Title
Neural network approaches to grade adult depression.
Abstract
Depression is a common but worrying psychological disorder that adversely affects one's quality of life. It is more ominous to note that its incidence is increasing. On the other hand, screening and grading of depression is still a manual and time consuming process that might be biased. In addition, grades of depression are often determined in continuous ranges, e.g., 'mild to moderate' and 'moderate to severe' instead of making them more discrete as 'mild', 'moderate', and 'severe'. Grading as a continuous range is confusing to the doctors and thus affecting the management plan at large. Given this practical issue, the present paper attempts to differentiate depression grades more accurately using two neural net learning approaches-'supervised', i.e., classification with Back propagation neural network (BPNN) and Adaptive Network-based Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) classifiers, and 'unsupervised', i.e., 'clustering' technique with Self-organizing map (SOM), built in MATLAB 7. The reason for using the supervised and unsupervised learning approaches is that, supervised learning depends exclusively on domain knowledge. Supervision may induce biasness and subjectivities related to the decision-making. Finally, the performance of BPNN and ANFIS are compared and discussed. It was observed that ANFIS, being a hybrid system, performed much better compared to the BPNN classifier. On the other hand, SOM-based clustering technique is also found useful in constructing three distinct clusters. It also assists visualizing the multidimensional data clusters into 2-D.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/s10916-011-9759-1
J. Medical Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
supervised learning,continuous range,distinct cluster,bpnn classifier,depression grade,self-organizing map,adaptive network-based fuzzy inference,grade adult depression,depression.grading.bpnn.anfis. classification.som,propagation neural network,neural network approaches,som-based clustering technique,domain knowledge,anfis,classification,depression,grading
Data mining,Domain knowledge,Supervised learning,Unsupervised learning,Artificial intelligence,Adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system,Classifier (linguistics),Cluster analysis,Artificial neural network,Medicine,Hybrid system,Machine learning
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
36
5
0148-5598
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.39
21
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Subhagata Chattopadhyay133421.66
Preetisha Kaur210.39
Fethi Rabhi342750.68
Rajendra Acharya U44666296.34