Vocalization Features to Recognize Small Dolphin Species for Limited Datasets

Luís Rosário, Sofia Cavaco, Joaquim Silva, Luís Freitas, Philippe Verborgh

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Abstract

Identifying small dolphin species based on their vocalizations remains a challenging task due to their similar vocal signatures and frequency modulation patterns, particularly when the available data sets are relatively limited. To address this issue, a new feature set has been introduced that focuses on capturing both the predominant frequency range of the vocalizations and other higher level details in the spectral contour, which are valuable for distinguishing between small dolphin species. These features are computed from two distinct representations of the vocalizations: the short time Fourier transform and Mel frequency cepstral coefficients. By utilizing these features with two popular classifiers (K-Nearest Neighbors and Support Vector Machines), a model accuracy of 95.47 % has been achieved, representing an improvement over previous studies.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProgress in Artificial Intelligence
Subtitle of host publication22nd EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2023, Faial Island, Azores, September 5–8, 2023, Proceedings, Part I
EditorsNuno Moniz, Zita Vale, José Cascalho, Catarina Silva, Raquel Sebastião
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages171-183
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-49008-8
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-49007-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event22nd EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2023 - Faial Island, Portugal
Duration: 5 Sept 20238 Sept 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume14115 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference22nd EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2023
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityFaial Island
Period5/09/238/09/23

Keywords

  • Bio-acoustic classification
  • Bio-acoustic signal processing
  • Cetaceans
  • Supervised classification

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