Lucca, Giancarlo

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Lucca

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Giancarlo

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Additively generated (a,b)-implication functions*
(IEEE, 2023) Santos, Helida; Pereira Dimuro, Graçaliz; Bedregal, Benjamin; Paiva, Rui; Lucca, Giancarlo; Moura, Bruno; Cruz, Anderson; Bustince Sola, Humberto; Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas; Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika
Some problems involving classification through neural networks are known to use inputs out of the scope of the unit interval. Therefore, defining operations on arbitrary closed real intervals may be an interesting strategy to tackle this issue and enhance those application environments. In this paper we follow the ideas already discussed in the literature regarding (a,b)-fusion functions, and (a,b)-negations, to provide a new way to construct implication functions. The main idea is to construct an operator using additively generated functions that preserve the properties required by implication functions.
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Explainable classification methods for fish species detection using hydroacoustic data
(IEEE, 2021) Costa, Lucas Tubino Bonifacio; Lucca, Giancarlo; Pereira Dimuro, Graçaliz; Borges, Eduardo N.; Emmendorfer, Leonardo R.; Weigert, Stefan Cruz; Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas; Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika
This work aims to evaluate explainable classification methods for the detection of fish species from hydroacoustic data acquired by echo sounders at a region near the coastline of south and southeastern Brazil. Decision trees and fuzzy rule-based methods were adopted. The fitted models were evaluated by quality measures based on the performance of the classifiers and also by an expert which analyzed the usefulness of the rules on describing the schools. The models learned by the algorithms performed well for the available data and were able to represent the documented behavior of the species considered in the studied region, according to the literature.
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Analyzing the determinant characteristics for a good performance at enade brazilian exam stratified by teaching modality: face-to-face versus online
(SciTePress, 2022) Gondran, Eric; Lucca, Giancarlo; Berri, Rafael A.; Santos, Helida; Borges, Eduardo N.; Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas; Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika
The National Student Performance Exam (ENADE) annually evaluates different Brazilian higher education courses. This exam considers both face-to-face and distance learning courses. Distance learning is growing increasingly, especially during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This study applies different techniques for selecting ENADE 2018 database characteristics, like information gain, gain rate, symmetric uncertainty, Pearson correlation, and relief F. The objective of the work is to discover which personal and socioeconomic characteristics are decisive for the student's performance at ENADE, whether the student is in the context of Distance Education or face-to-face. It can be concluded, among other results, that: the father's level of education directly influences performance; the higher the income, the better the performance; and white students have better performance than black and brown-skinned ones. Thus, the results obtained in this study may initiate analyzes of public policies towards improving performance at ENADE.
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HybriD-GM: a framework for quantum computing simulation targeted to hybrid parallel architectures
(MDPI, 2023) Ávila, Anderson; Santos, Helida; Cruz, Anderson; Xavier de Souza, Samuel; Lucca, Giancarlo; Moura, Bruno; Yamin, Adenauer; Reiser, Renata; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
This paper presents the HybriD-GM model conception, from modeling to consolidation. The D-GM environment is also extended, providing efficient parallel executions for quantum computing simulations, targeted to hybrid architectures considering the CPU and GPU integration. By managing projection operators over quantum structures, and exploring coalescing memory access patterns, the HybriD-GM model enables granularity control, optimizing hardware resources in distributed computations organized as tree data structures. In the HybriD-GM evaluation, simulations of Shor’s and Grover’s algorithms achieve significant performance improvements in comparison to the previous D-GM version, and also with other related works, for example, LIQUi|⟩ and ProjectQ simulators.
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Fuzzy integrals for edge detection
(Springer, 2023) Marco Detchart, Cedric; Lucca, Giancarlo; Pereira Dimuro, Graçaliz; Da Cruz Asmus, Tiago; López Molina, Carlos; Borges, Eduardo N.; Rincón Arango, Jaime Andrés; Julian, Vicente; Bustince Sola, Humberto; Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas; Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika
In this work, we compare different families of fuzzy integrals in the context of feature aggregation for edge detection. We analyze the behaviour of the Sugeno and Choquet integral and some of its generalizations. In addition, we study the influence of the fuzzy measure over the extracted image features. For testing purposes, we follow the Bezdek Breakdown Structure for edge detection and compare the different fuzzy integrals with some classical feature aggregation methods in the literature. The results of these experiments are analyzed and discussed in detail, providing insights into the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. The overall conclusion is that the configuration of the fuzzy measure does have a paramount effect on the results by the Sugeno integral, but also that satisfactory results can be obtained by sensibly tuning such parameter. The obtained results provide valuable guidance in choosing the appropriate family of fuzzy integrals and settings for specific applications. Overall, the proposed method shows promising results for edge detection and could be applied to other image-processing tasks.
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On the generalizations of the Choquet integral for application in FRBCs
(Springer, 2021) Lucca, Giancarlo; Borges, Eduardo N.; Berri, Rafael A.; Emmendorfer, Leonardo R.; Pereira Dimuro, Graçaliz; Da Cruz Asmus, Tiago; Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas; Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika
An effective way to cope with classification problems, among others, is by using Fuzzy Rule-Based Classification Systems (FRBCSs). These systems are composed by two main components, the Knowledge Base (KB) and the Fuzzy Reasoning Method (FRM). The FRM is responsible for performing the classification of new examples based on the information stored in the KB. A key point in the FRM is how the information given by the fired fuzzy rules is aggregated. Precisely, the aggregation function is the component that differs from the two most widely used FRMs in the specialized literature. In this paper we provide a revision of the literature discussing the generalizations of the Choquet integral that has been applied in the FRM of a FRBCS. To do so, we consider an analysis of different generalizations, by t-norms, copulas, and by F functions. Also, the main contributions of each generalization are discussed.
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Exploring the relationships between data complexity and classification diversity in ensembles
(SciTePress, 2021) Formentín Garcia, Nathan; Tiggeman, Frederico; Borges, Eduardo N.; Lucca, Giancarlo; Santos, Helida; Pereira Dimuro, Graçaliz; Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas; Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika
Several classification techniques have been proposed in the last years. Each approach is best suited for a particular classification problem, i.e., a classification algorithm may not effectively or efficiently recognize some patterns in complex data. Selecting the best-tuned solution may be prohibitive. Methods for combining classifiers have also been proposed aiming at improving the generalization ability and classification results. In this paper, we analyze geometrical features of the data class distribution and the diversity of the base classifiers to understand better the performance of an ensemble approach based on stacking. The experimental evaluation was conducted using 32 real datasets, twelve data complexity measures, five diversity measures, and five heterogeneous classification algorithms. The results show that stacked generalization outperforms the best individual base classifier when there is a combination of complex and imbalanced data with diverse predictions among weak learners.
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Application of the Sugeno integral in fuzzy rule-based classification
(Elsevier, 2024-09-27) Wieczynski, Jonata; Lucca, Giancarlo; Borges, Eduardo N.; Urío Larrea, Asier; López Molina, Carlos; Bustince Sola, Humberto; Pereira Dimuro, Graçaliz; Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas; Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
Fuzzy Rule-Based Classification System (FRBCS) is a well-known technique to deal with classification problems. Recent studies have considered the usage of the Choquet integral and its generalizations (e.g.: 𝐶𝑇 -integral, 𝐶𝐹 - Integral and 𝐶𝐶-integral) to enhance the performance of such systems. Such fuzzy integrals were applied to the Fuzzy Reasoning Method (FRM) to aggregate the fired fuzzy rules when classifying new data. However, the Sugeno integral, another well-known aggregation operator, obtained good results in other applications, such as brain–computer interfaces. These facts led to the present study, in which we consider the Sugeno integral in classification problems. That is, the Sugeno integral is applied in the FRM of a widely used FRBCS, and its performance is analyzed over 33 different datasets from the literature, also considering different fuzzy measures. To show the efficiency of this new approach, the results obtained are also compared with previous studies that involved the application of different aggregation functions. Finally, we perform a statistical analysis of the application.
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Data stream clustering: introducing recursively extendable aggregation functions for incremental cluster fusion processes
(IEEE, 2025-03-07) Urío Larrea, Asier; Camargo, Heloisa A.; Lucca, Giancarlo; Asmus, Tiago da Cruz; Marco Detchart, Cedric; Schick, L.; López Molina, Carlos; Andreu-Pérez, Javier; Bustince Sola, Humberto; Dimuro, Graçaliz Pereira; Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas; Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
In data stream (DS) learning, the system has to extract knowledge from data generated continuously, usually at high speed and in large volumes, making it impossible to store the entire set of data to be processed in batch mode. Hence, machine learning models must be built incrementally by processing the incoming examples, as data arrive, while updating the model to be compatible with the current data. In fuzzy DS clustering, the model can either absorb incoming data into existing clusters or initiate a new cluster. As the volume of data increases, there is a possibility that the clusters will overlap to the point where it is convenient to merge two or more clusters into one. Then, a cluster comparison measure (CM) should be applied, to decide whether such clusters should be combined, also in an incremental manner. This defines an incremental fusion process based on aggregation functions that can aggregate the incoming inputs without storing all the previous inputs. The objective of this article is to solve the fuzzy DS clustering problem of incrementally comparing fuzzy clusters on a formal basis. First, we formalize and operationalize incremental fusion processes of fuzzy clusters by introducing recursively extendable (RE) aggregation functions, studying construction methods and different classes of such functions. Second, we propose two approaches to compare clusters: 1) similarity and 2) overlapping between clusters, based on RE aggregation functions. Finally, we analyze the effect of those incremental CMs on the online and offline phases of the well-known fuzzy clustering algorithm d-FuzzStream, showing that our new approach outperforms the original algorithm and presents better or comparable performance to other state-of-the-art DS clustering algorithms found in the literature.
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d-CC integrals: generalizing CC-integrals by restricted dissimilarity functions with applications to fuzzy-rule based systems
(Springer, 2023) Sartori, Joelson; Asmus, Tiago da Cruz; Santos, Helida; Borges, Eduardo N.; Bustince Sola, Humberto; Dimuro, Graçaliz Pereira; Lucca, Giancarlo; Bedregal, Benjamin; Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas; Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
The discrete Choquet Integral (CI) and its generalizations have been successfully applied in many different fields, with particularly good results when considered in Fuzzy Rule-Based Classification Systems (FRBCSs). One of those functions is the CC-integral, where the product operations in the expanded form of the CI are generalized by copulas. Recently, some new Choquet-like operators were developed by generalizing the difference operation by a Restricted Dissimilarity Function (RDF) in either the usual or the expanded form of the original CI, also providing good results in practical applications. So, motivated by such developments, in this paper we propose the generalization of the CC-integral by means of RDFs, resulting in a function that we call d-CC-integral. We study some relevant properties of this new definition, focusing on its monotonicity-like behavior. Then, we proceed to apply d-CC-integrals in a classification problem, comparing different d-CC-integrals between them. The classification acuity of the best d-CC-integral surpasses the one achieved by the best CC-integral and is statistically equivalent to the state-of-the-art in FRBCSs.