Aedes Aegypti Egg Classification Model Using Support Vector Machine

Aedes aegypti is the dengue fever vector, affecting 3.9 billion people worldwide. Found primarily in subtropical areas such as the Philippines. Numerous approaches and procedures had used to identify this disease carrier throughout its life cycle. However, recognizing it early, primarily during the egg stage, helps monitor the disease carrier's existence. On the other hand, classifying the egg remains an issue due to its resemblance to another mosquito species. As a result, extracted traits of the Aedes egg had added to the classification model. Furthermore, the Support Vector Machine algorithm's effectiveness as a classifier improves classification accuracy, mainly when the feature extracted has been added. Thus, this paper used the Support Vector Machine in designing a model to classify Aedes aegypti eggs. This model differentiates it from non-Aedes with a classification accuracy of 98.23%, which is greater than the classification accuracy compared to previous studies using the pixel and region-based method. In addition, the newly developed model had increased accuracy compared to the model in which the features had omitted from the classification process by 3.26 percent. In addition, the model was validated on a non-Aedes dataset in which it exhibited similar characteristics. As a result, the model reveals improved categorization and is determined to be non-Aedes. Thus, this model demonstrates a considerable boost in classification accuracy.