length of stay of hospitalized diabetic patients.","PeriodicalId":109606,"journal":{"name":"2014 13th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126118473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kin Wah Edward Lin, Hans Anderson, Natalie Agus, C. So, Simon Lui
{"title":"Visualising Singing Style under Common Musical Events Using Pitch-Dynamics Trajectories and Modified TRACLUS Clustering","authors":"Kin Wah Edward Lin, Hans Anderson, Natalie Agus, C. So, Simon Lui","doi":"10.1109/ICMLA.2014.44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLA.2014.44","url":null,"abstract":"We present a novel method for visualising the singing style of vocalists. To illustrate our method, we take 26 audio recordings of A cappella solo vocal music from two different professional singers and we visualise the performance style of each vocalist in a two-dimensional space of pitch and dynamics. We use our own novel modification of a trajectory clustering algorithm called TRACLUS to generate four representative paths, called trajectories, in that two dimensional space. Each trajectory represents the characteristic style of a vocalist during one of four common musical events: (1) Crescendo, (2) Diminuendo, (3) Ascending Pitches and (4) Descending Pitches. The unique shapes of these trajectories characterize the singing style of each vocalist with respect to each of these events. We present the details of our modified version of the TRACULUS algorithm and demonstrate graphically how the plots produced indicate distinct stylistic differences between singers. Potential applications for this method include: (a) automatic identification of singers and automatic classification of singing styles and (b) automatic retargeting of performance style to add human expression to computer generated vocal performances and allow singing synthesisers to imitate the styles of specific famous professional vocalists.","PeriodicalId":109606,"journal":{"name":"2014 13th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115026628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Incremental SVD for Insight into Wind Generation","authors":"C. Kamath, Y. Fan","doi":"10.1109/ICMLA.2014.77","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLA.2014.77","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we formulate the problem of predicting wind generation as one of streaming data analysis. We want to understand if it is possible to use the weather data in a time window just before the current time to gain insight into how the wind generation might behave in a time interval just after the current time. Specifically, we use a singular value decomposition of the weather data, and how that the number of singular values and the largest singular value can be used to predict the magnitude of the change in the generation in the near future. The analysis uses an incremental algorithm based on a sliding window for reduced computational costs.","PeriodicalId":109606,"journal":{"name":"2014 13th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128581102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transient Characteristics of DC-DC Converter with PID Parameters Selection and Neural Network Control","authors":"H. Maruta, D. Mitsutake, F. Kurokawa","doi":"10.1109/ICMLA.2014.78","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLA.2014.78","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a neural network based PID parameter selection control to improve the transient response of dc-dc converters. In the conventional PID control, parameters of it such as proportional, integral, and differential coefficients are selected as fixed parameters to regulate both transient and steady-state characteristics simultaneously as much as possible. The parameter setting of PID control is not optimal for the improvement of transient-state characteristics since the setting needs to satisfy stable steady-state characteristics. Therefore, the parameter selection for different states is widely applicable from the point of view of the improvement of transient response. In this study, we present a novel parameter selection method for PID control based on the load change prediction of neural network to improve the transient response of dc-dc converter. In the presented method, suitable PID parameters are selected with neural network. This neural network is trained to predict the load change from the output voltage of dc-dc converter in advance. From the predicted result of neural network, PID parameters are changed to optimal ones after the load change occurs. Additionally, the reference modification with another neural network, which is trained to modify the reference value of PID control, is also adopted simultaneously to obtain more effective improvement of transient response. From evaluation results, we confirm that our presented method contributes to obtain an effective improvement of the transient response compared to the conventional PID control.","PeriodicalId":109606,"journal":{"name":"2014 13th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129264713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kin Wah Edward Lin, Tian Feng, Natalie Agus, C. So, Simon Lui
{"title":"Modelling Mutual Information between Voiceprint and Optimal Number of Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients in Voice Discrimination","authors":"Kin Wah Edward Lin, Tian Feng, Natalie Agus, C. So, Simon Lui","doi":"10.1109/ICMLA.2014.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLA.2014.9","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we study the relationship between the voiceprint and the optimal number of Mel-frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs). The voiceprint is modelled as sub-MFCCs matrix with the first d number of MFCCs. We model the relationship through information theory and formulate it as the mutual information maximization problem subject to the probabilities constraint. The solution of this optimization problem provides the optimal number of MFCCs, D among these d, which yields the highest classification accuracy of the voice discrimination, together with a confidence level. This study is dictated by the need to understand the use of MFCCs, which have proliferated since its invention to discriminate voice. We evaluate our model by comparing the leave-one-out cross validation (LOOCV) results of usual multi-class classifier, the Supervised Learning Gaussian Mixture Model (SLGMM), with a set of spoken words and A capella solo vocal performances. The experimental results show that our model is a more comprehensive feature selection criteria for the MFCCs than the de-facto technique, LOOCV.","PeriodicalId":109606,"journal":{"name":"2014 13th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications","volume":"256 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114357298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmad Slim, G. Heileman, Jarred Kozlick, C. Abdallah
{"title":"Employing Markov Networks on Curriculum Graphs to Predict Student Performance","authors":"Ahmad Slim, G. Heileman, Jarred Kozlick, C. Abdallah","doi":"10.1109/ICMLA.2014.74","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLA.2014.74","url":null,"abstract":"Colleges and universities are increasingly interested in tracking student progress as they monitor and work to improve their retention and graduation rates. Ideally, early indicators of student progress, or lack thereof, can be used to provide appropriate interventions that increase the likelihood of student success. In this paper we present a framework that uses data mining and machine learning techniques, and in particular, linear regression and a Markov network (MN), to predict the performance of students early in their academic careers. The results obtained show that the proposed framework can predict student progress, specifically student grade point average (GPA) within the intended major, with minimal error after observing a single semester of performance. Furthermore, as additional performance is observed, the predicted GPA in subsequent semesters becomes increasingly accurate, providing the ability to advise students regarding likely success outcomes early in their academic careers.","PeriodicalId":109606,"journal":{"name":"2014 13th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124146076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human Action Recognition Based on MOCAP Information Using Convolution Neural Networks","authors":"Earnest Paul Ijjina, C. Mohan","doi":"10.1109/ICMLA.2014.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLA.2014.30","url":null,"abstract":"Human action recognition is an important component in semantic analysis of human behavior. In this paper, we propose an approach for human action recognition based on motion capture (MOCAP) information using convolutional neural networks (CNN). Distance based metrics computed from MOCAP information of only three human joints are used in the computation of features. The range and temporal variation of these distance metrics are considered in the design of features which are discriminative for action recognition. A convolutional neural network capable of recognizing local patterns is used to identify human actions from the temporal variation of these features, which are distorted due to the inconsistency in the execution of actions across observations and subjects. Experiments conducted on Berkeley MHAD dataset demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.","PeriodicalId":109606,"journal":{"name":"2014 13th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121958516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Hybrid Genetic-Programming Swarm-Optimisation Approach for Examining the Nature and Stability of High Frequency Trading Strategies","authors":"Andreea-Ingrid Funie, Mark Salmon, W. Luk","doi":"10.1109/ICMLA.2014.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLA.2014.11","url":null,"abstract":"Advances in high frequency trading in financial markets have exceeded the ability of regulators to monitor market stability, creating the need for tools that go beyond market microstructure theory and examine markets in real time, driven by algorithms, as employed in practice. This paper investigates the design, performance and stability of high frequency trading rules using a hybrid evolutionary algorithm based on genetic programming, with particle swarm optimisation layered on top to improve the genetic operators' performance. Our algorithm learns relevant trading signal information using Foreign Exchange market data. Execution time is significantly reduced by implementing computationally intensive tasks using Field Programmable Gate Array technology. This approach is shown to provide a reliable platform for examining the stability and nature of optimal trading strategies under different market conditions through robust statistical results on the optimal rules' performance and their economic value.","PeriodicalId":109606,"journal":{"name":"2014 13th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134064984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protein Conformation Motion Modeling Using Sep-CMA-ES","authors":"M. Buzdalov, S. Knyazev, Y. Porozov","doi":"10.1109/ICMLA.2014.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLA.2014.12","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of protein conformation motion modeling is an open problem in the structural computational biology. It is difficult to solve it using methods of molecular dynamics or quantum physics because these methods deal with time intervals of nanoseconds or microseconds, while conformation motions take time of millisecond order. In addition, these methods cannot take external forces into consideration. To deal with these problems, numerous approximated and coarse-grained methods are developed, which use ideas from geometry and motion planning. We present a new coarse-grained method of modeling the protein motion between two given conformations. The method is based on optimization of a cost function similar to the one in the Monge-Kantorovich mass transfer problem. The optimization is performed using sep-CMA-ES, which makes the running time of an iteration linear in the number of amino acids in a protein. The proposed method is compared with some of the existing methods on several molecules. It is shown that the results of the proposed method are more accurate than of the other methods.","PeriodicalId":109606,"journal":{"name":"2014 13th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131512357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}