Smart agricultural systems have received a great deal of interest in recent years because of their potential for improving the efficiency and productivity of farming practices. These systems gather and analyze environmental data such as temperature, soil moisture, humidity, etc., using sensor networks and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This information can then be utilized to improve crop growth, identify plant illnesses, and minimize water usage. However, dealing with data complexity and dynamism can be difficult when using traditional processing methods. As a solution to this, we offer a novel framework that combines Machine Learning (ML) with a Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithm to optimize traffic routing inside Software-Defined Networks (SDN) through traffic classifications. ML models such as Logistic Regression (LR), Random Forest (RF), k-nearest Neighbours (KNN), Support Vector Machines (SVM), Naive Bayes (NB), and Decision Trees (DT) are used to categorize data traffic into emergency, normal, and on-demand. The basic version of RL, i.e., the Q-learning (QL) algorithm, is utilized alongside the SDN paradigm to optimize routing based on traffic classes. It is worth mentioning that RF and DT outperform the other ML models in terms of accuracy. Our results illustrate the importance of the suggested technique in optimizing traffic routing in SDN environments. Integrating ML-based data classification with the QL method improves resource allocation, reduces latency, and improves the delivery of emergency traffic. The versatility of SDN facilitates the adaption of routing algorithms depending on real-time changes in network circumstances and traffic characteristics.
Parkinson’s disease (PD) Dysgraphia is a disorder that affects most PD patients and is characterized by handwriting anomalies caused mostly by motor dysfunctions. Several effective ways to quantify PD dysgraphia analysis have been used, including online handwriting processing. In this research, an integrated approach, using a combination of a convolutional neural network (CNN) and long short-term memory (LSTM) layers along with a Random Forest (RF) classifier, is proposed for dysgraphia classification. The proposed approach uses uniform and normal distributions to randomly initialize the weights and biases of the CNN and LSTM layers. The CNN-LSTM model predictions are paired with the RF classifier to enhance the model’s accuracy and endurance. The suggested method shows promise in identifying handwriting symbols for those with dysgraphia, with the CNN-LSTM model’s accuracy being improved by the RF classifier. The suggested strategy may assist people with dysgraphia in writing duties and enhance their general writing skills. The experimental results indicate that the suggested approach achieves higher accuracy.
19 June 2024 in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) integration with the Internet of Things (IoT) expands its potential by providing ideal communication and data sharing across devices, allowing more considerable monitoring and management in Consumer Electronics (CE). WSNs have an essential limitation in terms of energy resources since sensor nodes frequently run on limited power from batteries. This limitation necessitates the consideration of energy-efficient techniques to extend the network’s lifetime. In this article, an integrated approach has been presented to improve the energy efficiency of Wireless Sensor IoT Networks (WSINs) by leveraging modern machine learning algorithms with stochastic optimization. Recursive Feature Elimination (RFE) is utilized for the feature selection thus optimizing the input features for various machine learning models. These models are rigorously evaluated for their aptness to predict and mitigate energy consumption concerns inside WSINs. Subsequently, the stochastic optimization technique utilizes the uniform and normal distributions to model energy consumption situations. The results show that RFE-driven feature selection has significant effects on model performance and that Random Forest is effective at reaching higher accuracy. This research provides valuable perspectives for the design and implementation of WSINs in CE, supporting sustainable smart devices, by addressing energy consumption concerns using an optimized approach.
22 May 2025 in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
The Internet of Things (IoT) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) continue to advance the low-carbon smart agriculture technologies for next-generation consumer electronics and unlock more informed agricultural practices. Reinforcement learning (RL), federated learning (FL), and federated reinforcement learning (FRL) have demonstrated notable achievements in resolving complex problems, including resource allocation, energy efficiency, anomaly detection, and bandwidth utilization for multimodal tasks. This research explores multimodal data analysis and resource optimization using FRL for agricultural consumer electronics. The proposed framework employs IoT devices to monitor temperature, humidity, soil temperature, and soil moisture in real time, while UAVs provide aerial imagery for soil moisture, crop growth, and pest identification across three fields. This framework supports distributed learning, which trains local RL models on each node and combines them into the global model. The proposed FRL model demonstrated significant enhancements, including a 17% reduction in energy consumption for IoT devices and a 15% reduction for UAVs compared to non-FRL methods. This research emphasizes the effectiveness of FRL in integrating IoT and UAV for efficient resource allocation, energy efficiency, and reduced carbon emissions for low-carbon agricultural consumer electronics.
Data quality and privacy have emerged as an area of special interest with the rapid proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing in complex remote sensing. An efficient threat/anomaly detection mechanism requires secure operation in a real-time, distributed agricultural architecture. This research presents an integrated approach leveraging federated learning (FL) and quantum-inspired algorithms (QiA). The model proposes an edge-enabled federated quantum learning approach, “Q-EDGE,” across three locations that utilizes the FL scalability and QAs computational power. FL leverages QA to ensure data privacy and accelerate model convergence, enabling collaborative threat detection across distributed edge nodes. Results reveal that the proposed framework achieved high detection accuracy of up to 90% across three locations for various attack types. The overall performance of the Q-EDGE framework indicates strong learning dynamics and good model generalization. The integration of emerging quantum technologies with edge AI demonstrates the effectiveness of distributed cyber resilience in IoT remote-sensing infrastructures.