Can Mumbai save trees and lives? How technology can predict the next tree fall

A tragic tree collapse in Mumbai, claiming an 11-year-old's life, highlights a critical flaw in urban tree management. Cities ...
IEEE

Efficient kNN Classification With Different Numbers of Nearest Neighbors

Abstract: k nearest neighbor (kNN) method is a popular classification method in data mining and statistics because of its simple implementation and significant classification performance. However, it ...
IEEE

Forest Tree Species Classification Based on Deep Ensemble Learning by Fusing High-Resolution, Multitemporal, and Hyperspectral Multisource Remote Sensing Data

Abstract: Forest tree species classification has great significance for sustainable development of forest resource. Multisource remote sensing data provide abundant temporal, spatial, and spectral ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Multi-Class Classification Using a scikit Decision Tree

Decision trees are useful for relatively small datasets that have a relatively simple underlying structure, and when the trained model must be easily interpretable, explains Dr. James McCaffrey of ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Binary Classification Using a scikit Decision Tree

The Data Science Lab Binary Classification Using a scikit Decision Tree Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research says decision trees are useful for relatively small datasets and when the trained ...
Frontiers

A Straightforward HPV16 Lineage Classification Based on Machine Learning

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the causal agent of 5% of cancers worldwide and the main cause of cervical cancer and it is also associated with a significant percentage of oropharyngeal and anogenital ...
Risk

Loss given default estimation: a two-stage model with classification tree-based boosting and support vector logistic regression

The Basel Accords allow banks to estimate credit risk. Accordingly, more attention has been dedicated recently to the analysis of loss given default (LGD) and the development of an LGD estimation ...
Nature

Classification and regression trees

Decision trees are a simple but powerful prediction method. Figure 1: A classification decision tree is built by partitioning the predictor variable to reduce class mixing at each split. We can always ...
The Guardian

Has a rampaging AI algorithm really killed thousands in Pakistan?

A killer machine-learning algorithm guiding the U.S. drone program has killed thousands of innocent people according to some reports. What’s the truth? A killer AI has gone on a rampage through ...