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This paper demonstrates how human posture characteristics data are measured, classified, and identified using FMCW techniques. First of all, the characteristics data of human posture is measured with the MMW radar sensors. Secondly, the point cloud data for human posture is generated, considering both the dynamic and static features of the reflected signal from the human body, which not only greatly reduces the environmental noise but also strengthens the reflection of the detected target. Lastly, six different machine learning models are applied for posture classification based on the generated point cloud data. To comparatively evaluate the proper model for point cloud data classification procedure\u2014in addition to using the traditional index\u2014the Kappa index was introduced to eliminate the effect due to the uncontrollable imbalance of the sampling data. These results support our conclusion that among the six machine learning algorithms implemented in this paper, the multi-layer perceptron (MLP) method is regarded as the most promising classifier.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23167208","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,16]],"date-time":"2023-08-16T10:09:33Z","timestamp":1692180573000},"page":"7208","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Machine Learning-Based Human Posture Identification from Point Cloud Data Acquisitioned by FMCW Millimetre-Wave Radar"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Guangcheng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shenchen","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kai","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yueh-Jaw","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"13017","article-title":"Improved YOLOv4 network using infrared images for personnel detection in coal mines","volume":"31","author":"Li","year":"2022","journal-title":"J. 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