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Detection of Hazardous Liquids Using Microwave Data and Well-Known Classification Algorithms

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The recent increase in terrorist attacks realized using liquid explosives has made it important to develop quick and reliable methods that can distinguish between nonhazardous liquids and other liquids that can be used in these explosives. Since the stability and sensitivity properties of microwave systems are high, microwave frequency band is preferred to differentiate hazardous liquids from non-hazardous liquids. In this study, a noncontact system based on electromagnetic response measurements of liquids in microwave frequency band is proposed to develop a classification approach that can be used in liquid scanners. Naive Bayes, linear discriminant analysis, qualitative data analysis, support vector machine, sequential minimal optimization, K-nearest neighbors classification algorithms are used to classify liquids and their classification performances are analyzed. The results of the set of classification experiments prove the success of the proposed measurement method. As the results prove, K-nearest neighbors is the most appropriate classification algorithm for hazardous liquid detection. Since it can be easily implemented and its detection process is fast, a classification system based on the proposed approach can be very useful in airports and shopping malls.

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Ebru Efeoglu, Gurkan Tuna Detection of Hazardous Liquids Using Microwave Data and Well-Known Classification Algorithms. Russ J Nondestruct Test 56, 742–751 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106183092009003X

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