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Efficient feature descriptor selection for improved Arabic handwritten words recognition Soufiane Hamida; Oussama El Gannour; Bouchaib Cherradi; Hassan Ouajji; Abdelhadi Raihani
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 12, No 5: October 2022
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v12i5.pp5304-5312

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Arabic handwritten text recognition has long been a difficult subject, owing to the similarity of its characters and the wide range of writing styles. However, due to the intricacy of Arabic handwriting morphology, solving the challenge of cursive handwriting recognition remains difficult. In this paper, we propose a new efficient based image processing approach that combines three image descriptors for the feature extraction phase. To prepare the training and testing datasets, we applied a series of preprocessing techniques to 100 classes selected from the handwritten Arabic database of the Institut Für Nachrichtentechnik/Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (IFN/ENIT). Then, we trained the k-nearest neighbor’s algorithm (k-NN) algorithm to generate the best model for each feature extraction descriptor. The best k-NN model, according to common performance evaluation metrics, is used to classify Arabic handwritten images according to their classes. Based on the performance evaluation results of the three k-NN generated models, the majority-voting algorithm is used to combine the prediction results. A high recognition rate of up to 99.88% is achieved, far exceeding the state-of-the-art results using the IFN/ENIT dataset. The obtained results highlight the reliability of the proposed system for the recognition of handwritten Arabic words.
Evaluating multi-state systems reliability with a new improved method Yasser Lamalem; Soufiane Hamida; Yassine Tazouti; Oussama El Gannour; Khalid Housni; Bouchaib Cherradi
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 11, No 3: June 2022
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/eei.v11i3.3509

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The computation of network reliability for a system with many states is an NP-hard issue. Finding all the minimum path vectors (d-MPs) lower boundary points for each level d is one of the few approaches for computing such dependability. This research proposed enhancements to the technique described in Chen's "Searching for d-MPs with rapid enumeration" paper. We propose additional adjustments to the method that creates the flow vector F in this enhancement. This decreases the number of required steps and the temporal complexity of the method. Comparing the newly suggested approach to the old algorithm reveals that the adjustment has increased the enumeration's efficiency and degree of complexity.
Healthcare monitoring system for automatic database management using mobile application in IoT environment Shawki Saleh; Bouchaib Cherradi; Oussama El Gannour; Nissrine Gouiza; Omar Bouattane
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 12, No 2: April 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/eei.v12i2.4282

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In the last decade, healthcare systems have played an effective role in improving medical services by monitoring and diagnosing patients' health remotely. These systems, either in hospitals or in other health centers, have experienced significant growth with emerging technologies. They are becoming of great interest to many countries worldwide nowadays. Portable healthcare monitoring systems (HMS) depend on internet of things (IoT) technology due to its effectiveness and reliability in several sectors, as well as in the sector of telemedicine. This paper proposes a portable healthcare system in an IoT environment controllable via a smartphone application that aims to facilitate utilization. This proposed system can track physiological indicators of a patient's body as well as the environmental conditions where the patient lives in real-time and auto-manage databases. Moreover, this paper touched on a comparison between three servers, concerning data transfer speeds from the proposed system into the servers.
Improving skin diseases prediction through data balancing via classes weighting and transfer learning Oussama El Gannour; Soufiane Hamida; Yasser Lamalem; Mohamed Amine Mahjoubi; Bouchaib Cherradi; Abdelhadi Raihani
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 13, No 1: February 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/eei.v13i1.5999

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Skin disease prediction using artificial intelligence has shown great potential in improving early diagnosis and treatment outcomes. However, the presence of class imbalance within skin disease datasets poses a significant challenge for accurate prediction, particularly for rare diseases. This study proposes a novel approach to address class imbalance through data balancing using classes weighting, coupled with transfer learning techniques, to enhance the performance of skin disease prediction models. Two experiments were conducted using a tuned EfficientNetV2L based classifier. In the first experiment, a default dataset structure was utilized for training and testing. The second experiment involved employing classes weighting approach to balance the dataset. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is evaluated using the ISIC 2018 dataset, which comprises a diverse collection of skin lesion images. By assigning appropriate weights to different classes based on their prevalence, the proposed method aims to balance the representation of rare disease classes. To evaluate the performance of the proposed methodology, several performance evaluation metrics, including accuracy, precision, and recall, were employed. These findings revealed that the balanced dataset achieved enhanced generalization, mitigating the biases associated with class imbalance. As a result, the efficacy of artificial intelligence models is enhanced.
Toward enhanced skin disease classification using a hybrid RF-DNN system leveraging data balancing and augmentation techniques Soufiane Hamida; Driss Lamrani; Oussama El Gannour; Shawki Saleh; Bouchaib Cherradi
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 13, No 1: February 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/eei.v13i1.6313

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Significant health concerns are associated with skin diseases, and accurate and timely diagnosis is essential for effective treatment and patient management. To improve the classification of cutaneous diseases, we propose a novel hybrid system that incorporates the strengths of random forest (RF) and deep neural network (DNN) algorithms. The system employs data augmentation and balancing techniques to enhance model performance and generalizability. The HAM10000 dataset of diverse dermatoscopic images is used for training and evaluation in this study. In the hybrid system proposed, the RF model provides an initial diagnosis based on patient-reported symptoms, while the DNN analyzes images of skin lesions, resulting in more precise and efficient diagnoses. Using hyper-parameter optimization, we fine-tune the system for optimal performance. The evaluation demonstrates the accuracy of the hybrid model, which achieves a classification accuracy of 96.8% overall. According to our findings, the hybrid system demonstrates exceptional efficacy in six of seven skin disease classes. Variations in sensitivity and reliance on data quality and quantity are however cited as limitations. Nevertheless, this hybrid system has the potential to revolutionize skin disease diagnosis and treatment.
Co-Authors Abdelhadi Raihani Bouchaib Cherradi Driss Lamrani Hassan Ouajji khalid Housni Mohamed Amine Mahjoubi Nissrine Gouiza Omar Bouattane Shawki Saleh Soufiane Hamida Yasser Lamalem Yassine Tazouti