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Vol. 14, No. 1:

Direction-of-arrival estimation for conventional co-prime arrays using probabilistic Bayesian neural networks

Wael Elshennawy, Orange Business Services, Egypt
Abstract:
The paper investigates the direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation of narrow band signals with conventional co-prime arrays by using efficient probabilistic Bayesian neural networks (PBNN). A super resolution DOA estimation method based on Bayesian neural networks and a spatially overcomplete array output formulation overcomes the pre-assumption dependencies of the model-driven DOA estimation methods. The proposed DOA estimation method utilizes a PBNN model to capture both data and model uncertainty. The developed PBNN model is trained to do the mapping from the pseudo-spectrum to the super resolution spectrum. This learning-based method enhances the generalization of untrained scenarios, and it provides robustness to non-ideal conditions, e.g., small angle separation, data scarcity, and imperfect arrays, etc. Simulation results demonstrate the root mean square error (RMSE) and loss curves of the PBNN model in comparison with deterministic model and spatial-smoothing MUSIC (SS-MUSIC) method. The proposed Bayesian estimator improves the DOA estimation performance for the case of low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) or with a limited number of model trainable variables or spatially adjacent signals.
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Hybrid Deep Learning for Assembly Action Recognition in Smart Manufacturing

Abdul Matin, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Md Rafiqul Islam, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Yeqian Zhu, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Xianzhi Wang, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Huan Huo, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Guandong Xu, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Abstract:
Deep learning algorithms have become essential in assembly action recognition (AAR) for driving advancements in intelligent manufacturing. While numerous sensor systems and algorithms are developing, their real-world applicability and robustness within the manufacturing sector need validation. Artificial intelligence (AI) applications in manufacturing have gained significant attraction in both academic and industrial circles. One key aspect of future smart manufacturing is identifying the actions of manufacturing workers, particularly monitoring repetitive assembly tasks, to guide them and improve efficiency. This recognition facilitates real-time efficiency measurement and evaluation of workers while providing augmented reality instructions to enhance their performance on the job. This paper introduces a hybrid deep-learning approach combining 3D CNN and ConvLSTM2D models to monitor assembly tasks to recognize human actions within the manufacturing context. The model’s performance is evaluated through simulations conducted on the HA4M dataset, comprising diverse multimodal data-capturing actions executed by various individuals constructing an epicyclic gear train (EGT). The proposed hybrid model demonstrated superior performance on the HA4M dataset relative to baselines.
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Automated Fracture Detection from Pelvic X-ray: The Impact of Appropriate Labeling on the Performance of Deep Convolutional Neural Network

Rashedur Rahman, University of Hyogo, Japan
Naomi Yagi, University of Hyogo, Japan
Keigo Hayashi, Hyogo Prefectural Harima-Himeji General Medical Center, Japan
Akihiro Maruo, Hyogo Prefectural Harima-Himeji General Medical Center, Japan
Hirotsugu Muratsu, Hyogo Prefectural Harima-Himeji General Medical Center, Japan
Sayoji Kobashi, University of Hyogo, Japan
Abstract:
Pelvic X-rays (PXRs) are essential diagnostic tools used to visualize the pelvic region and assess pelvic fractures. The rising incidence of pelvic fractures leads to increased radiologist workload and initial misdiagnoses. As a result, there is a growing need for automated tools to assist doctors in pelvic fracture detection. Artificial intelligence has advanced recently, resulting in several methods for diagnosing PXRs for fractures. However, concerns regarding annotation accuracy and the limitations of PXRs due to constrained viewing angles persist. Some fractures are only visible in 3D computed tomography (CT) images, and it is difficult to understand their visibility in PXR. This study proposes a method for using annotations from pelvic CT to label PXRs, focusing on fracture visibility. Additionally, the impact of labeling PXRs based on visibility to fracture detection performance in PXR images is examined. First, all fractures in CT images are annotated using a 3D surface annotation approach. Next, annotated pseudo PXRs are synthesized from CT images utilizing digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRRs). The annotated pseudo PXRs serve as references for accurately labeling fractures in corresponding PXRs. By training a Resnet-101-based deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) with the labeled datasets considering fracture visibility, the proposed method significantly improved fracture detection performance, achieving an Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (AUROC) of 0.9114. The AUROC of the conventional annotation method was 0.8202.
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Exploring Oversampling Techniques for Fraud Detection with Imbalanced Classes

Sultan Alharbi, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Abdulrhman Alorini, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Khaled Alahmadi, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Hadeel Alhosaini, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Yeqian Zhu, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Xianzhi Wang, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Abstract:
Each year, credit card fraud has caused significant losses for financial institutions and individuals worldwide. Financial institutions must detect credit card fraud to prevent customers from being charged for products they did not order. Class imbalance has been a standing challenge for credit card transactions, as the number of fraudulent transactions is significantly lower than that of non-fraudulent transactions. In this paper, we comprehensively evaluate five oversampling techniques, namely Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE), Adaptive Synthetic Sampling (ADASYN), Borderline SMOTE, Random Oversampling, and SMOTE Support Vector Machine (SMOTE SVM), in combination with seven machine learning techniques (namely XGBoost, Random Forest, K-Nearest Neighbor, Naive Bayes, Support Vector Machine, LightGBM, and Convolution Neural Network). Our results show oversampling generally improves fraud detection performance and SMOTE SVM is the better oversampling method than other methods under test. Notably, it achieved an accuracy of 76.47% when used with KNN on the smaller dataset and 99.93% with CNN on the larger dataset used in our experiments.
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