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48 results for Automated Inspection

Deep learning detects corrosion in nuclear fuel canisters.

problem Ensuring safety and integrity of used nuclear fuel dry storage canisters.
method Residual neural networks (ResNets) for real-time corrosion detection of canister images.
result Deep learning approach accurately detects corrosion and classifies canisters as corroded or intact.

Charts are an excellent way to convey patterns and trends in data, but they do not facilitate further modeling of the data or close inspection of individual data points. We present a fully automated system for extracting the numerical values of data points from images of scatter plots. We use deep learning techniques t…

2017-04-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep CNNs struggle with rare taxa; one-class classifiers help identify them.

problem Efficiently identifying rare benthic macroinvertebrates in insect monitoring.
method Combining deep CNNs with one-class classifiers to identify rare taxa.
result The proposed approach can improve rare species identification, supporting automation.

Anomaly detection refers to the task of finding unusual instances that stand out from the normal data. In several applications, these outliers or anomalous instances are of greater interest compared to the normal ones. Specifically in the case of industrial optical inspection and infrastructure asset management, findin…

2020-01-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning has made tremendous progress in recent years and received large amounts of public attention. Though we are still far from designing a full artificially intelligent agent, machine learning has brought us many applications in which computers solve human learning tasks remarkably well. Much of this progre…

2019-08-22abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper proposes a novel adaptive algorithm for the automated short-term trading of financial instrument. The algorithm adopts a semantic sentiment analysis technique to inspect the Twitter posts and to use them to predict the behaviour of the stock market. Indeed, the algorithm is specifically developed to take adv…

2018-01-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework automates microstructure image analysis for materials science.

problem Complex microstructures in materials require automated analysis.
method Combines unsupervised and supervised learning for classification and segmentation.
result Framework can automatically segment and classify micrographs.

New insights into how to inspect and learn from multi-stage processes and AI reasoning.

problem Understanding how to attribute outcomes to early stages in multi-stage operations and AI reasoning.
method Information-theoretic analysis and mathematical proofs of four key results.
result Uniform checkpoint spacing is minimax-optimal for inspection design under homogeneous signal attenuation.

To improve real-world applications of machine learning, experienced modelers develop intuition about their datasets, their models, and how the two interact. Manual inspection of raw data - of representative samples, of outliers, of misclassifications - is an essential tool in a) identifying and fixing problems in the d…

2019-11-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Enhances privacy in data annotation and inspection with synthetic data.

problem Improving privacy in machine learning tasks like data annotation and inspection.
method Employing Bayesian differential privacy to generate higher-fidelity synthetic data.
result Produces higher-fidelity samples, detecting more subtle data errors and biases.

CNN improves OSA diagnosis accuracy from PSG data.

problem Manual PSG analysis by specialists is tedious, time-consuming, and prone to errors.
method 1D CNN architecture with convolutional and FCN layers for OSA severity classification.
result Proposed CNN model achieves excellent classification results without manual preprocessing.

Study compares deep feature methods for anomaly detection in limited data scenarios.

problem Handling limited data in industrial inspection applications.
method Three approaches (KNN, Mahalanobis, PaDiM) using pre-trained deep features with data augmentation.
result Data augmentation significantly improves performance in small data regimes.

We develop the concept of Cartan ribbons together with a rolling-based method to ribbonize and approximate any given surface in space by intrinsically flat ribbons. The rolling requires that the geodesic curvature along the contact curve on the surface agrees with the geodesic curvature of the corresponding Cartan deve…

2017-04-26abs ↗pdf ↗

RobustSleepNet automates sleep stage classification for any PSG montage.

problem Manual sleep staging is tedious and expensive; automatic methods are limited by PSG montage and demographic differences.
method RobustSleepNet is a deep learning model that handles arbitrary PSG montages and is robust to demographic changes.
result RobustSleepNet achieves 97% F1 score on unseen data, outperforming specific training datasets by 2%.

This work tackles maintenance planning with deep reinforcement learning under uncertainty.

problem Optimizing inspection and maintenance policies in deteriorating environments with incomplete information and constraints.
method Joint framework of constrained POMDPs and multi-agent DRL addressing challenges of state/action space, history, uncertainty, and constraints.
result The proposed framework outperforms existing methods in resource and risk-aware decision-making.

HRT uses bi-level reinforcement learning to optimize stock selection and execution in multi-asset equity markets.

problem Optimizing automated equity trading decisions under risk, turnover, and transaction costs.
method Hierarchical Reinforced Trader (HRT) framework that separates selection and execution decisions.
result HRT outperforms other methods in learning-based return-risk-cost trade-offs, improving Sharpe ratio and reducing turnover.

Bayes-TrEx finds in-distribution examples for model inspection.

problem Challenges in interpreting neural networks, especially high-confidence failures and ambiguous classifications.
method Bayesian sampling approach to find in-distribution examples with specified prediction confidence.
result Bayes-TrEx enables more flexible holistic model analysis than just inspecting the test set.

Active learning improves inspection systems by using weakly labeled data.

problem Rapidly updating machine vision inspection systems in evolving manufacturing processes.
method Developed a methodology for active learning from weakly labeled data, addressing covariate shift with domain-adversarial training.
result Demonstrated that active learning can accelerate the annotation process and reduce false positives.

Federated CTMC model estimates bridge deterioration hazards without sharing raw data.

problem Bridge inspection data privacy and cross-organizational data sharing constraints.
method Federated CTMC hazard model with local optimization and FedAvg aggregation.
result Federated model converges on global benchmark parameters without data transfer.

Inspection-L detects illicit cryptocurrency transactions using GNNs and self-supervised learning.

problem Detect illicit cryptocurrency transactions for anti-money laundering.
method Graph Neural Network (GNN) framework based on self-supervised Deep Graph Infomax (DGI) and Graph Isomorphism Network (GIN) with supervised learning algorithms.
result Inspection-L outperforms state-of-the-art methods in key classification metrics.

Motivated by the human way of memorizing images we introduce their functional representation, where an image is represented by a neural network. For this purpose, we construct a hypernetwork which takes an image and returns weights to the target network, which maps point from the plane (representing positions of the pi…

2019-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper corrects biases in estimating intrinsic dimension and differential entropy.

problem Systematic bias in estimating intrinsic dimension and differential entropy.
method A bias-corrected estimator for both measures is proposed, highlighting shared steps and useful consequences.
result Simultaneous estimation of differential entropy and intrinsic dimension provides complementary perspectives on underlying manifolds.

CNN-based prostate cancer grading improves accuracy and efficiency.

problem Manual Gleason grading by pathologists is time-consuming and prone to errors.
method Patch-Based Image Reconstruction (PBIR), Distribution Correction (DC), Quadratic Weighted Mean Square Error (QWMSE).
result Achieved superior expert-level performance (0.8885 quadratic-weighted kappa coefficient).