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Verses at the Court of the King: Shifts in the Historical Imagination of the Sanskrit Literary Tradition during the Second Millennium
2022
This essay argues that the rise and circulation of large numbers of Sanskrit literary anthologies as well as story traditions about poets in the second millennium together index important changes in the ‘author-function’ within the Sanskrit literary tradition. While modern ‘empirical authorship’ and external referentiality in Sanskrit has long been deemed ‘elusive'by Western scholarship, the new forms of literary production in the second millennium suggest a distinct new interest in authorship among wider literary communities. This new ‘author-function’ indexed a shift in the perceptions of literary production and the literary tradition itself. Focusing on the famous sixteenth-century work known as the Bhojaprabandha as both an anthology as well as a storybook about poets, this essay further argues that the paradigmatic courts of kings like Vikramāditya and Bhoja (but particularly the latter), placed not in historical time but in an archaic temporality, became the mise en scène for the figure of the poet in the second-millennium literary imagination. They were courts where the finest poets of the tradition appeared and where their virtuosity could be savored and reflected upon by generations of readers.
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Ensemble effort estimation with metaheuristic hyperparameters and weight optimization for achieving accuracy
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Haider Butt, Wasi
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Daud, Ali
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Yasmin, Anum
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Algorithms
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Computer and Information Sciences
2024
Software development effort estimation (SDEE) is recognized as vital activity for effective project management since under or over estimating can lead to unsuccessful utilization of project resources. Machine learning (ML) algorithms are largely contributing in SDEE domain, particularly ensemble effort estimation (EEE) works well in rectifying bias and subjectivity to solo ML learners. Performance of EEE significantly depends on hyperparameter composition as well as weight assignment mechanism of solo learners. However, in EEE domain, impact of optimization in terms of hyperparameter tunning as well as weight assignment is explored by few researchers. This study aims in improving SDEE performance by incorporating metaheuristic hyperparameter and weight optimization in EEE, which enables accuracy and diversity to the ensemble model. The study proposed Metaheuristic-optimized Multi-dimensional bagging scheme and Weighted Ensemble (MoMdbWE) approach. This is achieved by proposed search space division and hyperparameter optimization method named as Multi-dimensional bagging (Mdb) . Metaheuristic algorithm considered for this work is Firefly algorithm (FFA), to get best hyperparameters of three base ML algorithms (Random Forest, Support vector machine and Deep Neural network) since FFA has shown promising results of fitness in terms of MAE. Further enhancement in performance is achieved by incorporating FFA-based weight optimization to construct Metaheuristic-optimized weighted ensemble (MoWE) of individual multi-dimensional bagging schemes. Proposed scheme is implemented on eight frequently utilized effort estimation datasets and results are evaluated by 5 error metrices (MAE, RMSE, MMRE, MdMRE, Pred), standard accuracy and effect size along with Wilcox statistical test. Findings confirmed that the use of FFA optimization for hyperparameter (with search space sub-division) and for ensemble weights, has significantly enhanced performance in comparison with individual base algorithms as well as other homogeneous and heterogenous EEE techniques.
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Knowledge Production, Pedagogy, and Institutions in Colonial India
\"This volume seeks to radically revise the Saidian analytical framework which dominated research on the subject of colonial knowledge for almost two decades and which emphasized colonial knowledge as a series of representations of colonial hegemony. It seeks to contribute substantially to research in the field by analyzing knowledge in colonial India as a dynamic process, produced in historically specific, and changing, social and intellectual contexts, and as an essentially unstable, fractured and contingent set of ideas and practices, produced in unpredictable and often self-contradictory ways for different audiences. It also focuses on the very important and neglected questions of indigenous agency in producing knowledge in colonial India and the related problem of knowledge dissemination and transmission\"-- Provided by publisher.
Prediction of antifreeze proteins using machine learning
2022
Living organisms including fishes, microbes, and animals can live in extremely cold weather. To stay alive in cold environments, these species generate antifreeze proteins (AFPs), also referred to as ice-binding proteins. Moreover, AFPs are extensively utilized in many important fields including medical, agricultural, industrial, and biotechnological. Several predictors were constructed to identify AFPs. However, due to the sequence and structural heterogeneity of AFPs, correct identification is still a challenging task. It is highly desirable to develop a more promising predictor. In this research, a novel computational method, named AFP-LXGB has been proposed for prediction of AFPs more precisely. The information is explored by Dipeptide Composition (DPC), Grouped Amino Acid Composition (GAAC), Position Specific Scoring Matrix-Segmentation-Autocorrelation Transformation (Sg-PSSM-ACT), and Pseudo Position Specific Scoring Matrix Tri-Slicing (PseTS-PSSM). Keeping the benefits of ensemble learning, these feature sets are concatenated into different combinations. The best feature set is selected by Extremely Randomized Tree-Recursive Feature Elimination (ERT-RFE). The models are trained by Light eXtreme Gradient Boosting (LXGB), Random Forest (RF), and Extremely Randomized Tree (ERT). Among classifiers, LXGB has obtained the best prediction results. The novel method (AFP-LXGB) improved the accuracies by 3.70% and 4.09% than the best methods. These results verified that AFP-LXGB can predict AFPs more accurately and can participate in a significant role in medical, agricultural, industrial, and biotechnological fields.
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Optimizing healthcare big data performance through regional computing
2025
The healthcare sector is experiencing a digital transformation propelled by the Internet of Medical Things (IOMT), real-time patient monitoring, robotic surgery, Electronic Health Records (EHR), medical imaging, and wearable technologies. This proliferation of digital tools generates vast quantities of healthcare data. Efficient and timely analysis of this data is critical for enhancing patient outcomes and optimizing care delivery. Real-time processing of Healthcare Big Data (HBD) offers significant potential for improved diagnostics, continuous monitoring, and effective surgical interventions. However, conventional cloud-based processing systems face challenges due to the sheer volume and time-sensitive nature of this data. The migration of large datasets to centralized cloud infrastructures often results in latency, which impedes real-time applications. Furthermore, network congestion exacerbates these challenges, delaying access to vital insights necessary for informed decision-making. Such limitations hinder healthcare professionals from fully leveraging the capabilities of emerging technologies and big data analytics. To mitigate these issues, this paper proposes a Regional Computing (RC) paradigm for the management of HBD. The RC framework establishes strategically positioned regional servers capable of regionally collecting, processing, and storing medical data, thereby reducing dependence on centralized cloud resources, especially during peak usage periods. This innovative approach effectively addresses the constraints of traditional cloud processing, facilitating real-time data analysis at the regional level. Ultimately, it empowers healthcare providers with the timely information required to deliver data-driven, personalized care and optimize treatment strategies.
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Using deep learning and word embeddings for predicting human agreeableness behavior
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Ramzan, Muhammad
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Alsini, Raed
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Khan, Hikmat Ullah
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631/114/1305
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631/114/2164
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631/114/2397
2024
The latest advancements of deep learning have resulted in a new era of natural language processing. The machines now possess an unparallel ability to interpret and engage with various tasks such as text classification, content generation and natural language understanding. This development extended to the analysis of human behavior, where deep learning models are used to decode human personality. Due to the rise of social media, generating huge amounts of textual data that reshaped communication patterns. Understanding personality traits is a challenging topic which helps us to explore the patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors which are helpful for recruitment, career counselling and consumers’ behavior for marketing, etc. In this research study, the main aim is to predict the human personality trait of agreeableness showing whether a person is emotional who feels a lot or thinker who is logical and has rational thinking. This behavior leads to analyzing them as cooperative, friendly and respecting difference of views. For comprehensive empirical analysis, shallow machine learning models, ensemble models, and deep learning technique including state of the art transformer-based models are applied on real-world dataset of MBTI. For feature engineering, textual features of TF-IDF and POS tagging and word embeddings such as word2vec, glove and sentence embeddings are explored. The results analysis shows the highest performance 91.57% with sentence embeddings utilizing Bi-LSTM algorithm that highlights the power of this study as compared to existing studies in the relevant literature.
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Anomaly-based threat detection in smart health using machine learning
2024
Background
Anomaly detection is crucial in healthcare data due to challenges associated with the integration of smart technologies and healthcare. Anomaly in electronic health record can be associated with an insider trying to access and manipulate the data. This article focuses around the anomalies under different contexts.
Methodology
This research has proposed methodology to secure Electronic Health Records (EHRs) within a complex environment. We have employed a systematic approach encompassing data preprocessing, labeling, modeling, and evaluation. Anomalies are not labelled thus a mechanism is required that predicts them with greater accuracy and less false positive results. This research utilized unsupervised machine learning algorithms that includes Isolation Forest and Local Outlier Factor clustering algorithms. By calculating anomaly scores and validating clustering through metrics like the Silhouette Score and Dunn Score, we enhanced the capacity to secure sensitive healthcare data evolving digital threats. Three variations of Isolation Forest (IForest)models (SVM, Decision Tree, and Random Forest) and three variations of Local Outlier Factor (LOF) models (SVM, Decision Tree, and Random Forest) are evaluated based on accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and F1 Score.
Results
Isolation Forest SVM achieves the highest accuracy of 99.21%, high sensitivity (99.75%) and specificity (99.32%), and a commendable F1 Score of 98.72%. The Isolation Forest Decision Tree also performs well with an accuracy of 98.92% and an F1 Score of 99.35%. However, the Isolation Forest Random Forest exhibits lower specificity (72.84%) than the other models.
Conclusion
The experimental results reveal that Isolation Forest SVM emerges as the top performer showcasing the effectiveness of these models in anomaly detection tasks. The proposed methodology utilizing isolation forest and SVM produced better results by detecting anomalies with less false positives in this specific EHR of a hospital in North England. Furthermore the proposal is also able to identify new contextual anomalies that were not identified in the baseline methodology.
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Healthcare insurance fraud detection using data mining
2024
Background
Healthcare programs and insurance initiatives play a crucial role in ensuring that people have access to medical care. There are many benefits of healthcare insurance programs but fraud in healthcare continues to be a significant challenge in the insurance industry. Healthcare insurance fraud detection faces challenges from evolving and sophisticated fraud schemes that adapt to detection methods. Analyzing extensive healthcare data is hindered by complexity, data quality issues, and the need for real-time detection, while privacy concerns and false positives pose additional hurdles. The lack of standardization in coding and limited resources further complicate efforts to address fraudulent activities effectively.
Methodolgy
In this study, a fraud detection methodology is presented that utilizes association rule mining augmented with unsupervised learning techniques to detect healthcare insurance fraud. Dataset from the Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 2008-2010 DE-SynPUF is used for analysis. The proposed methodology works in two stages. First, association rule mining is used to extract frequent rules from the transactions based on patient, service and service provider features. Second, the extracted rules are passed to unsupervised classifiers, such as IF, CBLOF, ECOD, and OCSVM, to identify fraudulent activity.
Results
Descriptive analysis shows patterns and trends in the data revealing interesting relationship among diagnosis codes, procedure codes and the physicians. The baseline anomaly detection algorithms generated results in 902.24 seconds. Another experiment retrieved frequent rules using association rule mining with apriori algorithm combined with unsupervised techniques in 868.18 seconds. The silhouette scoring method calculated the efficacy of four different anomaly detection techniques showing CBLOF with highest score of 0.114 followed by isolation forest with the score of 0.103. The ECOD and OCSVM techniques have lower scores of 0.063 and 0.060, respectively.
Conclusion
The proposed methodology enhances healthcare insurance fraud detection by using association rule mining for pattern discovery and unsupervised classifiers for effective anomaly detection.
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