• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.358-368
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• 2022

Social media is a window for everyone, individuals, communities, and companies to spread ideas and promote trends and products. With these opportunities, challenges and problems related to security, privacy and rights arose. Also, the data accumulated from social media has become a fertile source for many analytics, inference, and experimentation with new technologies in the field of data science. In this chapter, emphasis will be given to methods of trend analysis, especially ensemble learning methods. Ensemble learning methods embrace the concept of cooperation between different learning methods rather than competition between them. Therefore, in this chapter, we will discuss the most important trends in ensemble learning and their applications in analysing social media data and anticipating the most important future trends.

• 무역학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.281-299
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• 2021

This paper analyzes the feasibility of using machine learning methods to forecast the employment. The machine learning methods, such as decision tree, artificial neural network, and ensemble models such as random forest and gradient boosting regression tree were used to forecast the employment in Busan regional economy. The following were the main findings of the comparison of their predictive abilities. First, the forecasting power of machine learning methods can predict the employment well. Second, the forecasting values for the employment by decision tree models appeared somewhat differently according to the depth of decision trees. Third, the predictive power of artificial neural network model, however, does not show the high predictive power. Fourth, the ensemble models such as random forest and gradient boosting regression tree model show the higher predictive power. Thus, since the machine learning method can accurately predict the employment, we need to improve the accuracy of forecasting employment with the use of machine learning methods.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.247-275
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• 2021

Purpose This study attempted to predict corporate innovation and business performance using ensemble learning. Design/methodology/approach The ensemble techniques uses weak learning to create robust learning, which combines several weak models to derive improved performance. In this study, XGboost, LightGBM, and Catboost were used among ensemble techniques. It was compared and evaluated with traditional machine learning methods. Findings The summary of the research results is as follows. First, the type of innovation is expanding from technical innovation to non-technical areas. Second, it was confirmed that LightGBM performed best for radical innovation prediction, and XGboost performed best for incremental innovation prediction. Third, Catboost performed best for firm performance prediction. Although there was no significant difference in predictive power between ensemble techniques, we found that comparative analysis was necessary to confirm better prediction performance.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1540-1561
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• 2024

This research proposes a novel approach for Tamil Handwritten Character Recognition (THCR) that combines feature selection and ensemble learning techniques. The Tamil script is complex and highly variable, requiring a robust and accurate recognition system. Feature selection is used to reduce dimensionality while preserving discriminative features, improving classification performance and reducing computational complexity. Several feature selection methods are compared, and individual classifiers (support vector machines, neural networks, and decision trees) are evaluated through extensive experiments. Ensemble learning techniques such as bagging, and boosting are employed to leverage the strengths of multiple classifiers and enhance recognition accuracy. The proposed approach is evaluated on the HP Labs Dataset, achieving an impressive 95.56% accuracy using an ensemble learning framework based on support vector machines. The dataset consists of 82,928 samples with 247 distinct classes, contributed by 500 participants from Tamil Nadu. It includes 40,000 characters with 500 user variations. The results surpass or rival existing methods, demonstrating the effectiveness of the approach. The research also offers insights for developing advanced recognition systems for other complex scripts. Future investigations could explore the integration of deep learning techniques and the extension of the proposed approach to other Indic scripts and languages, advancing the field of handwritten character recognition.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.741-757
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• 2015

In the last decade, several modeling approaches have been proposed and applied to estimate the high-performance concrete (HPC) slump flow. While HPC is a highly complex material, modeling its behavior is a very difficult issue. Thus, the selection and application of proper modeling methods remain therefore a crucial task. Like many other applications, HPC slump flow prediction suffers from noise which negatively affects the prediction accuracy and increases the variance. In the recent years, ensemble learning methods have introduced to optimize the prediction accuracy and reduce the prediction error. This study investigates the potential usage of bagging (Bag), which is among the most popular ensemble learning methods, in building ensemble models. Four well-known artificial intelligence models (i.e., classification and regression trees CART, support vector machines SVM, multilayer perceptron MLP and radial basis function neural networks RBF) are deployed as base learner. As a result of this study, bagging ensemble models (i.e., Bag-SVM, Bag-RT, Bag-MLP and Bag-RBF) are found superior to their base learners (i.e., SVM, CART, MLP and RBF) and bagging could noticeable optimize prediction accuracy and reduce the prediction error of proposed predictive models.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.61-81
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• 2023

This study presents an ensemble learning based Bayesian model updating approach for structural damage diagnosis. In the developed framework, the structure is initially decomposed into a set of substructures. The autoregressive moving average (ARMAX) model is established first for structural damage localization based structural motion equation. The wavelet packet decomposition is utilized to extract the damage-sensitive node energy in different frequency bands for constructing structural surrogate models. Four methods, including Kriging predictor (KRG), radial basis function neural network (RBFNN), support vector regression (SVR), and multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS), are selected as candidate structural surrogate models. These models are then resampled by bootstrapping and combined to obtain an ensemble model by probabilistic ensemble. Meanwhile, the maximum entropy principal is adopted to search for new design points for sample space updating, yielding a more robust ensemble model. Through the iterations, a framework of surrogate ensemble learning based model updating with high model construction efficiency and accuracy is proposed. The specificities of the method are discussed and investigated in a case study.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제14B권4호
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• pp.303-310
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• 2007

기계학습에서 분류기틀의 집합으로 구성된 앙상블 분류기는 단일 분류기에 비해 정확도가 높다는 것이 입증되어왔다. 본 논문에서는 새로운 앙상블 학습으로서 데이터의 지역 기반 분류기들의 앙상블 학습을 제시하여 기존의 앙상블 학습과의 비교를 통해 성능을 검증하고자 한다. 지역 기반 분류기의 앙상블 학습은 데이터의 분포가 지역에 따라 다르다는 점에 착안하여 학습 데이터를 분할하여 해당하는 지역에 기반을 둔 분류기들을 만들어 나간다. 이렇게 만들어진 분류기들로부터 지역에 따라 가중치를 둔 투표를 적용하여 앙상블 방법을 이끌어낸다. 본 논문에서 제시한 앙상블 분류기의 성능평가를 위해 단일 분류기와 기존의 앙상블 분류기인 배깅과 부스팅 등을 UCI Machine Learning Repository에 있는 11개의 데이터 셋으로 정확도 비교를 하였다. 그 결과 새로운 앙상블 방법이 기본 분류기로 나이브 베이즈와 SVM을 사용했을 때 다른 방법보다 좋은 성능을 보이는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.313-326
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• 2023

The seismic safety of the shear wall structure can be assessed through seismic fragility analysis, which requires high computational costs in estimating seismic demands. Accordingly, machine learning methods have been applied to such fragility analyses in recent years to reduce the numerical analysis cost, but it still remains a challenging task. Therefore, this study uses the ensemble machine learning method to present an improved framework for developing a more accurate seismic demand model than the existing ones. To this end, a rank-based selection method that enables determining an excellent model among several single machine learning models is presented. In addition, an index that can evaluate the degree of overfitting/underfitting of each model for the selection of an excellent single model is suggested. Furthermore, based on the selected single machine learning model, we propose a method to derive a more accurate ensemble model based on the bagging method. As a result, the seismic demand model for which the proposed framework is applied shows about 3-17% better prediction performance than the existing single machine learning models. Finally, the seismic fragility obtained from the proposed framework shows better accuracy than the existing fragility methods.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.673-687
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• 2023

Convolutional neural network-based deep learning technology is the most commonly used in image identification, but it requires large-scale data for training. Therefore, application in specific fields in which data acquisition is limited, such as in the military, may be challenging. In particular, the identification of ground weapon systems is a very important mission, and high identification accuracy is required. Accordingly, various studies have been conducted to achieve high performance using small-scale data. Among them, the ensemble method, which achieves excellent performance through the prediction average of the pre-trained models, is the most representative method; however, it requires considerable time and effort to find the optimal combination of ensemble models. In addition, there is a performance limitation in the prediction results obtained by using an ensemble method. Furthermore, it is difficult to obtain the ensemble effect using models with imbalanced classification accuracies. In this paper, we propose a transfer learning-based feature fusion technique for heterogeneous models that extracts and fuses features of pre-trained heterogeneous models and finally, fine-tunes hyperparameters of the fully connected layer to improve the classification accuracy. The experimental results of this study indicate that it is possible to overcome the limitations of the existing ensemble methods by improving the classification accuracy through feature fusion between heterogeneous models based on transfer learning.

• 정보보호학회논문지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.267-277
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• 2022

최근 클라우드 및 원격 근무 환경의 비중이 증가함에 따라 다양한 정보보안 사고들이 발생하고 있다. 조직의 내부자가 원격 접속으로 기밀 자료에 접근하여 유출을 시도하는 사례가 발생하는 등 내부자 위협이 주요 이슈로 떠오르게 되었다. 이에 따라 내부자 위협을 탐지하기 위해 기계학습 기반의 방법들이 제안되고 있다. 하지만, 기존의 내부자 위협을 탐지하는 기계학습 기반의 방법들은 편향 및 분산 문제와 같이 예측 정확도와 관련된 중요한 요소를 고려하지 않았으며 이에 따라 제한된 성능을 보인다는 한계가 있다. 본 논문에서는 편향 및 분산을 고려하는 부스팅 유형의 앙상블 학습 알고리즘들을 사용하여 악의적인 내부자 탐지 성능을 확인하고 이에 대한 면밀한 분석을 수행하며, 데이터셋의 불균형까지도 고려하여 최종 결과를 판단한다. 앙상블 학습을 이용한 실험을 통해 기존의 단일 학습 모델에 기반한 방법에서 나아가, 편향-분산 트레이드오프를 함께 고려하며 유사하거나 보다 높은 정확도를 달성함을 보인다. 실험 결과에 따르면 배깅과 부스팅 방법을 사용한 앙상블 학습은 98% 이상의 정확도를 보였고, 이는 사용된 단일 학습 모델의 평균 정확도와 비교하면 악의적인 내부자 탐지 성능을 5.62% 향상시킨다.