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[Identification of egg freshness using near infrared spectroscopy and one class support vector machine algorithm].

Hao Lin¹, Jie-Wen Zhao, Quan-Sheng Chen

¹School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China. linhaolt794@163.com

Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi = Guang Pu

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Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and one-class support vector machine (OC-SVM) effectively identify egg freshness. OC-SVM excels at classifying limited unfresh egg samples, outperforming traditional methods.

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Area of Science:

Food Science
Analytical Chemistry
Spectroscopy

Background:

Egg freshness is crucial for food safety and quality.
Traditional methods for assessing egg freshness can be time-consuming and subjective.
Developing rapid, objective methods for egg freshness detection is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the feasibility of using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy combined with pattern recognition for discriminating egg freshness.
To develop a robust classification model capable of handling imbalanced datasets, specifically for identifying unfresh eggs.

Main Methods:

Fourier transform NIR spectroscopy was used to acquire spectral data from 86 egg samples (71 fresh, 15 unfresh).
Principal component analysis (PCA) was employed for dimensionality reduction and feature extraction from NIR spectra.
One-class support vector machine (OC-SVM) was utilized for classification, with optimized parameters (nu and sigma) and selected principal components (PCs).

Main Results:

The OC-SVM model achieved identification rates of 80% for both fresh and unfresh eggs on an independent prediction set.
Compared to a conventional two-class SVM, OC-SVM demonstrated superior performance in identifying the minority class (unfresh eggs).
Two-class SVM showed 100% accuracy for fresh eggs but 0% for unfresh eggs, highlighting its limitations with imbalanced data.

Conclusions:

NIR spectroscopy is a feasible technique for identifying egg freshness.
OC-SVM is a highly effective algorithm for addressing classification problems with imbalanced training sample sizes in egg freshness analysis.
The developed OC-SVM model offers a promising approach for objective and efficient egg quality assessment.