Pallet-level classification using principal component analysis in ensemble learning model

• Main Authors: Choong, Chun Sern, Ahmad Fakhri, Ab. Nasir, Muhammad Aizzat, Zakaria, Anwar P. P., Abdul Majeed, Mohd Azraai, Mohd Razman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UMP 2020
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33608/1/Pallet%20level%20classification%20using%20principal%20component%20analysis.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33608/; https://doi.org/10.15282/mekatronika.v2i1.6720; https://doi.org/10.15282/mekatronika.v2i1.6720

In this paper, we present a machine learning pipeline to solve a multiclass classification of radio frequency identification (RFID) signal strength. The goal is to identify ten pallet levels using nine statistical features derived from RFID signals and four various ensemble learning classification models. The efficacy of the models was evaluated by considering features that were dimensionally reduced via Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and original features. It was shown that the PCA reduced features could provide a better classification accuracy of the pallet levels in comparison to the selection of all features via Extra Tree and Random Forest models.