Improving Honey Adulteration Detection with Feature Selection and Resampling

Sumayyea Salahuddin*, Mohammad Haseeb Zafar, Maryam Mahsal Khan, Nasru Minallah, Shah Haseeb Ahmad Khan, Esha Rizwan

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Abstract

Pure and reliable honey is essential. This research addresses honey adulteration detection using hyperspectral imagery, feature selection, resampling, and machine learning. Hyperspectral data from the New Zealand honey dataset, representing various honey types and adulteration levels, was analyzed using SVM, LR, and RF. The dataset was split 80–20% for training and testing, with fivefold cross-validation on the training set. Four models were evaluated: baseline, RFE-based feature selection, SMOTE for class imbalance, and SMOTE with PCA for dimensionality reduction. RF performed best, achieving a 0.996 mean accuracy, 0.997 test accuracy, and F1 scores of 0.986 (pure) and 0.998 (adulterated) for the RFE model with 75 key features. This study offers an accurate, efficient solution for honey adulteration detection, enhancing quality assessment and consumer trust.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAI Applications in Cyber Security and Privacy of Communication Networks - Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Cyber Security, Privacy in Communication Networks, ICCS 2024
EditorsChaminda E. R. Hewage, Mohammad Haseeb Zafar, Nishtha Kesswani
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages53-63
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9789819674008
ISBN (Print)9789819673995
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Sept 2025
Event10th International Conference on Cyber Security, Privacy in Communication Networks, ICCS 2024 - Cardiff, United Kingdom
Duration: 9 Dec 202410 Dec 2024

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume1453 LNNS
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Cyber Security, Privacy in Communication Networks, ICCS 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCardiff
Period9/12/2410/12/24

Keywords

  • Honey adulteration detection
  • Hyperspectral imagery
  • Machine learning
  • Principal component analysis
  • Recursive feature elimination
  • Synthetic minority over-sampling technique

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