Academic Articles & Research Papers

Interpretable machine learning to detect well integrity issues

The problem of timely and accurate evaluation of well integrity is becoming increasingly relevant in the context of mature field development, high wellstream water cut, and a growing number of old wells. For production casing diagnostics, g...

Precise diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease based on sex-specific gray matter characteristics

IntroductionThere are notable sex differences in the gray matter of Alzheimer’s disease(AD) patients’ brains, but current evidence is insufficient to prove these differences aid diagnosis effectively.MethodsMultivariate analysis of variance...

High temperature Nb-Si alloys using data science: optimization of fracture toughness and high-temperature strength

Abstract High temperature Nb-Si based alloys face a critical challenge: achieving adequate room-temperature fracture toughness ( > 18 MPa·m1/2) for processing while maintaining high-temperature strength, properties that typically compete wi...

An introduction to quantum machine learning

Machine learning algorithms learn a desired input-output relation from examples in order to interpret new inputs. This is important for tasks such as image and speech recognition or strategy optimisation, with growing applications in the IT...

Machine-learning reprogrammable metasurface imager

Conventional microwave imagers usually require either time-consuming data acquisition, or complicated reconstruction algorithms for data post-processing, making them largely ineffective for complex in-situ sensing and monitoring. Here, we e...

Machine Learning in Virtual Screening

In this review, we highlight recent applications of machine learning to virtual screening, focusing on the use of supervised techniques to train statistical learning algorithms to prioritize databases of molecules as active against a partic...

Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization and Machine Learning

David Goldberg's Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization and Machine Learning is by far the bestselling introduction to genetic algorithms. Goldberg is one of the preeminent researchers in the field--he has published over 100 research ar...

Machine Learning in Healthcare

Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technology have brought on substantial strides in predicting and identifying health emergencies, disease populations, and disease state and immune response, among...

Machine learning in the Chinese stock market

We add to the emerging literature on empirical asset pricing in the Chinese stock market by building and analyzing a comprehensive set of return prediction factors using various machine learning algorithms. Contrasting previous studies for ...

Corrigendum to "Prediction of Distant Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma Using Machine Learning Algorithms: A Multicenter Cohort Study".

Perceptual-Preference-Based Touring Routes in Xishu Gardens Using Panoramic Digital-Twin Modeling

Xishu Gardens, an exemplary narrative of classical Chinese gardens, faces challenges in preserving its commemorative spatial structures while accommodating modern visitors’ needs. While trajectory analysis is critical, existing studies stru...

Interpretable machine learning for predicting compression index of clays using SHAP and gradient boosting models

Abstract This study introduces a novel, interpretable machine learning framework for predicting the compression index (Cc) of clay soils by integrating three advanced gradient boosting algorithms—XGBoost, CatBoost, and LightGBM—with SHapley...

Improving Intrusion Detection Model Prediction by Threshold Adaptation

Network traffic exhibits a high level of variability over short periods of time. This variability impacts negatively on the accuracy of anomaly-based network intrusion detection systems (IDS) that are built using predictive models in a batc...

An Efficient and High-Speed Disturbance Detection Algorithm Design with Emphasis on Operation of Static Transfer Switch

Static Transfer Switch (STS) is required for high-speed transfer of essential load to the alternate power source when the main source fails due to power disturbance (PD). A fast and accurate PD detection method is required to ensure trans...

A review of machine learning in obesity

Rich sources of obesity-related data arising from sensors, smartphone apps, electronic medical health records and insurance data can bring new insights for understanding, preventing and treating obesity. For such large datasets, machine lea...

A First Course in Machine Learning

"A First Course in Machine Learning by Simon Rogers and Mark Girolami is the best introductory book for ML currently available. It combines rigor and precision with accessibility, starts from a detailed explanation of the basic foundations ...

Machine Learning and the Future of Cardiovascular Care

The role of physicians has always been to synthesize the data available to them to identify diagnostic patterns that guide treatment and follow response. Today, increasingly sophisticated machine learning algorithms may grow to support clin...

Machine Learning Methods for Histopathological Image Analysis

Abundant accumulation of digital histopathological images has led to the increased demand for their analysis, such as computer-aided diagnosis using machine learning techniques. However, digital pathological images and related tasks have so...

Introduction to machine learning: k-nearest neighbors

Machine learning techniques have been widely used in many scientific fields, but its use in medical literature is limited partly because of technical difficulties. k-nearest neighbors (kNN) is a simple method of machine learning. The articl...

Development and web-based implementation of a machine learning model for predicting one-year adverse outcomes in acute ischaemic stroke

BackgroundThis study aimed to develop an interpretable and clinically applicable machine learning prediction model to assess the risk of adverse outcomes within one year following acute ischaemic stroke, and to establish a corresponding web...