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There are many invasive methods to determine the flow state, which is not preferred and the commonly used non-invasive method is the questionnaire and interview method, which is the subjective and retroactive method, and hence chance to fake the result is more. Hence, the main objective of our work is to design an efficient flow level measurement system that measures flow in an objective method and also determines real-time flow classification. The accuracy of classification is achieved by designing an Expert Active k-Nearest Neighbour (EAkNN) which can classify the individual flow state towards the task assigned into nine states using non-invasive physiological Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. The ECG parameters are obtained during the performance of FSCWT. Thus this work is a combination of psychological theory, physiological signals and machine learning concepts. 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