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Knee-Ankle Sensor for Gait Characterization: Gender Identification Case

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Classification based on gait biomarkers is an area of study that includes approaches aimed at monitoring (vigilance), education and health. A correct classification is achieved depending on algorithms that serve that purpose, however, an accuracy must be available during the data acquisition of gait. In this study, a sensor network is proposed that allows to capture, in children, data of knee and right ankle. Results shows acceptable percentages of correct classification when implementing various machine learning algorithms, especially, combining the LogitBoost+Random Forest algorithms.

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The authors are very grateful to the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) for supporting this work.

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Monrraga Bernardino, F., Sánchez-DelaCruz, E., Meza Ruíz, I.V. (2018). Knee-Ankle Sensor for Gait Characterization: Gender Identification Case. In: Brito-Loeza, C., Espinosa-Romero, A. (eds) Intelligent Computing Systems. ISICS 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 820. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76261-6_3

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