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Research on Efficient Gait Authentication Techniques Based on Transformer and XGBoost Hybrid Models

2025· article· en· W4415124376 on OpenAlexaboutno aff
Yang Yang, Xinyao Liu, Pei Tian

Bibliographic record

Venuenot available
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicGait Recognition and Analysis
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsTransformerPreprocessorSegmentationAuthentication (law)BiometricsFeature extractionIdentifier

Abstract

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This paper addresses the challenges of traditional identity authentication methods by proposing a novel gait-based authentication technology. This paper introduces a lightweight model based on the Transformer architecture, which utilizes the self-attention mechanism to effectively capture global correlations in gait sequences while enabling efficient parallel computation. Our experimental framework employs the HTC Nexus One dataset from McGill University, incorporating innovative data preprocessing techniques such as multi-gait combination sampling and threshold-based gait segmentation to significantly enhance feature representation and recognition reliability. The experimental results demonstrate that our model achieves a remarkable accuracy of 93.82% on the test set, surpassing existing gait recognition methods. To further enhance classification performance, this paper integrates XGBoost as the final classifier, developing a hybrid model that combines Transformer and XGBoost. This hybrid approach achieves an impressive accuracy of 96.17% on the test set, representing a substantial improvement over the standalone Transformer model. Our research not only reduces computational complexity but also offers an innovative solution for identity authentication in high-security scenarios. The proposed methodology shows promising application potential in various fields, including intelligent security systems and smart home technologies, paving the way for more robust and efficient authentication systems.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.847
Threshold uncertainty score0.248

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.030
GPT teacher head0.306
Teacher spread0.276 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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