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80 Citations
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22 March 2016

This study presents a novel approach for unsupervised change detection in multitemporal remotely sensed images. This method addresses the problem of the analysis of the difference image by proposing a novel and robust semi-supervised fuzzy C-means (R...

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  • Open Access
507 Views
15 Pages

Automatic video anomaly detection remains challenging because abnormal events are infrequent, visually heterogeneous, and weakly bounded in time. This study proposes an unsupervised framework trained only with normal video segments. The framework int...

(This article belongs to the Section AI-Driven Innovations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,561 Views
20 Pages

An Efficient and Robust Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Method Using Ensemble Random Projection in Surveillance Videos

  • Jingtao Hu,
  • En Zhu,
  • Siqi Wang,
  • Xinwang Liu and ,
  • Xifeng Guo and
  • Jianping Yin
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

24 September 2019

Video anomaly detection is widely applied in modern society, which is achieved by sensors such as surveillance cameras. This paper learns anomalies by exploiting videos under the fully unsupervised setting. To avoid massive computation caused by back...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
799 Views
23 Pages

In this study, we propose a biologically inspired Self-Organizing Map-based Artificial Visual System (SOM-AVS) for unsupervised orientation detection in static images. By combining a biologically motivated front-end visual processing module with an u...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bionic Vision Applications and Validation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
432 Views
33 Pages

20 August 2026

Remote sensing change detection technology is widely used in land-use monitoring, urban planning, and disaster assessment. However, during imaging and transmission, bi-temporal remote sensing images are vulnerable to Gaussian noise, which makes it di...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,294 Views
17 Pages

10 March 2023

Singing-voice separation is a separation task that involves a singing voice and musical accompaniment. In this paper, we propose a novel, unsupervised methodology for extracting a singing voice from the background in a musical mixture. This method is...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
460 Views
15 Pages

In semiconductor and optoelectronics manufacturing, the reliability of turbo molecular pumps (TMPs) is vital for maintaining vacuum integrity and ensuring product yield. However, acoustic monitoring in cleanrooms faces severe challenges due to ambien...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
597 Views
18 Pages

Robust Hyperspectral Anomaly Detection via Unsupervised Multiscale Feature Fusion

  • Yihan Wang,
  • Zhenhua Mu,
  • Hanyu Zhang,
  • Chuanming Song and
  • Xianghai Wang

13 May 2026

In hyperspectral image (HSI) anomaly detection (AD) methods, detecting small targets or anomalies remains challenging. This difficulty arises because targets or anomalies may vary significantly in size, shape, and texture, causing them to be obscured...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Progress in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,635 Views
18 Pages

Three-dimensional object detection based on deep neural networks (DNNs) is widely used in safety-related applications, such as autonomous driving. However, existing research has shown that 3D object detection models are vulnerable to adversarial atta...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
985 Views
33 Pages

13 April 2026

Fraud remains a critical and evolving challenge in telecommunications, costing the industry billions annually. In Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) environments, conventional supervised approaches are limited because fraud labels are scarce or d...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,289 Views
25 Pages

28 September 2023

The problem of the prompt detection of early-stage hollow worn wheels in railway vehicles via on-board random vibration measurements under normal operation and varying speeds is investigated. This is achieved based on two unsupervised statistical tim...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vibration and Acoustic Analysis of Components and Machines)
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  • Open Access
1,046 Views
20 Pages

31 March 2026

As deep learning-based Anomaly Detection (AD) transitions from theoretical research to industrial application, the focus is shifting towards operational efficiency and economic viability on edge devices. While recent studies have achieved remarkable...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI-Enhanced Industrial Sensors: From Adaptive Detection to Smart Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,551 Views
22 Pages

An Unsupervised Error Detection Methodology for Detecting Mislabels in Healthcare Analytics

  • Pei-Yuan Zhou,
  • Faith Lum,
  • Tony Jiecao Wang,
  • Anubhav Bhatti and ,
  • Surajsinh Parmar,
  • Chen Dan and
  • Andrew K. C. Wong
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Medical datasets may be imbalanced and contain errors due to subjective test results and clinical variability. The poor quality of original data affects classification accuracy and reliability. Hence, detecting abnormal samples in the dataset can hel...

(This article belongs to the Section Biosignal Processing)
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  • Open Access
682 Views
26 Pages

9 December 2025

Unsupervised learning methods significantly benefit various practical applications by effectively identifying intrinsic patterns within unlabelled data. However, inherent data noise and uncertainties often compromise model reliability, result interpr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,436 Views
19 Pages

Integrating Unsupervised Machine Intelligence and Anomaly Detection for Spatio-Temporal Dynamic Mapping Using Remote Sensing Image Series

  • Vinícius L. S. Gino,
  • Rogério G. Negri,
  • Felipe N. Souza,
  • Erivaldo A. Silva and ,
  • Adriano Bressane,
  • Tatiana S. G. Mendes and
  • Wallace Casaca
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

7 March 2023

The synergistic use of remote sensing and unsupervised machine learning has emerged as a potential tool for addressing a variety of environmental monitoring applications, such as detecting disaster-affected areas and deforestation. This paper propose...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
818 Views
24 Pages

4 June 2026

The exponential growth of social media has revolutionized global communication, enabling instant idea exchange and transforming information sharing into a worldwide phenomenon while simultaneously accelerating the spread of abusive and hateful conten...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Digital Immune System: AI-Driven Detection and Mitigation of Online Harms)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,846 Views
22 Pages

23 November 2023

Unsupervised defect detection methods have garnered substantial attention in industrial defect detection owing to their capacity to circumvent complex fault sample collection. However, these models grapple with establishing a robust boundary between...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
9,542 Views
14 Pages

7 October 2022

In IT monitoring systems, anomaly detection plays a vital role in detecting and alerting unexpected behaviors timely to system operators. With the growth of signal data in both volumes and dimensions during operation, unsupervised learning turns out...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unsupervised Anomaly Detection)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,450 Views
19 Pages

17 December 2024

Applying deep learning to unsupervised bearing fault diagnosis in complex industrial environments is challenging. Traditional fault detection methods rely on labeled data, which is costly and labor-intensive to obtain. This paper proposes a novel uns...

(This article belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
108 Citations
9,253 Views
17 Pages

28 January 2019

Hyperspectral image (HSI) change detection plays an important role in remote sensing applications, and considerable research has been done focused on improving change detection performance. However, the high dimension of hyperspectral data makes it h...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,373 Views
17 Pages

This paper assesses the effectiveness of different unsupervised Bayesian changepoint detection (BCPD) methods for identifying soil layers, using data from cone penetration tests (CPT). It compares four types of BCPD methods: a previously utilised off...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,739 Views
27 Pages

The escalating complexity of network infrastructures and the increasing sophistication of cyber threats require increasingly robust and automated Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS). This article presents a comparative investigation of the effectivenes...

(This article belongs to the Section Computational Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
613 Views
23 Pages

2 May 2026

In complex marine environments, underwater magnetic anomaly detection is challenging because target magnetic anomaly signals are typically weak and easily overwhelmed by background magnetic noise. Although deep learning-based methods have significant...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI-Driven Image and Signal Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,469 Views
23 Pages

11 June 2025

Time series anomaly detection in streaming environments faces persistent challenges due to concept drift, which gradually degrades model reliability. In this paper, we propose Anomaly Detection with Drift-Aware Ensemble-based Incremental Learning (AD...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning for Edge Computing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,597 Views
18 Pages

9 July 2025

Gearboxes are critical mechanical components in various modern constructions, including wind turbines, making their real-time monitoring and the prevention of major failures essential. Machine learning (ML) offers a precise and robust method for earl...

(This article belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
11,833 Views
42 Pages

20 June 2025

In the realm of critical infrastructure protection, robust intrusion detection systems (IDSs) are essential for securing essential services. This paper investigates the efficacy of various machine learning algorithms for anomaly detection within crit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Research on Neural Networks and Anomaly Detection)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,045 Views
26 Pages

4 February 2026

This work proposes a novel tree detection methodology, named DTCD (Distance Transform Circle Detection), based on a fast circle detection method via Distance Transform and Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) optimization. More specifically, a visible-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Vegetation Biophysical Parameters Estimation (Second Edition))
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,048 Views
21 Pages

26 December 2024

Effective network intrusion detection using anomaly scores from unsupervised machine learning models depends on the performance of the models. Although unsupervised models do not require labels during the training and testing phases, the assessment o...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
967 Views
29 Pages

1 November 2025

The deployment of deep learning models in Internet of Things (IoT) systems is increasingly threatened by adversarial attacks. To address the challenge of effectively detecting adversarial examples generated by Generative Adversarial Networks (AdvGANs...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue IoT Network Security (Second Edition))
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  • Open Access
82 Citations
14,589 Views
16 Pages

Industrial control systems (ICSs) play a crucial role in managing and monitoring critical processes across various industries, such as manufacturing, energy, and water treatment. The connection of equipment from various manufacturers, complex communi...

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  • Open Access
981 Views
30 Pages

Existing unsupervised anomaly detection methods suffer from insufficient parameter precision, poor robustness to noise, and limited generalization capability. To address these issues, this paper proposes an Adaptive Diffusion Adversarial Evolutionary...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,064 Views
14 Pages

The surge in credit fraud incidents poses a critical threat to financial systems, driving the need for robust and adaptive fraud detection solutions. While various predictive models have been developed, existing approaches often struggle with two per...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,758 Views
13 Pages

Detecting Cyber Fraud in Banking Transactions via Machine Learning Techniques: Implications for Financial Stability

  • Lamprini Konsta,
  • Dimitrios Dimitriou,
  • Anastasios Papathanasiou and
  • Vasiliki Liagkou

10 March 2026

This study empirically investigates the performance of Elastic Machine Learning, an industrial, unsupervised anomaly detection tool, in the identification of fraudulent behavior in banking transactions. Using AI-generated datasets that were designed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
952 Views
14 Pages

15 March 2026

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a valuable non-invasive modality for brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), but robust signal interpretation is challenged by the significant temporal variability of the hemodynamic response. Standard linea...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Sensor Technologies for Neuroimaging and Neurorehabilitation)
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  • Open Access
1,605 Views
18 Pages

Unsupervised Anomaly Detection of Internal Reconnection Events in the VEST Spherical Tokamak

  • Dae-Won Ok,
  • Dae-Yeol Pyo,
  • Hong-Sik Yun,
  • Yong-Seok Hwang and
  • Yong-Su Na

29 March 2026

Internal reconnection events (IREs) are rapid magnetohydrodynamic phenomena that play an important role in the confinement and stability of spherical tokamak plasmas. Reliable identification of IREs in experimental data is challenging due to short di...

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  • Open Access
37 Citations
9,902 Views
19 Pages

Image Fusion-Based Land Cover Change Detection Using Multi-Temporal High-Resolution Satellite Images

  • Biao Wang,
  • Jaewan Choi,
  • Seokeun Choi,
  • Soungki Lee and ,
  • Penghai Wu and
  • Yan Gao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

5 August 2017

Change detection is usually treated as a problem of explicitly detecting land cover transitions in satellite images obtained at different times, and helps with emergency response and government management. This study presents an unsupervised change d...

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  • Open Access
1,020 Views
23 Pages

Automatic Detection of Newly Built Buildings Utilizing Change Information and Building Indices

  • Xiaoyu Chang,
  • Min Wang,
  • Gang Wang,
  • Hengbin Xiong and ,
  • Zhonghao Yuan and
  • Jinyong Chen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 November 2025

Rapid urbanization drives significant land use transformations, making the timely detection of newly constructed buildings a critical research focus. This study presents a novel unsupervised framework that integrates pixel-level change detection with...

(This article belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,259 Views
20 Pages

5 January 2025

Laser welding, widely used in industries such as automotive and aerospace, requires precise monitoring to ensure defect-free welds, especially when joining dissimilar metallic thin foils. This study investigates the application of machine learning te...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Energy, Manufacturing and Automatic Control Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
375 Views
28 Pages

Motion perception in biological vision is influenced by experience-dependent processes, during which direction-selective responses emerge and are further refined over time, although the underlying mechanisms remain partially understood. This study pr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wearable and Intelligent (Bio)Electronics for Healthcare: From Sensors to AI)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,122 Views
20 Pages

Unsupervised video anomaly detection (VAD) aims to identify unusual events by learning from unlabeled videos. However, many current methods overlook the fine-grained spatiotemporal dynamics of human poses, which are crucial for detecting localized an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue From Visual Perception to Spatiotemporal Understanding)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,413 Views
18 Pages

Convolutional Autoencoding and Gaussian Mixture Clustering for Unsupervised Beat-to-Beat Heart Rate Estimation of Electrocardiograms from Wearable Sensors

  • Jun Zhong,
  • Dong Hai,
  • Jiaxin Cheng,
  • Changzhe Jiao and ,
  • Shuiping Gou,
  • Yongfeng Liu,
  • Hong Zhou and
  • Wenliang Zhu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

28 October 2021

Heart rate is one of the most important diagnostic bases for cardiovascular disease. This paper introduces a deep autoencoding strategy into feature extraction of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, and proposes a beat-to-beat heart rate estimation meth...

(This article belongs to the Section Biosensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,077 Views
25 Pages

23 May 2025

Missing data introduce uncertainty in data mining, but existing set-valued approaches ignore frequency information. We propose unsupervised attribute reduction algorithms for multiset-valued data to address this gap. First, we define a multiset-value...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,465 Views
19 Pages

20 May 2025

In anomaly detection tasks, labeled defect data are often scarce. Unsupervised learning leverages only normal samples during training, making it particularly suitable for anomaly detection tasks. Among unsupervised methods, normalizing flow models ha...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,662 Views
17 Pages

23 December 2021

Deep learning provides new ways for defect detection in automatic optical inspections (AOI). However, the existing deep learning methods require thousands of images of defects to be used for training the algorithms. It limits the usability of these a...

(This article belongs to the Collection Computer Vision, Deep Learning and Machine Learning with Applications)
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  • Open Access
537 Views
17 Pages

28 May 2026

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have achieved remarkable progress in community detection, which is an essential topic in network analysis with the aim of dividing a network into multiple subgraphs to mine potential information. However, most existing GN...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Mathematical Methods for Machine Learning, Neural Networks, and Computer Vision)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,326 Views
12 Pages

20 January 2021

Hyperspectral microscope images (HMIs) have been previously explored as a tool for the early and rapid detection of common foodborne pathogenic bacteria. A robust unsupervised classification approach to differentiate bacterial species with the potent...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Spectroscopy in Food Analysis: Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,447 Views
17 Pages

Industrial quality control is an important task. Most of the existing vision-based unsupervised industrial anomaly detection and segmentation methods require that the training set only consists of normal samples, which is difficult to ensure in pract...

(This article belongs to the Topic Big Data and Artificial Intelligence)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,226 Views
16 Pages

3 December 2023

Reliability and robustness are fundamental requisites for the successful integration of deep-learning models into real-world applications. Deployed models must exhibit an awareness of their limitations, necessitating the ability to discern out-of-dis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,028 Views
23 Pages

Uncertainty-Aware Time Series Anomaly Detection

  • Paul Wiessner,
  • Grigor Bezirganyan,
  • Sana Sellami,
  • Richard Chbeir and
  • Hans-Joachim Bungartz

31 October 2024

Traditional anomaly detection methods in time series data often struggle with inherent uncertainties like noise and missing values. Indeed, current approaches mostly focus on quantifying epistemic uncertainty and ignore data-dependent uncertainty. Ho...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): Trends and Technologies)
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  • Open Access
1,053 Views
16 Pages

29 April 2026

Background: Nanopore sequencing produces ionic current signals that are sensitive to chemical modifications in DNA and RNA molecules. However, accurate modification detection remains challenging due to limited labeled data and variability across expe...

(This article belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)

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