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An Intelligent Path Planning Mechanism for Firefighting in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks

F. H. Panahi, F. H. Panahi, and T. Ohtsuki

in IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2023年

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Distributed Feature Selection Considering Data Pricing Based on Edge Computing in Electricity Spot Markets

Y. Hu, X. Guan, B. Hu, Y. Liu, H. Chen and T. Ohtsuki

in IEEE Internet of Things Journal 10 （ 3 ） 2231 - 2244 2023年02月

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SAR Image Change Detection in Spatial-Frequency Domain Based on Attention Mechanism and Gated Linear Unit

C. Zhao, L. Ma, L. Wang, T. Ohtsuki, P.T. Mathiopoulos, and Y. Wang

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 2023年

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Graph Learning Empowered Situation Awareness in Internet of Energy with Graph Digital Twin

L. Sui, X. Guan, C. Cui, H. Jiang, H. Pan and T. Ohtsuki

in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 2022年

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Make Smart Decisions Faster: Deciding D2D Resource Allocation via Stackelberg Game Guided Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning

D. Shi, L. Li, T. Ohtsuki, M. Pan, Z. Han and H. V. Poor

in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing 21 （ 12 ） 4426 - 4438 2022年12月

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Unsupervised Learning-Based Non-Invasive Fetal ECG Muti-Level Signal Quality Assessment

X. Shi, K. Yamamoto, T. Ohtsuki, Y. Matsui, and K. Owada

Bioengineering 2023年

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Fetal Arrhythmia Detection based on Labeling Considering Heartbeat Interval

S. Nakatani, K. Yamamoto, and T. Ohtsuki

Bioengineering 2023年

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A Reinforcement Learning-based Fire Warning and Suppression System Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

F.H. Panahi, F.H. Panahi, and T. Ohtsuki

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 2022年

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Heart Action Monitoring From Pulse Signals Using A Growing Hybrid Polynomial Network

L. Wang, C. Zhao, P.T. Mathiopoulos, and T. Ohtsuki

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 117 2023年01月

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An Intelligent Path Planning Mechanism for Firefighting in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks

Panahi F.H., Panahi F.H., Ohtsuki T.

IEEE Internet of Things Journal （IEEE Internet of Things Journal）  10 （ 11 ） 9646 - 9661 2023年06月

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Forests have an important role in environmental preservation and maintenance. The primary threat is forest fires, which have disastrous repercussions. As a result, it is critical to identify and extinguish a fire before it spreads and destroys resources. To that end, we propose a forest fire detection and fighting mechanism using wireless sensor and actor networks (WSANs). Temperature sensors are utilized to detect fires, and actors (robots) are employed to extinguish them. Sensors and robots are distributed at random throughout the forest, forming clusters. Clustering, sleep/active scheduling for the sensors, and energy harvesting (EH)/moving modes for the robots, are used to extend and maximize the sensors/robots lifetime in the WSAN. In such a network, robots should move to the fire site as quickly as possible. To do this, we further propose a robot routing mechanism that focuses on determining the shortest path for each firefighting robot. In particular, each firefighting robot equipped with on-board processing uses a fuzzy Q-learning (FQL)-based trajectory mechanism to learn the shortest path to the fire zone in the least amount of time. Simulations are conducted to demonstrate the benefits of employing the proposed framework for rapid and effective fire response. When compared to the traditional Q-learning, the total approaching rate (a measure of how quickly the firefighting robots can reach the fire) to the fire spot is greater when utilizing the proposed FQL-based strategy.

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Semisupervised Federated-Learning-Based Intrusion Detection Method for Internet of Things

Zhao R., Wang Y., Xue Z., Ohtsuki T., Adebisi B., Gui G.

IEEE Internet of Things Journal （IEEE Internet of Things Journal）  10 （ 10 ） 8645 - 8657 2023年05月

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Federated learning (FL) has become an increasingly popular solution for intrusion detection to avoid data privacy leakage in Internet of Things (IoT) edge devices. Existing FL-based intrusion detection methods, however, suffer from three limitations: 1) model parameters transmitted in each round may be used to recover private data, which leads to security risks; 2) not independent and identically distributed (non-IID) private data seriously adversely affect the training of FL (especially distillation-based FL); and 3) high communication overhead caused by the large model size greatly hinders the actual deployment of the solution. To address these problems, this article develops an intrusion detection method based on a semisupervised FL scheme via knowledge distillation. First, our proposed method leverages unlabeled data via distillation method to enhance the classifier performance. Second, we build a model based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for extracting deep features of the traffic packets, and take this model as both the classifier network and discriminator network. Third, the discriminator is designed to improve the quality of each client's predicted labels, and to avoid the failure of distillation training caused by a large number of incorrect predictions under private non-IID data. Moreover, the combination of the hard-label strategy and voting mechanism further reduces communication overhead. The experiments on the real-world traffic data set with three non-IID scenarios show that our proposed method can achieve better detection performance as well as lower communication overhead than state-of-the-art methods.

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Graph Learning Empowered Situation Awareness in Internet of Energy With Graph Digital Twin

Sui L., Guan X., Cui C., Jiang H., Pan H., Ohtsuki T.

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics （IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics）  19 （ 5 ） 7268 - 7277 2023年05月

ISSN  15513203

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Internet of energy (IoE) is one of the most complex industrial systems, and its stable operation is very important. Situation awareness (SA) has been proposed to ensure the stable operation for IoE and making full use of the relationships between components has become the key point for designing an efficient SA model. In this article, graph digital twin (GDT) is proposed by combining digital twin technology with graph theory, to describe the logical relationships between physical entities more accurately in digital space, and then a novel SA model for IoE based on GDT is proposed. In order to make full use of the relationship between nodes, two classifiers based on graph convolution network are designed for fault location and stability prediction. The experimental results show that the proposed SA model can localize the multiple fault components with high accuracy, and can accurately predict the stability of the system.

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A 2D-Lidar-Equipped Unmanned Robot-Based Approach for Indoor Human Activity Detection

Bouazizi M., Lorite Mora A., Ohtsuki T.

Sensors （Sensors）  23 （ 5 ）  2023年03月

ISSN  14248220

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Monitoring the activities of elderly people living alone is of great importance since it allows for the detection of when hazardous events such as falling occur. In this context, the use of 2D light detection and ranging (LIDAR) has been explored, among others, as a way to identify such events. Typically, a 2D LIDAR is placed near the ground and collects measurements continuously, and a computational device classifies these measurements. However, in a realistic environment with home furniture, it is hard for such a device to operate as it requires a direct line of sight (LOS) with its target. Furniture will block the infrared (IR) rays from reaching the monitored person thus limiting the effectiveness of such sensors. Nonetheless, due to their fixed location, if a fall is not detected when it happens, it cannot be detected afterwards. In this context, cleaning robots present a much better alternative given their autonomy. In this paper, we propose to use a 2D LIDAR mounted on top of a cleaning robot. Through continuous movement, the robot is able to collect distance information continuously. Despite having the same drawback, by roaming in the room, the robot can identify if a person is laying on the ground after falling, even after a certain period from the fall event. To achieve such a goal, the measurements captured by the moving LIDAR are transformed, interpolated, and compared to a reference state of the surroundings. A convolutional long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network is trained to classify the processed measurements and identify if a fall event occurs or has occurred. Through simulations, we show that such a system can achieve an accuracy equal to 81.2% in fall detection and 99% in the detection of lying bodies. Compared to the conventional method, which uses a static LIDAR, the accuracy reaches for the same tasks 69.4% and 88.6%, respectively.

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Distributed Feature Selection Considering Data Pricing Based on Edge Computing in Electricity Spot Markets

Hu Y., Guan X., Hu B., Liu Y., Chen H., Ohtsuki T.

IEEE Internet of Things Journal （IEEE Internet of Things Journal）  10 （ 3 ） 2231 - 2244 2023年02月

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With the rapid development of information technology, the multisource heterogeneous data containing meaningful information have been significantly generated by various edge devices in Internet of Energy, which is one of essential foundations of many knowledge discovery tasks based on edge computing. For some complicated tasks, essential features are owned by different data sellers offering data by blockchains. With limited budgets, buying features are crucial steps in knowledge discovery tasks in electricity spot markets, especially for learning-based algorithms. However, there are lack of proper data pricing mechanisms tailored to dynamic learning processes. Besides, existing methods cannot efficiently employ edge computing servers to obtain optimal policies for selecting features according to dynamic pricing with limited budgets. To overcome such drawbacks, a data pricing mechanism is proposed in this article, which consists of static and dynamic pricing parts. Based on this mechanism, given limited budgets, a feature selection (FS) algorithm considering multiple new factors is proposed, which offers near-optimal solutions for FS at different scenarios. Numeric results show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.

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Machine Learning in 6G Wireless Communications

Ohtsuki T.

IEICE Transactions on Communications （IEICE Transactions on Communications）  E106B （ 2 ） 75 - 83 2023年02月

ISSN  09168516

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Mobile communication systems are not only the core of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure but also that of our social infrastructure. The 5th generation mobile communication system (5G) has already started and is in use. 5G is expected for various use cases in industry and society. Thus, many companies and research institutes are now trying to improve the performance of 5G, that is, 5G Enhancement and the next generation of mobile communication systems (Beyond 5G (6G)). 6G is expected to meet various highly demanding requirements even compared with 5G, such as extremely high data rate, extremely large coverage, extremely low latency, extremely low energy, extremely high reliability, extreme massive connectivity, and so on. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), AI/ML, will have more important roles than ever in 6G wireless communications with the above extreme high requirements for a diversity of applications, including new combinations of the requirements for new use cases. We can say that AI/ML will be essential for 6G wireless communications. This paper introduces some ML techniques and applications in 6G wireless communications, mainly focusing on the physical layer.

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Deep Reinforcement Learning Evolution Algorithm for Dynamic Antenna Control in Multi-Cell Configuration HAPS System

Yang S., Bouazizi M., Ohtsuki T., Shibata Y., Takabatake W., Hoshino K., Nagate A.

Future Internet （Future Internet）  15 （ 1 ）  2023年01月

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In this paper, we propose a novel Deep Reinforcement Learning Evolution Algorithm (DRLEA) method to control the antenna parameters of the High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) mobile to reduce the number of low-throughput users. Considering the random movement of the HAPS caused by the winds, the throughput of the users might decrease. Therefore, we propose a method that can dynamically adjust the antenna parameters based on the throughput of the users in the coverage area to reduce the number of low-throughput users by improving the users’ throughput. Different from other model-based reinforcement learning methods, such as the Deep (Formula presented.) Network (DQN), the proposed method combines the Evolution Algorithm (EA) with Reinforcement Learning (RL) to avoid the sub-optimal solutions in each state. Moreover, we consider non-uniform user distribution scenarios, which are common in the real world, rather than ideal uniform user distribution scenarios. To evaluate the proposed method, we do the simulations under four different real user distribution scenarios and compare the proposed method with the conventional EA and RL methods. The simulation results show that the proposed method effectively reduces the number of low throughput users after the HAPS moves.

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Heart action monitoring from pulse signals using a growing hybrid polynomial network

Wang L., Zhao C., Mathiopoulos P.T., Ohtsuki T.

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence （Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence）  117 2023年01月

ISSN  09521976

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Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a common used noninvasive test to quickly detect the heart problem with high precision. However, devices used to collect continuous ECG waveforms under free-living conditions have several operational difficulties. As an alternative, photoplethysmography (PPG) signals can be conveniently collected by pulse sensors, which can be mounted onto wearable devices. In this paper, we study the relation between ECG waveforms and PPG signals by proposing a novel growing hybrid polynomial network (GHPN)). Based on the projections between adjacent layers, the network is designed to approximate the target signals with the recorded inputs and the multi-scale dynamics of the input series are explored gradually through the growth of layers. Two public datasets are employed to evaluate the performance of the proposed approach on the accuracy of waveform reconstruction and heart rate (HR) detection with the widely used metrics. Compared with the reference ECG waveforms, the normalized mean square error (NMSE) of the proposed approach is 0.248 and 0.216 for PPG-Dalia and CapnoBase datasets, which is smaller than the comparison approaches. The average absolute value (AAE) between the detected HR and reference HR is 0.93 and 1.05 for PPG-Dalia and CapnoBase datasets, which exhibit higher HR detection accuracy. Experimental results obtained from benchmark datasets clearly show that the proposed method can achieve higher similarity on the reconstructed morphology with higher HR detection accuracy. Moreover, the proposed approach make it possible to employ PPG sensors for long-term monitoring of the heart actions with higher precision.

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Fetal Arrhythmia Detection Based on Labeling Considering Heartbeat Interval

Nakatani S., Yamamoto K., Ohtsuki T.

Bioengineering （Bioengineering）  10 （ 1 ）  2023年01月

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Arrhythmia is one of the causes of sudden infant death, and it is very important to detect fetal arrhythmia for fetal well-being. Fetal electrocardiogram (FECG) is one of the methods to detect a heartbeat. Fetal arrhythmia can be detected based on the heartbeat detection results from FECG signals such as heartbeat intervals. However, the accuracy of arrhythmia detection easily degrades depending on the accuracy of heartbeat detection. In this paper, we propose a deep learning-based fetal arrhythmia detection method using FECG signals. Recently, arrhythmia detection methods using adult ECG signals have achieved a high arrhythmia detection accuracy based on deep learning. Motivated by this fact, in the proposed method, the acquired FECG signals are segmented, and the segments are input into a deep learning model that classifies them into normal or arrhythmia ones. Based on the classification results of multiple segments, a subject is judged as a healthy or arrhythmia subject. Each segment of the training data is divided into three categories based on the estimated heartbeat interval: (i) normal, (ii) arrhythmia, and (iii) a segment that could be both normal and arrhythmic. Only segments labeled as normal or arrhythmia are used for training a deep learning model to achieve a higher classification accuracy of the model. Through these procedures, the proposed method detects fetal arrhythmia with fewer effects of heartbeat detection results. The experimental results show that the proposed method achieves 96.2% accuracy, 100% specificity, and 100% recall, improving the values of conventional methods based on heartbeat detection and feature detection.

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Unsupervised Learning-Based Non-Invasive Fetal ECG Muti-Level Signal Quality Assessment

Shi X., Yamamoto K., Ohtsuki T., Matsui Y., Owada K.

Bioengineering （Bioengineering）  10 （ 1 ）  2023年01月

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Objective: To monitor fetal health and growth, fetal heart rate is a critical indicator. The non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram is a widely employed measurement for fetal heart rate estimation, which is extracted from the electrodes placed on the surface of the maternal abdomen. The qualities of the fetal ECG recordings, however, are frequently affected by the noises from various interference sources. In general, the fetal heart rate estimates are unreliable when low-quality fetal ECG signals are used for fetal heart rate estimation, which makes accurate fetal heart rate estimation a challenging task. So, the signal quality assessment for the fetal ECG records is an essential step before fetal heart rate estimation. In other words, some low-quality fetal ECG signal segments are supposed to be detected and removed by utilizing signal quality assessment, so as to improve the accuracy of fetal heart rate estimation. A few supervised learning-based fetal ECG signal quality assessment approaches have been introduced and shown to accurately classify high- and low-quality fetal ECG signal segments, but large fetal ECG datasets with quality annotation are required in these methods. Yet, the labeled fetal ECG datasets are limited. Proposed methods: An unsupervised learning-based multi-level fetal ECG signal quality assessment approach is proposed in this paper for identifying three levels of fetal ECG signal quality. We extracted some features associated with signal quality, including entropy-based features, statistical features, and ECG signal quality indices. Additionally, an autoencoder-based feature is calculated, which is related to the reconstruction error of the spectrograms generated from fetal ECG signal segments. The high-, medium-, and low-quality fetal ECG signal segments are classified by inputting these features into a self-organizing map. Main results: The experimental results showed that our proposal achieved a weighted average F1-score of 90% in three-level fetal ECG signal quality classification. Moreover, with the acceptable removal of detected low-quality signal segments, the errors of fetal heart rate estimation were reduced to a certain extent.

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A Reinforcement Learning-Based Fire Warning and Suppression System Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Panahi F.H., Panahi F.H., Ohtsuki T.

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement （IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement）  72 2023年

ISSN  00189456

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This article discusses the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to detect, warn, and suppress forest fires. The proposed system consists of: 1) an energy harvesting-assisted surveillance UAV (SUAV) that detects and reports fires and 2) multiple ground-based firefighting UAVs (FUAVs) that travel to fire spots to suppress the fire. First, the SUAV carries out the forest fire detection using the onboard color and infrared cameras. The SUAV then uses fire alarm signals to warn/inform the ground-based FUAVs to begin the firefighting mission. The goal is to inform as many FUAVs as possible as the required task (extinguishing the fire) can be completed more effectively and faster with more FUAVs. To do this, the SUAV with onboard processing capabilities makes use of the advantages of reinforcement learning. In particular, we propose a double Q-learning-based trajectory design problem that enables the energy-constrained SUAV to find the optimal sequence of FUAVs to visit (optimal flying trajectory) in order to maximize the number of informed FUAVs while considering the limited execution time, as the crucial issue is to control fire from the beginning to prevent uncontrolled spread of fire.

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