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  • Open Access
74 Citations
8,519 Views
25 Pages

6 August 2013

Aboveground biomass (AGB) is one of the strategic biophysical variables of interest in vegetation studies. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR) for estimating th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
2,636 Views
17 Pages

11 February 2022

This paper deals with the development of a Machine Learning (ML)-based regression for the construction of complex-valued surrogate models for the analysis of the frequency-domain responses of electromagnetic (EM) structures. The proposed approach rel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,696 Views
14 Pages

25 December 2022

The long-term demand forecast for annual national electricity and energy consumption plays a vital role in future strategic planning, power system installation programming, energy investment planning, and next-generation unit construction. Three mach...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
15,772 Views
14 Pages

10 March 2009

We describe an Electronic Nose (ENose) system which is able to identify the type of analyte and to estimate its concentration. The system consists of seven sensors, five of them being gas sensors (supplied with different heater voltage values), the r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,067 Views
17 Pages

Coupled Least Squares Support Vector Ensemble Machines

  • Dickson Keddy Wornyo and
  • Xiang-Jun Shen

The least squares support vector method is a popular data-driven modeling method which shows better performance and has been successfully applied in a wide range of applications. In this paper, we propose a novel coupled least squares support vector...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,939 Views
10 Pages

7 August 2012

Visible and near infrared (Vis/NIR) spectroscopy was investigated for the fast analysis of superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaves. Seven different spectra preprocessing methods were compared. Four regression methods...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
8,246 Views
15 Pages

14 October 2013

Notoginseng is a classical traditional Chinese medical herb, which is of high economic and medical value. Notoginseng powder (NP) could be easily adulterated with Sophora flavescens powder (SFP) or corn flour (CF), because of their similar tastes and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,609 Views
28 Pages

Field-Scale Rice Yield Prediction in Northern Coastal Region of Peru Using Sentinel-2 Vegetation Indices and Machine Learning Models

  • Isabel Jarro-Espinal,
  • José Huanuqueño-Murillo,
  • Javier Quille-Mamani,
  • David Quispe-Tito,
  • Lia Ramos-Fernández,
  • Edwin Pino-Vargas and
  • Alfonso Torres-Rua

30 September 2025

Accurate rice yield prediction is essential for optimizing water management and supporting decision-making in agricultural systems, particularly in arid environments where irrigation efficiency is critical. This study assessed five machine learning a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
4,326 Views
16 Pages

6 July 2020

Recently, the quality of fresh water resources is threatened by numerous pollutants. Prediction of water quality is an important tool for controlling and reducing water pollution. By employing superior big data processing ability of deep learning it...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,061 Views
20 Pages

17 May 2019

Due to solar radiation and other meteorological factors, photovoltaic (PV) output is intermittent and random. Accurate and reliable photovoltaic power prediction can improve the stability and safety of grid operation. Compared to solar power point pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,449 Views
17 Pages

Monitoring the Composting Process of Olive Oil Industry Waste: Benchtop FT-NIR vs. Miniaturized NIR Spectrometer

  • Marta P. Rueda,
  • Ana Domínguez-Vidal,
  • Víctor Aranda and
  • María José Ayora-Cañada

22 December 2024

Miniaturized near-infrared (NIR) spectrometers are revolutionizing the agri-food industry thanks to their compact size and ultra-fast analysis capabilities. This work compares the analytical performance of a handheld NIR spectrometer and a benchtop F...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
5,754 Views
27 Pages

Improving Accuracy of Herbage Yield Predictions in Perennial Ryegrass with UAV-Based Structural and Spectral Data Fusion and Machine Learning

  • Joanna Pranga,
  • Irene Borra-Serrano,
  • Jonas Aper,
  • Tom De Swaef,
  • An Ghesquiere,
  • Paul Quataert,
  • Isabel Roldán-Ruiz,
  • Ivan A. Janssens,
  • Greet Ruysschaert and
  • Peter Lootens

1 September 2021

High-throughput field phenotyping using close remote sensing platforms and sensors for non-destructive assessment of plant traits can support the objective evaluation of yield predictions of large breeding trials. The main objective of this study was...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,725 Views
13 Pages

8 July 2022

In the current scenario of anthropogenic climate change, carbon credit security is becoming increasingly important worldwide. Topsoil is the terrestrial ecosystem component with the largest carbon sequestration capacity. Since soil organic matter (SO...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,547 Views
20 Pages

Linking Singular Spectrum Analysis and Machine Learning for Monthly Rainfall Forecasting

  • Pa Ousman Bojang,
  • Tao-Chang Yang,
  • Quoc Bao Pham and
  • Pao-Shan Yu

6 May 2020

Monthly rainfall forecasts can be translated into monthly runoff predictions that could support water resources planning and management activities. Therefore, development of monthly rainfall forecasting models in reservoir watersheds is essential for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,123 Views
17 Pages

Gentiana rigescens is a precious herbal medicine in China because of its liver-protective and choleretic effects. A method for the qualitative identification and quantitative evaluation of G. rigescens from Yunnan Province, China, has been developed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
9,597 Views
26 Pages

Accurate modeling for nonlinear and nonstationary rainfall-runoff processes is essential for performing hydrologic practices effectively. This paper proposes two hybrid machine learning models (MLMs) coupled with variational mode decomposition (VMD)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,380 Views
21 Pages

14 June 2024

Ensuring the accuracy of wind power prediction is paramount for the reliable and stable operation of power systems. This study introduces a novel approach aimed at enhancing the precision of wind power prediction through the development of a multisca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,228 Views
21 Pages

Estimating Forest Soil Properties for Humus Assessment—Is Vis-NIR the Way to Go?

  • Felix Thomas,
  • Rainer Petzold,
  • Solveig Landmark,
  • Hannes Mollenhauer,
  • Carina Becker and
  • Ulrike Werban

11 March 2022

Recently, forest management faces new challenges resulting from increasing temperatures and drought occurrences. For sustainable, site-specific management strategies, the availability of up to date soil information is crucial. Proximal soil sensing t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,853 Views
23 Pages

Spatiotemporal Prediction and Mapping of Heavy Metals at Regional Scale Using Regression Methods and Landsat 7

  • Abdul M. Mouazen,
  • Felix Nyarko,
  • Muhammad Qaswar,
  • Gergely Tóth,
  • Anne Gobin and
  • Dimitrios Moshou

16 November 2021

Soil contamination by heavy metals is of particular concern, due to the direct negative impact on crop yield, food quality and human health. Although the conventional approach to monitor heavy metals relies on field sampling and lab analysis, the pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
7,004 Views
17 Pages

21 October 2015

An electronic nose (e-nose) was used to characterize sesame oils processed by three different methods (hot-pressed, cold-pressed, and refined), as well as blends of the sesame oils and soybean oil. Seven classification and prediction methods, namely...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,261 Views
16 Pages

17 January 2021

Eddy current (EC) measurements, widely used for diagnostics of conductive materials, are highly dependent on physical properties and geometry of a sample as well as on a design of an EC-sensor. For a sensor of a given design, the conductivity and thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,606 Views
21 Pages

Soil Moisture Retrievals by Combining Passive Microwave and Optical Data

  • Cheng Tong,
  • Hongquan Wang,
  • Ramata Magagi,
  • Kalifa Goïta,
  • Luyao Zhu,
  • Mengying Yang and
  • Jinsong Deng

28 September 2020

This paper aims to retrieve the temporal dynamics of soil moisture from 2015 to 2019 over an agricultural site in Southeast Australia using the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) brightness temperature. To meet this objective, two machine learning a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
9,662 Views
28 Pages

Building Extraction Using Orthophotos and Dense Point Cloud Derived from Visual Band Aerial Imagery Based on Machine Learning and Segmentation

  • Aletta Dóra Schlosser,
  • Gergely Szabó,
  • László Bertalan,
  • Zsolt Varga,
  • Péter Enyedi and
  • Szilárd Szabó

26 July 2020

Urban sprawl related increase of built-in areas requires reliable monitoring methods and remote sensing can be an efficient technique. Aerial surveys, with high spatial resolution, provide detailed data for building monitoring, but archive images usu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
97 Citations
13,524 Views
11 Pages

23 August 2020

Real estate price prediction is crucial for the establishment of real estate policies and can help real estate owners and agents make informative decisions. The aim of this study is to employ actual transaction data and machine learning models to pre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
862 Views
28 Pages

Prediction of Cover–Subsidence Sinkhole Volume Using Fibre Bragg Grating Strain Sensor Data

  • Wesley B. Richardson,
  • Suné von Solms,
  • Johan Meyer and
  • Charis Harley

3 April 2025

Sinkholes are geohazards that commonly form in karstifiable terrain and are an ever-present danger to infrastructure and human life. This paper aims to answer the question: Can a cover–subsidence sinkhole’s volume be determined using fibr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,306 Views
13 Pages

Prediction of Wind Speed Using Hybrid Techniques

  • Luis Lopez,
  • Ingrid Oliveros,
  • Luis Torres,
  • Lacides Ripoll,
  • Jose Soto,
  • Giovanny Salazar and
  • Santiago Cantillo

28 November 2020

This paper presents a methodology to calculate day-ahead wind speed predictions based on historical measurements done by weather stations. The methodology was tested for three locations: Colombia, Ecuador, and Spain. The data is input into the proces...

  • Article
  • Open Access
650 Views
15 Pages

Rapid Detection of Protein Content in Fuzzy Cottonseeds Using Portable Spectrometers and Machine Learning

  • Xiaofeng Dong,
  • Qingxu Li,
  • Zhenwei Luo,
  • Sun Zhang,
  • Hongzhou Zhang and
  • Guoqiang Jin

10 October 2025

This study developed a rapid, non-destructive method for the quantitative detection of protein in cottonseed by integrating near-infrared (NIR) fiber spectroscopy with chemometric machine learning. The establishment of this method holds significant i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,869 Views
14 Pages

Detection of Adulterations in Fruit Juices Using Machine Learning Methods over FT-IR Spectroscopic Data

  • José Luis P. Calle,
  • Marta Ferreiro-González,
  • Ana Ruiz-Rodríguez,
  • Daniel Fernández and
  • Miguel Palma

11 March 2022

Fruit juices are one of the most adulterated beverages, usually because of the addition of water, sugars, or less expensive fruit juices. This study presents a method based on Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), in combination with machi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,134 Views
17 Pages

30 January 2024

The rapid and accurate estimation of the nitrogen content of fruit trees helps to achieve a precise management of orchards. Hyperspectral data were collected from leaves of apple tree canopies at different fertility stages through field experiments t...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,090 Views
9 Pages

Generation of Synthetic Hyperspectral Image Cube for Mapping Soil Organic Carbon Using Proximal Remote Sensing

  • Rajan G. Rejith,
  • Rabi N. Sahoo,
  • Tarun Kondraju,
  • Amrita Bhandari,
  • Rajeev Ranjan and
  • Ali Moursy

The advent of hyperspectral remote sensing represented a breakthrough in the accurate, fast, and non-invasive estimation of important soil fertility parameters. The present study utilizes non-imaging hyperspectral data in the spectral range of 350&nd...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,541 Views
12 Pages

18 November 2022

Aiming at the problems of large active control errors and long control times in the active control method for high-speed motor rotor eccentric vibration, an active control method for high-speed motor rotor eccentric vibration based on a least squares...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,843 Views
17 Pages

9 May 2024

Photothermal techniques are infrared remote sensing techniques that have been used for biomedical applications, as well as industrial non-destructive testing (NDT). Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence, which includes a set of algo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,570 Views
10 Pages

Potentiometric multisensor systems were shown to be very promising tools for the quantification of numerous analytes in complex radioactive samples deriving from spent nuclear fuel reprocessing. Traditional multivariate calibration for these multisen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,742 Views
13 Pages

12 September 2012

To overcome the performance degradation in the presence of steering vector mismatches, strict restrictions on the number of available snapshots, and numerous interferences, a novel beamforming approach based on nonlinear least-square support vector r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,355 Views
21 Pages

Non-Destructive Detection of External Defects in Potatoes Using Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Learning

  • Ping Zhao,
  • Xiaojian Wang,
  • Qing Zhao,
  • Qingbing Xu,
  • Yiru Sun and
  • Xiaofeng Ning

For potato external defect detection, ordinary spectral technology has limitations in detail detection and processing accuracy, while the machine vision method has the limitation of a long feedback time. To realize accurate and rapid external defect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,289 Views
26 Pages

17 November 2021

The problems that the key biomass variables in Pichia pastoris fermentation process are difficult measure in real time; this paper mainly proposes a multi-model soft sensor modeling method based on the piecewise affine (PWA) modeling method, which is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,053 Views
30 Pages

7 January 2021

Several attempts have been made for estimating the vital swelling index parameter conducted by the expensive and time-consuming Oedometer test. However, they have only focused on the neuron network neglecting other advanced methods that could have in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,385 Views
10 Pages

Evaluation of the Bitterness of Traditional Chinese Medicines using an E-Tongue Coupled with a Robust Partial Least Squares Regression Method

  • Zhaozhou Lin,
  • Qiao Zhang,
  • Ruixin Liu,
  • Xiaojie Gao,
  • Lu Zhang,
  • Bingya Kang,
  • Junhan Shi,
  • Zidan Wu,
  • Xinjing Gui and
  • Xuelin Li

25 January 2016

To accurately, safely, and efficiently evaluate the bitterness of Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCMs), a robust predictor was developed using robust partial least squares (RPLS) regression method based on data obtained from an electronic tongue (e-t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,056 Views
17 Pages

Development of a Predictive Tool for the Parametric Analysis of a Turbofan Engine

  • Zara Ahmed,
  • Muhammad Umer Sohail,
  • Asma Javed and
  • Raees Fida Swati

27 September 2023

Parametric cycle analysis, an on-design engine study, specifies the required design characteristics that optimize engine performance. This study aimed to conduct a parametric analysis of a low-bypass turbofan engine with an afterburner, F100-PW229, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,337 Views
17 Pages

6 July 2019

Traditional compensation methods based on temperature-related parameters are not effective for complex total reflection prism laser gyro (TRPLG) bias variation. Because the high frequency oscillator voltage (UHFO) fundamentally affects the TRPLG bias...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,131 Views
14 Pages

8 January 2019

A solution for forecasting the dissolved gases in oil-immersed transformers has been proposed based on the wavelet technique and least squares support vector machine. In order to optimize the hyper-parameters of the constructed wavelet LS-SVM regress...

  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
5,713 Views
24 Pages

7 August 2020

Linear partial least square and non-linear support vector machine regression analysis with various preprocessing techniques and their combinations were used to determine the soluble solids content of hardy kiwi fruits by a handheld, portable near-inf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,191 Views
12 Pages

Detection of Hardening in Mangosteens Using near-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging

  • Saranya Workhwa,
  • Thitirat Khanthong,
  • Napatsorn Manmak,
  • Anthony Keith Thompson and
  • Sontisuk Teerachaichayut

Mangosteens can develop a postharvest physiological disorder, called “hardening”, which affects their marketability and is not detectable using visual inspection. The hardening disorder of mangosteens was determined by firmness value usin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,703 Views
15 Pages

25 March 2024

In this paper, we explore a novel model for pricing Chinese convertible bonds that seamlessly integrates machine learning techniques with traditional models. The least squares Monte Carlo (LSM) method is effective in handling multiple state variables...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,061 Views
33 Pages

A Novel Framework Based on the Stacking Ensemble Machine Learning (SEML) Method: Application in Wind Speed Modeling

  • Amirreza Morshed-Bozorgdel,
  • Mojtaba Kadkhodazadeh,
  • Mahdi Valikhan Anaraki and
  • Saeed Farzin

Wind speed (WS) is an important factor in wind power generation. Because of this, drastic changes in the WS make it challenging to analyze accurately. Therefore, this study proposed a novel framework based on the stacking ensemble machine learning (S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
6,439 Views
13 Pages

21 March 2019

Natural gas is often described as the cleanest fossil fuel. The consumption of natural gas is increasing rapidly. Accurate prediction of natural gas spot prices would significantly benefit energy management, economic development, and environmental co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,820 Views
12 Pages

23 August 2017

Rapid, non-destructive, and accurate quantitative determination of the effective components in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is required by industries, planters, and regulators. In this study, near-infrared hyperspectral imaging was applied for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,117 Views
13 Pages

Miniaturized Near-Infrared Analyzer for Quantitative Detection of Trace Water in Ethylene Glycol

  • Qunling Luo,
  • Zhiqiang Guo,
  • Danping Lin,
  • Boxue Chang and
  • Yinlan Ruan

27 May 2025

To address the limitations of a traditional Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer, including its bulky size, high cost, and unsuitability for on-site industrial detection, this study developed a Fourier-transform near-infrared (FT-NIR) absor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,537 Views
16 Pages

Microbiological Quality Assessment of Chicken Thigh Fillets Using Spectroscopic Sensors and Multivariate Data Analysis

  • Evgenia D. Spyrelli,
  • Christina K. Papachristou,
  • George-John E. Nychas and
  • Efstathios Z. Panagou

7 November 2021

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and multispectral imaging (MSI) were evaluated for the prediction of the microbiological quality of poultry meat via regression and classification models. Chicken thigh fillets (n = 402) were subjected...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,402 Views
24 Pages

27 April 2024

The intensity of the odor in food-grade paraffin waxes is a pivotal quality characteristic, with odor panel ratings currently serving as the primary criterion for its assessment. This study presents an innovative method for assessing odor intensity i...

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