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In this study, 5-s long sequences of full-spectrum electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings were used for classifying alert versus drowsy states in an arbitrary subject. EEG signals were obtained from 30 healthy subjects and the results were classified using a wavelet-based neural network. The wavelet-based neural network model, employing the multilayer perceptron (MLP), was used for the classification of EEG signals. A multilayer perceptron neural network (MLPNN) trained with the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm was used to discriminate the alertness level of the subject. In order to determine the MLPNN inputs, spectral analysis of EEG signals was performed using the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) technique. The MLPNN was trained, cross-validated, and tested with training, cross-validation, and testing sets, respectively. The correct classification rate was 93.3% alert, 96.6% drowsy, and 90% sleep. The classification results showed that the MLPNN trained with the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm was effective for discriminating the vigilance state of the subject.
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1.1 The measure of sensitivity, selectivity, and specificity
The performance of a particular run of the program or a particular reading by an expert was evaluated in terms of sensitivity, selectivity, and specificity:
The specificity was computed only in the context of the discriminant analysis, in which each fixed length basic epoch was classified as true positive (TP), false positive (FP), true negative (TN), or false negative (FN). In subsequent analyses, variable length vigilance states, marked by one observer, were compared to the reference set and the individual events were considered as TP (if an overlapping occurred), FP, or FN. We believed that, in this case, TN counting, and consequently, specificity evaluation, was nonsensical [26].
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Subasi, A., Kiymik, M.K., Akin, M. et al. Automatic recognition of vigilance state by using a wavelet-based artificial neural network. Neural Comput & Applic 14, 45–55 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-004-0441-0
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