Miguel-Hurtado, Oscar, Guest, Richard, Stevenage, Sarah V., Neil, Greg J., Black, Sue (2016) Comparing Machine Learning Classifiers and Linear/Logistic Regression to Explore the Relationship between Hand Dimensions and Demographic Characteristics. PLoS ONE, 11 (11). Article Number 165521. ISSN 1932-6203. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165521) (KAR id:58352)
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Abstract
Understanding the relationship between physiological measurements from human subjects and their demographic data is important within both the biometric and forensic domains. In this paper we explore the relationship between measurements of the human hand and a range of demographic features. We assess the ability of linear regression and machine learning classifiers to predict demographics from hand features, thereby providing evidence on both the strength of relationship and the key features underpinning this relationship. Our results show that we are able to predict sex, height, weight and foot size accurately within various data-range bin sizes, with machine learning classification algorithms out-performing linear regression in most situations. In addition, we identify the features used to provide these relationships applicable across multiple applications.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0165521 |
Subjects: | T Technology |
Divisions: | Faculties > Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts > Image and Information Engineering |
Depositing User: | Tina Thompson |
Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2016 09:23 UTC |
Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2020 14:27 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/58352 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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