Blood Glucose Level Prediction: Advanced Deep-Ensemble Learning Approach

IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2022 Jun;26(6):2758-2769. doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2022.3144870. Epub 2022 Jun 3.

Abstract

Optimal and sustainable control of blood glucose levels (BGLs) is the aim of type-1 diabetes management. The automated prediction of BGL using machine learning (ML) algorithms is considered as a promising tool that can support this aim. In this context, this paper proposes new advanced ML architectures to predict BGL leveraging deep learning and ensemble learning. The deep-ensemble models are developed with novel meta-learning approaches, where the feasibility of changing the dimension of a univariate time series forecasting task is investigated. The models are evaluated regression-wise and clinical-wise. The performance of the proposed ensemble models are compared with benchmark non-ensemble models. The results show the superior performance of the developed ensemble models over developed non-ensemble benchmark models and also show the efficacy of the proposed meta-learning approaches.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Benchmarking
  • Blood Glucose*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1*
  • Humans
  • Machine Learning

Substances

  • Blood Glucose