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. 2022 Jun 10;34(18):15313–15348. doi: 10.1007/s00521-022-07424-w

Table 11.

Techniques, attributes, and characteristics of hybrid apps-COVID-19 applications

Authors The basic objective Pros Limitations in study Security method? Simulation environments Dataset and Size of Dataset Using TL? Mechanism Application?
Cantini, Marozzo [119] Proposing a model for suggesting a meaningful collection of COVID-19 hashtags for a given post

-High F1-score

-High scalability

-Low robustness No Python Online social networks (Large dataset) No MLP COVID-19 discovery from hashtags and sentences from online social networks
Pahar, Klopper [120] Demonstrating that TL may be utilized to increase the performance and robustness of DNN classifiers for COVID-19 identification

-Cough with an AUC of 0.982, followed by breath with an AUC of 0.942, and speech with an AUC of 0.923

-Strong robustness

-Low scalability No Python

Coswara and ComParE dataset

(Small dataset)

Yes CNN + LSTM + Resnet50 Cough, breath, and speech detection
Hayawi, Shahriar [121] Offering an ML-based COVID-19 vaccine misinformation detection framework

-High accuracy

-High scalability

-High delay No NLTK library in Python dataset from Twitter (Large size) No XGBoost, LSTM, and BERT transformer model Detection of COVID-19 vaccination disinformation
Lee, Kim [122] Using the LSTM approach to shorten the time required for RT-PCR in COVID-19 detection -Moderate accuracy

-High delay

-Low security

No Python The dataset from e 5810 patients (medium size) No LSTM Reduce the time required for RT-PCR in COVID-19
Szaszi, Hajdu [123] Proposing an ML investigation of the association between demographics and social gathering attendance in 41 nations during the epidemic

-High predictability

-Low delay

-Poor robustness No Not mentioned The information was acquired from 112,136 people who participated in the survey from 175 countries No Random forests An examination of the association between demography and social gathering participation
Hu, Heidari [124] Using a strategy in conjunction with the KELM classifier to achieve the best results on blood samples

-Low delay

-High accuracy

-High complexity No Python

UCI dataset

(small)

No Extreme learning machine COVID-19 diagnostic assistance in blood specimens
Boussen, Cordier [125] Recognizing intubation patterns with a Gaussian mixture model-clustering technique

-High clustering ability

-High robustness

-Low scalability No Python Local dataset No Gaussian mixture model COVID-19 patient triage
Attallah [126] Investigating the feasibility of using ECG trace pictures for COVID-19 diagnosis using CNN and TL -High accuracy

-Low scalability

-High energy consumption

No Python A total of 1937 ECG images from various classifications (Small size) Yes CNN Analyzing ECG data to diagnose COVID-19
Jeevan, Zacharias [127] Using the CNN model to provide masked face recognition

-Moderate accuracy

-Low convergence time

-Low security No TensorFlow CASIA-WebFace dataset (Medium size) Yes CNN Masks on face recognition
Soltanian and Borna [128] Providing a simple CNN for differentiating between COVID and Non-COVID

-High accuracy

-Low complexity

-High precision

-Low robustness

-Low flexibility

No Python sklearn library Verify dataset (Small) No CNN Recognition of COVID-19 based on cough sounds