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DOI: 10.14569/IJACSA.2022.0131134
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Fuzzy Support Vector Machine based Fall Detection Method for Traumatic Brain Injuries

Author 1: Mohammad Kchouri
Author 2: Norharyati Harum
Author 3: Ali Obeid
Author 4: Hussein Hazimeh

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), Volume 13 Issue 11, 2022.

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Abstract: Falling is a major health issue that can lead to both physical and mental injuries. Detecting falls accurately can reduce the severe effects and improve the quality of life for disabled people. Therefore, it is critical to develop a smart fall detection system. Many approaches have been proposed in wearable-based systems. In these approaches, machine learning techniques have been conducted to provide automatic classification and to improve accuracy. One of the most commonly used algorithms is Support Vector Machine (SVM). However, classical SVM can neither use prior knowledge to process accurate classifications nor solve problems characterized by ambiguity. More specifically, some values of falls are inaccurate and similar to the features of normal activities, which can also greatly impact the performance of the learning ability of SVMs. Hence, it became necessary to look for an effective fall detection method based on a combination of Fuzzy Logic (FL) and SVM algorithms so as to reduce false positive alarms and improve accuracy. In this paper, various training data are assigned to the corresponding membership degrees. Some data points with a high chance of falling are assigned a high degree of membership, yielding a high contribution for SVM decision-making. This does not only achieve accurate fall detection, but also reduces the hesitation in labeling the outcomes and improves the heuristic transparency of the SVM. The experimental results achieved 100% specificity and precision, with an overall accuracy of 99.96%. Consequently, the experiment proved to be effective and yielded better results than the conventional approaches.

Keywords: Fall detection; fuzzy logic; SVM; traumatic brain injuries; wearable sensor

Mohammad Kchouri, Norharyati Harum, Ali Obeid and Hussein Hazimeh, “Fuzzy Support Vector Machine based Fall Detection Method for Traumatic Brain Injuries” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 13(11), 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2022.0131134

@article{Kchouri2022,
title = {Fuzzy Support Vector Machine based Fall Detection Method for Traumatic Brain Injuries},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2022.0131134},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2022.0131134},
year = {2022},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {13},
number = {11},
author = {Mohammad Kchouri and Norharyati Harum and Ali Obeid and Hussein Hazimeh}
}



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