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Who is calling? Optimizing source identification from marmoset vocalizations with hierarchical machine learning classifiers
With their highly social nature and complex vocal communication system, marmosets are important models for comparative studies of vocal communication and, eventually, language evolution. However, our knowledge about marmoset vocalizations predominantly originates from playback studies or vocal inter...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10581777/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37848054 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0399 |
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author | Phaniraj, Nikhil Wierucka, Kaja Zürcher, Yvonne Burkart, Judith M. |
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description | With their highly social nature and complex vocal communication system, marmosets are important models for comparative studies of vocal communication and, eventually, language evolution. However, our knowledge about marmoset vocalizations predominantly originates from playback studies or vocal interactions between dyads, and there is a need to move towards studying group-level communication dynamics. Efficient source identification from marmoset vocalizations is essential for this challenge, and machine learning algorithms (MLAs) can aid it. Here we built a pipeline capable of plentiful feature extraction, meaningful feature selection, and supervised classification of vocalizations of up to 18 marmosets. We optimized the classifier by building a hierarchical MLA that first learned to determine the sex of the source, narrowed down the possible source individuals based on their sex and then determined the source identity. We were able to correctly identify the source individual with high precisions (87.21%–94.42%, depending on call type, and up to 97.79% after the removal of twins from the dataset). We also examine the robustness of identification across varying sample sizes. Our pipeline is a promising tool not only for source identification from marmoset vocalizations but also for analysing vocalizations of other species. |
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spelling | pubmed-105817772023-10-18 Who is calling? Optimizing source identification from marmoset vocalizations with hierarchical machine learning classifiers Phaniraj, Nikhil Wierucka, Kaja Zürcher, Yvonne Burkart, Judith M. J R Soc Interface Life Sciences–Mathematics interface With their highly social nature and complex vocal communication system, marmosets are important models for comparative studies of vocal communication and, eventually, language evolution. However, our knowledge about marmoset vocalizations predominantly originates from playback studies or vocal interactions between dyads, and there is a need to move towards studying group-level communication dynamics. Efficient source identification from marmoset vocalizations is essential for this challenge, and machine learning algorithms (MLAs) can aid it. Here we built a pipeline capable of plentiful feature extraction, meaningful feature selection, and supervised classification of vocalizations of up to 18 marmosets. We optimized the classifier by building a hierarchical MLA that first learned to determine the sex of the source, narrowed down the possible source individuals based on their sex and then determined the source identity. We were able to correctly identify the source individual with high precisions (87.21%–94.42%, depending on call type, and up to 97.79% after the removal of twins from the dataset). We also examine the robustness of identification across varying sample sizes. Our pipeline is a promising tool not only for source identification from marmoset vocalizations but also for analysing vocalizations of other species. The Royal Society 2023-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10581777/ /pubmed/37848054 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0399 Text en © 2023 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Life Sciences–Mathematics interface Phaniraj, Nikhil Wierucka, Kaja Zürcher, Yvonne Burkart, Judith M. Who is calling? Optimizing source identification from marmoset vocalizations with hierarchical machine learning classifiers |
title | Who is calling? Optimizing source identification from marmoset vocalizations with hierarchical machine learning classifiers |
title_full | Who is calling? Optimizing source identification from marmoset vocalizations with hierarchical machine learning classifiers |
title_fullStr | Who is calling? Optimizing source identification from marmoset vocalizations with hierarchical machine learning classifiers |
title_full_unstemmed | Who is calling? Optimizing source identification from marmoset vocalizations with hierarchical machine learning classifiers |
title_short | Who is calling? Optimizing source identification from marmoset vocalizations with hierarchical machine learning classifiers |
title_sort | who is calling? optimizing source identification from marmoset vocalizations with hierarchical machine learning classifiers |
topic | Life Sciences–Mathematics interface |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10581777/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37848054 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0399 |
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