Multi-Sensor E-Nose Based on Online Transfer Learning Trend Predictive Neural Network

Abstract

Electronic Nose (E-Nose) systems, widely applied across diverse fields, have revolutionized quality control, disease diagnostics, and environmental management through their odor detection and analysis capabilities. The decision and analysis of E-Nose systems often enabled by Machine Learning (ML) models that are trained offline using existing datasets. However, despite their potential, offline training efforts often prove intensive and may still fall short in achieving high generalization ability and specialization for considered application. To address these challenges, this paper introduces the e-rTPNN decision system, which leverages the Recurrent Trend Predictive Neural Network (rTPNN) combined with online transfer learning. The recurrent architecture of the e-rTPNN system effectively captures temporal dependencies and hidden sequential patterns within E-Nose sensor data, enabling accurate estimation of trends and levels. Notably, the system demonstrates the ability to adapt quickly to new data during online operation, requiring only a small offline dataset for initial learning. We evaluate the performance of the e-rTPNN decision system in two domains: beverage quality assessment and medical diagnosis, using publicly available wine quality and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) datasets, respectively. Our evaluation indicates that the proposed e-rTPNN achieves decision accuracy exceeding $97~\%$ while maintaining low execution times. Furthermore, comparative analysis against established Machine Learning (ML) models reveals that the e-rTPNN decision system consistently outperforms these models by a significant margin in terms of accuracy.

Keywords

• E-Nose
• trend prediction
• multi-sensor
• recurrent trend predictive neural network
• online learning