Bagging the Best: A Hybrid SVM-KNN Ensemble for Accurate and Early Detection of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases

Noushath Shaffi*, Viswan Vimbi, Mufti Mahmud, Karthikeyan Subramanian, Faizal Hajamohideen

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Deep Learning (DL) techniques have shown promise in the early detection of neurodegenerative diseases due to their ability to analyze large amounts of medical data accurately. However, their reliance on massive training data may not be ideal in the healthcare industry. Therefore, this paper proposes a simple yet effective machine learning (ML) based hybrid ensemble of KNN and SVM for the early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Parkinson’s Disease (PD). The proposed method is hybrid in the sense that it combines the strengths of both non-parametric and parametric approaches, resulting in a more robust and accurate classification performance. The method is tested on two popular AD databases, ADNI and OASIS, and the NTUA PD dataset. The hybrid ensemble method achieves higher accuracy and specificity for AD and PD detection, which is on par with popular DL algorithms. The source code for this work can be accessed at https://github.com/snoushath/Bagging-the-Best.git.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBrain Informatics - 16th International Conference, BI 2023, Proceedings
EditorsFeng Liu, Hongjun Wang, Yu Zhang, Hongzhi Kuai, Emily P. Stephen
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages443-455
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783031430749
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event16th International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI 2023 - Hoboken, United States
Duration: 1 Aug 20233 Aug 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13974 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHoboken
Period1/08/233/08/23

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Bagging
  • Ensemble Learning
  • KNN
  • Machine Learning
  • Parkinson Disease
  • SVM

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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