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INDOOR OCCUPANCY EVALUATION WITH ADVANCED OPTIMIZED SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE (SVM)
(2024) Fabunmi Elizabeth Yetunde
Indoor occupancy estimation is crucial in energy management, security and building automation systems. The Machine learning approaches that are normally used to improve the reliability and accuracy of this estimate face challenges in capturing dynamic occupant behavior in diverse environments. This research develops an optimized Support Vector Machine (SVM) learning model using Pelican Optimization Algorithms (POA) to enhance accuracy and efficiency in estimating indoor occupancy. The model was developed using an occupancy dataset, organized, cleaned and pre-processed. Support Vector Machine with a Pelican Optimization Algorithm (POA-SVM) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) were used as classifiers for feature extraction and classification, learning and classifying unsupervised or supervised and Hyperparameter tuning was used to optimize parameters, enhancing generalization and capturing complex relationships in data. The result shows that the optimized SVM model performs better than the earlier employed machine learning approaches and the ordinary support vector machine in accuracy and precision by 99%. It also performs better in terms of False Positive Rate (FPR), recall and specificity. The algorithm has been used as a low-cost people-counting strategy for real-time applications, making it a valuable tool for estimating indoor occupancy in diverse environments.
The Obligation to be Moral
(Abuja Journal of Philosophy and Religions, 2015) Alade Adetayo Oludare
In ethical discourse, the question “why be moral?” can be discerned on two levels. On the first level, the question being asked is why an agent should choose to act morally rather than immorally. On the second level, the question being asked is why an agent should act morally rather than amorally. The focus of this paper is on the second level of the question. The paper argues that when this question arises on this level, what the agent requires is a rational justification of the moral enterprise, not a moral enterprise. The paper argues further that the condition that will provide such a justification is the condition of self interest. As such, the paper argues that the rational justification that will justify an agent’s choice to act morally is that such a choice ensures the satisfaction of his/her enlightened self interest
Personhood, Ethnicity, and the Nigerian State
(AMAMIHE: Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2022) Alade Adetayo Oludare
One factor inhibiting national growth and development in many African states is the lack of nationalist attitude among citizens. This results from the fact that these states consist of multiple ethnic communities enjoying loyalty from their members at the expense of the state. This paper argues that the strength of this ethnic loyalty is largely influenced by the conception of person in African thought system. This conception of person maintains that personhood is essentially determined by social factors which individuals derive from their ethnic communities. The paper thus argues that, to evolve a true sense of nationalism in Nigeria and many other African states, the concept of person should be reviewed to conceptually detach the metaphysical from the normative elements of personhood. This distinction helps to deemphasize the significance of ethnic identities in the constitution of persons, thus helping to conceive of individual persons beyond the narrow lens of ethnicity.
Finding a Common Religious Soul for Sustainable Democracy in Nigeria
(Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies, 2016) Alade Adetayo Oludare
This paper emphasises the central role played by religious beliefs in shaping the political inclinations of citizens of Nigeria. While recognizing the variations in religious beliefs among individuals and various religious groups in Nigeria, the paper argues that there is a need to identify a common religious soul i.e., a common religious space which will create a united religious ground for the determination of issues of national interest that can serve as the unifying factor to sustaining democracy within the nation.
Proper Names as Rigid Designators in Natural Language
(Papers in English and Linguistics (PEL), 2011) Alade Adetayo Oludare
In natural language, proper names are regarded as rigid designators. This means that proper names refer to or designates the same thing with respect to all possible worlds. The philosophical significance of this claim is that it challenges the position of the descriptivist theory on the reference of proper names, vis-a-vis that they cannot single out particular objects without the speaker's intention, which is specifiable by a set of descriptions. This paper argues to strengthen the descriptivist theory of reference. It argues, contrary to the prevalent view that proper names are rigid designators, that there is no direct, strict or rigid relationship between a proper name and the object it names. It supports the position that the correct relationship between proper names and the entities they refer to is mediated by contexts and descriptions.