As a result of the increased number of COVID-19 cases,Ensemble Machine Learning(EML)would be an effective tool for combatting this pandemic outbreak.An ensemble of classifiers can improve the performance of single mac...As a result of the increased number of COVID-19 cases,Ensemble Machine Learning(EML)would be an effective tool for combatting this pandemic outbreak.An ensemble of classifiers can improve the performance of single machine learning(ML)classifiers,especially stacking-based ensemble learning.Stacking utilizes heterogeneous-base learners trained in parallel and combines their predictions using a meta-model to determine the final prediction results.However,building an ensemble often causes the model performance to decrease due to the increasing number of learners that are not being properly selected.Therefore,the goal of this paper is to develop and evaluate a generic,data-independent predictive method using stacked-based ensemble learning(GA-Stacking)optimized by aGenetic Algorithm(GA)for outbreak prediction and health decision aided processes.GA-Stacking utilizes five well-known classifiers,including Decision Tree(DT),Random Forest(RF),RIGID regression,Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator(LASSO),and eXtreme Gradient Boosting(XGBoost),at its first level.It also introduces GA to identify comparisons to forecast the number,combination,and trust of these base classifiers based on theMean Squared Error(MSE)as a fitness function.At the second level of the stacked ensemblemodel,a Linear Regression(LR)classifier is used to produce the final prediction.The performance of the model was evaluated using a publicly available dataset from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering,Johns Hopkins University,which consisted of 10,722 data samples.The experimental results indicated that the GA-Stacking model achieved outstanding performance with an overall accuracy of 99.99%for the three selected countries.Furthermore,the proposed model achieved good performance when compared with existing baggingbased approaches.The proposed model can be used to predict the pandemic outbreak correctly and may be applied as a generic data-independent model 3946 CMC,2023,vol.74,no.2 to predict the epidemic trend for other countries when comparing preventive and control measures.展开更多
This paper aims to build an employee attrition classification model based on the Stacking algorithm.Oversampling algorithm is applied to address the issue of data imbalance and the Randomforest feature importance rank...This paper aims to build an employee attrition classification model based on the Stacking algorithm.Oversampling algorithm is applied to address the issue of data imbalance and the Randomforest feature importance ranking method is used to resolve the overfitting problem after data cleaning and preprocessing.Then,different algorithms are used to establish classification models as control experiments,and R-squared indicators are used to compare.Finally,the Stacking algorithm is used to establish the final classification model.This model has practical and significant implications for both human resource management and employee attrition analysis.展开更多
Numerical simulation of concrete-faced rockfill dams(CFRDs)considering the spatial variability of rockfill has become a popular research topic in recent years.In order to determine uncertain rockfill properties effici...Numerical simulation of concrete-faced rockfill dams(CFRDs)considering the spatial variability of rockfill has become a popular research topic in recent years.In order to determine uncertain rockfill properties efficiently and reliably,this study developed an uncertainty inversion analysis method for rockfill material parameters using the stacking ensemble strategy and Jaya optimizer.The comprehensive implementation process of the proposed model was described with an illustrative CFRD example.First,the surrogate model method using the stacking ensemble algorithm was used to conduct the Monte Carlo stochastic finite element calculations with reduced computational cost and improved accuracy.Afterwards,the Jaya algorithm was used to inversely calculate the combination of the coefficient of variation of rockfill material parameters.This optimizer obtained higher accuracy and more significant uncertainty reduction than traditional optimizers.Overall,the developed model effectively identified the random parameters of rockfill materials.This study provided scientific references for uncertainty analysis of CFRDs.In addition,the proposed method can be applied to other similar engineering structures.展开更多
The adoption of deep learning-based side-channel analysis(DL-SCA)is crucial for leak detection in secure products.Many previous studies have applied this method to break targets protected with countermeasures.Despite ...The adoption of deep learning-based side-channel analysis(DL-SCA)is crucial for leak detection in secure products.Many previous studies have applied this method to break targets protected with countermeasures.Despite the increasing number of studies,the problem of model overfitting.Recent research mainly focuses on exploring hyperparameters and network architectures,while offering limited insights into the effects of external factors on side-channel attacks,such as the number and type of models.This paper proposes a Side-channel Analysis method based on a Stacking ensemble,called Stacking-SCA.In our method,multiple models are deeply integrated.Through the extended application of base models and the meta-model,Stacking-SCA effectively improves the output class probabilities of the model,leading to better generalization.Furthermore,this method shows that the attack performance is sensitive to changes in the number of models.Next,five independent subsets are extracted from the original ASCAD database as multi-segment datasets,which are mutually independent.This method shows how these subsets are used as inputs for Stacking-SCA to enhance its attack convergence.The experimental results show that Stacking-SCA outperforms the current state-of-the-art results on several considered datasets,significantly reducing the number of attack traces required to achieve a guessing entropy of 1.Additionally,different hyperparameter sizes are adjusted to further validate the robustness of the method.展开更多
This study presents a layered generalization ensemble model for next generation radio mobiles,focusing on supervised channel estimation approaches.Channel estimation typically involves the insertion of pilot symbols w...This study presents a layered generalization ensemble model for next generation radio mobiles,focusing on supervised channel estimation approaches.Channel estimation typically involves the insertion of pilot symbols with a well-balanced rhythm and suitable layout.The model,called Stacked Generalization for Channel Estimation(SGCE),aims to enhance channel estimation performance by eliminating pilot insertion and improving throughput.The SGCE model incorporates six machine learning methods:random forest(RF),gradient boosting machine(GB),light gradient boosting machine(LGBM),support vector regression(SVR),extremely randomized tree(ERT),and extreme gradient boosting(XGB).By generating meta-data from five models(RF,GB,LGBM,SVR,and ERT),we ensure accurate channel coefficient predictions using the XGB model.To validate themodeling performance,we employ the leave-one-out cross-validation(LOOCV)approach,where each observation serves as the validation set while the remaining observations act as the training set.SGCE performances’results demonstrate higher mean andmedian accuracy compared to the separatedmodel.SGCE achieves an average accuracy of 98.4%,precision of 98.1%,and the highest F1-score of 98.5%,accurately predicting channel coefficients.Furthermore,our proposedmethod outperforms prior traditional and intelligent techniques in terms of throughput and bit error rate.SGCE’s superior performance highlights its efficacy in optimizing channel estimation.It can effectively predict channel coefficients and contribute to enhancing the overall efficiency of radio mobile systems.Through extensive experimentation and evaluation,we demonstrate that SGCE improved performance in channel estimation,surpassing previous techniques.Accordingly,SGCE’s capabilities have significant implications for optimizing channel estimation in modern communication systems.展开更多
文摘As a result of the increased number of COVID-19 cases,Ensemble Machine Learning(EML)would be an effective tool for combatting this pandemic outbreak.An ensemble of classifiers can improve the performance of single machine learning(ML)classifiers,especially stacking-based ensemble learning.Stacking utilizes heterogeneous-base learners trained in parallel and combines their predictions using a meta-model to determine the final prediction results.However,building an ensemble often causes the model performance to decrease due to the increasing number of learners that are not being properly selected.Therefore,the goal of this paper is to develop and evaluate a generic,data-independent predictive method using stacked-based ensemble learning(GA-Stacking)optimized by aGenetic Algorithm(GA)for outbreak prediction and health decision aided processes.GA-Stacking utilizes five well-known classifiers,including Decision Tree(DT),Random Forest(RF),RIGID regression,Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator(LASSO),and eXtreme Gradient Boosting(XGBoost),at its first level.It also introduces GA to identify comparisons to forecast the number,combination,and trust of these base classifiers based on theMean Squared Error(MSE)as a fitness function.At the second level of the stacked ensemblemodel,a Linear Regression(LR)classifier is used to produce the final prediction.The performance of the model was evaluated using a publicly available dataset from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering,Johns Hopkins University,which consisted of 10,722 data samples.The experimental results indicated that the GA-Stacking model achieved outstanding performance with an overall accuracy of 99.99%for the three selected countries.Furthermore,the proposed model achieved good performance when compared with existing baggingbased approaches.The proposed model can be used to predict the pandemic outbreak correctly and may be applied as a generic data-independent model 3946 CMC,2023,vol.74,no.2 to predict the epidemic trend for other countries when comparing preventive and control measures.
文摘This paper aims to build an employee attrition classification model based on the Stacking algorithm.Oversampling algorithm is applied to address the issue of data imbalance and the Randomforest feature importance ranking method is used to resolve the overfitting problem after data cleaning and preprocessing.Then,different algorithms are used to establish classification models as control experiments,and R-squared indicators are used to compare.Finally,the Stacking algorithm is used to establish the final classification model.This model has practical and significant implications for both human resource management and employee attrition analysis.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.51879185 and 52179139)the Open Fund of the Hubei Key Laboratory of Construction and Management in Hydropower Engineering(Grant No.2020KSD06).
文摘Numerical simulation of concrete-faced rockfill dams(CFRDs)considering the spatial variability of rockfill has become a popular research topic in recent years.In order to determine uncertain rockfill properties efficiently and reliably,this study developed an uncertainty inversion analysis method for rockfill material parameters using the stacking ensemble strategy and Jaya optimizer.The comprehensive implementation process of the proposed model was described with an illustrative CFRD example.First,the surrogate model method using the stacking ensemble algorithm was used to conduct the Monte Carlo stochastic finite element calculations with reduced computational cost and improved accuracy.Afterwards,the Jaya algorithm was used to inversely calculate the combination of the coefficient of variation of rockfill material parameters.This optimizer obtained higher accuracy and more significant uncertainty reduction than traditional optimizers.Overall,the developed model effectively identified the random parameters of rockfill materials.This study provided scientific references for uncertainty analysis of CFRDs.In addition,the proposed method can be applied to other similar engineering structures.
基金supported by the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(2022JJ30103)“the 14th Five-Year Plan”Key Disciplines and Application-Oriented Special Disciplines of Hunan Province(Xiangjiaotong[2022]351)the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province(2016TP1020).
文摘The adoption of deep learning-based side-channel analysis(DL-SCA)is crucial for leak detection in secure products.Many previous studies have applied this method to break targets protected with countermeasures.Despite the increasing number of studies,the problem of model overfitting.Recent research mainly focuses on exploring hyperparameters and network architectures,while offering limited insights into the effects of external factors on side-channel attacks,such as the number and type of models.This paper proposes a Side-channel Analysis method based on a Stacking ensemble,called Stacking-SCA.In our method,multiple models are deeply integrated.Through the extended application of base models and the meta-model,Stacking-SCA effectively improves the output class probabilities of the model,leading to better generalization.Furthermore,this method shows that the attack performance is sensitive to changes in the number of models.Next,five independent subsets are extracted from the original ASCAD database as multi-segment datasets,which are mutually independent.This method shows how these subsets are used as inputs for Stacking-SCA to enhance its attack convergence.The experimental results show that Stacking-SCA outperforms the current state-of-the-art results on several considered datasets,significantly reducing the number of attack traces required to achieve a guessing entropy of 1.Additionally,different hyperparameter sizes are adjusted to further validate the robustness of the method.
基金This research project was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research,Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University,through the Program of Research Project Funding After Publication,grant No(43-PRFA-P-58).
文摘This study presents a layered generalization ensemble model for next generation radio mobiles,focusing on supervised channel estimation approaches.Channel estimation typically involves the insertion of pilot symbols with a well-balanced rhythm and suitable layout.The model,called Stacked Generalization for Channel Estimation(SGCE),aims to enhance channel estimation performance by eliminating pilot insertion and improving throughput.The SGCE model incorporates six machine learning methods:random forest(RF),gradient boosting machine(GB),light gradient boosting machine(LGBM),support vector regression(SVR),extremely randomized tree(ERT),and extreme gradient boosting(XGB).By generating meta-data from five models(RF,GB,LGBM,SVR,and ERT),we ensure accurate channel coefficient predictions using the XGB model.To validate themodeling performance,we employ the leave-one-out cross-validation(LOOCV)approach,where each observation serves as the validation set while the remaining observations act as the training set.SGCE performances’results demonstrate higher mean andmedian accuracy compared to the separatedmodel.SGCE achieves an average accuracy of 98.4%,precision of 98.1%,and the highest F1-score of 98.5%,accurately predicting channel coefficients.Furthermore,our proposedmethod outperforms prior traditional and intelligent techniques in terms of throughput and bit error rate.SGCE’s superior performance highlights its efficacy in optimizing channel estimation.It can effectively predict channel coefficients and contribute to enhancing the overall efficiency of radio mobile systems.Through extensive experimentation and evaluation,we demonstrate that SGCE improved performance in channel estimation,surpassing previous techniques.Accordingly,SGCE’s capabilities have significant implications for optimizing channel estimation in modern communication systems.
