Logic-Enhanced Adaptive Network-Based Fuzzy Classifier for Fall Recognition in Rehabilitation

Abstract

Currently, the most widely adopted fall prediction methods use kinematic sensors for data collection and set thresholds to identify a fall based on artificial experience or neural network learning algorithms. These methods require classification and calibration in advance. Striking a balance between sensitivity and specificity is difficult when setting thresholds. Backpropagation (BP), support vector machines (SVMs) and other neural network algorithm models require professional expertise and are too complicated, difficult to understand, and computationally expensive, which renders embedded development with these models difficult. In response to these problems, this paper builds a fuzzy logic-enhanced adaptive neural network classifier (FLEANN); uses the prior knowledge of experts to construct fuzzy rules; employs neural networks to drive the underlying data to confirm and optimize logical rules; and utilizes an adaptive fuzzy neural network. The parameters of the algorithm are modified and optimized using a large amount of data training to improve the heuristics, transparency, and robustness of the neural network. The enhanced adaptive fuzzy neural network is applied in rehabilitation training for the classification of imprecise, uncertain, and nonlinear falls; abnormal gait; and normal gait. The experimental results confirm that the accuracy of this classifier is better than that of conventional neural network classifiers and that its logical structure is clear, which enables its application to embedded development. The reduction in computational demand enables the elimination of high-configuration PCs and reliance on a single chip microcomputer. INDEX TERMS Logic-enhanced, gait recognition, adaptive network-based fuzzy classifier, embedded development.

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