Monitoring fetal health during pregnancy ensures safe delivery and the newborn’s well-being. The fetal electrocardiogram (fetal ECG) is a valuable tool for assessing fetal cardiac health, but interpretation of ECG data can be challenging due to its complexity and variability. In this work, we explore the application of machine learning, particularly random forest, to predict and analyze fetal ECGs. With its ability to manage large datasets and provide precise insights, random forest is a promising solution for this challenge. By comparing our random forest-based approach with other standard machine learning techniques such as artificial neural network (ANN), support vector machines (SVM), and recurrent neural networks (RNN), we observed that our solution outperformed these methods in accuracy, robustness, and reliability. This article details the methodology used, the implementation of the algorithm, as well as the comparative results obtained. Emphasis is placed on the benefits of random forest in this specific medical context, highlighting its potential as a future tool for fetal ECG prediction. Ultimately, our research suggests a shift toward random forest-based solutions for more efficient and accurate analysis of fetal ECGs, with direct implications for clinical practice and fetal well-being.
Given the daily influx of scientific publications, researchers often face challenges in identifying relevant content amid the vast volume of available information, typically resorting to conventional methods like keyword searches or manual browsing. Utilizing a dataset comprising 1895 users and 3122 articles from the CI&T Deskdrop collection, as well as 7947 users and 25,975 articles from CiteULike-t, we examine the effectiveness of collaborative filtering and content-based and hybrid recommendation approaches in scientific literature recommendations. These methods automatically generate article suggestions by analyzing user preferences and historical behavior. Our findings, evaluated based on accuracy (Precision@K), ranking quality (NDCG@K), and novelty, reveal that the hybrid approach significantly outperforms other methods, tackling some challenges such as cold starts and sparsity problems. This research offers theoretical insights into recommendation model effectiveness and practical implications for developing tools that enhance content discovery and researcher productivity.
15 December 2024 in International Journal of Data Science and Analytics
This Support vector machine (SVM) is one of the most popular linear classifiers in machine learning. It thrives on pattern recognition, numeral prediction, and, of course, classification. SVM aims to maximize the margin between the classes by drawing a line (hyperplane in dimensions greater than 2) that distinctly classifies the data points of each class. In this paper, we will test the performance of SVM combined with the n-gram technique on different popular databases (sentiment140, Amazon reviews, etc.) by using multiple metrics: Accuracy, Recall, Precision and F1-score.