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author Patton, Philip T
Pacifici, Krishna
Baird, Robin W
Oleson, Erin M
Allen, Jason B
Ashe, Erin
Athayde, Aline
Basran, Charla J
Cabrera, Elsa
Calambokidis, John
Cardoso, Júlio
Carroll, Emma L
Cesario, Amina
Cheney, Barbara J
Cheeseman, Ted
Corsi, Enrico
Currie, Jens J
Durban, John W
Falcone, Erin A
Fearnbach, Holly
Flynn, Kiirsten
Franklin, Trish
Franklin, Wally
Vernazzani, Bárbara Galletti
Genov, Tilen
Hill, Marie
Johnston, David R
Keene, Erin L
Lacey, Claire
Mahaffy, Sabre D
McGuire, Tamara L
McPherson, Liah
Meyer, Catherine
Michaud, Robert
Miliou, Anastasia
Olson, Grace L
Orbach, Dara N
Pearson, Heidi C
Rasmussen, Marianne H
Rayment, William J
Rinaldi, Caroline
Rinaldi, Renato
Siciliano, Salvatore
Stack, Stephanie H
Tintore, Beatriz
Torres, Leigh G
Towers, Jared R
Moore, Reny B Tyson
Weir, Caroline R
Wellard, Rebecca
Wells, Randall S
Yano, Kymberly M
Zaeschmar, Jochen R
Bejder, Lars
author_facet Patton, Philip T
Pacifici, Krishna
Baird, Robin W
Oleson, Erin M
Allen, Jason B
Ashe, Erin
Athayde, Aline
Basran, Charla J
Cabrera, Elsa
Calambokidis, John
Cardoso, Júlio
Carroll, Emma L
Cesario, Amina
Cheney, Barbara J
Cheeseman, Ted
Corsi, Enrico
Currie, Jens J
Durban, John W
Falcone, Erin A
Fearnbach, Holly
Flynn, Kiirsten
Franklin, Trish
Franklin, Wally
Vernazzani, Bárbara Galletti
Genov, Tilen
Hill, Marie
Johnston, David R
Keene, Erin L
Lacey, Claire
Mahaffy, Sabre D
McGuire, Tamara L
McPherson, Liah
Meyer, Catherine
Michaud, Robert
Miliou, Anastasia
Olson, Grace L
Orbach, Dara N
Pearson, Heidi C
Rasmussen, Marianne H
Rayment, William J
Rinaldi, Caroline
Rinaldi, Renato
Siciliano, Salvatore
Stack, Stephanie H
Tintore, Beatriz
Torres, Leigh G
Towers, Jared R
Moore, Reny B Tyson
Weir, Caroline R
Wellard, Rebecca
Wells, Randall S
Yano, Kymberly M
Zaeschmar, Jochen R
Bejder, Lars
Patton, Philip T
Pacifici, Krishna
Baird, Robin W
Oleson, Erin M
Allen, Jason B
Ashe, Erin
Athayde, Aline
Basran, Charla J
Cabrera, Elsa
Calambokidis, John
Cardoso, Júlio
Carroll, Emma L
Cesario, Amina
Cheney, Barbara J
Cheeseman, Ted
Corsi, Enrico
Currie, Jens J
Durban, John W
Falcone, Erin A
Fearnbach, Holly
Flynn, Kiirsten
Franklin, Trish
Franklin, Wally
Vernazzani, Bárbara Galletti
Genov, Tilen
Hill, Marie
Johnston, David R
Keene, Erin L
Lacey, Claire
Mahaffy, Sabre D
McGuire, Tamara L
McPherson, Liah
Meyer, Catherine
Michaud, Robert
Miliou, Anastasia
Olson, Grace L
Orbach, Dara N
Pearson, Heidi C
Rasmussen, Marianne H
Rayment, William J
Rinaldi, Caroline
Rinaldi, Renato
Siciliano, Salvatore
Stack, Stephanie H
Tintore, Beatriz
Torres, Leigh G
Towers, Jared R
Moore, Reny B Tyson
Weir, Caroline R
Wellard, Rebecca
Wells, Randall S
Yano, Kymberly M
Zaeschmar, Jochen R
Bejder, Lars
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Optimizing automated photo identification for population assessments. Patton, Philip T Pacifici, Krishna Baird, Robin W Oleson, Erin M Allen, Jason B Ashe, Erin Athayde, Aline Basran, Charla J Cabrera, Elsa Calambokidis, John Cardoso, Júlio Carroll, Emma L Cesario, Amina Cheney, Barbara J Cheeseman, Ted Corsi, Enrico Currie, Jens J Durban, John W Falcone, Erin A Fearnbach, Holly Flynn, Kiirsten Franklin, Trish Franklin, Wally Vernazzani, Bárbara Galletti Genov, Tilen Hill, Marie Johnston, David R Keene, Erin L Lacey, Claire Mahaffy, Sabre D McGuire, Tamara L McPherson, Liah Meyer, Catherine Michaud, Robert Miliou, Anastasia Olson, Grace L Orbach, Dara N Pearson, Heidi C Rasmussen, Marianne H Rayment, William J Rinaldi, Caroline Rinaldi, Renato Siciliano, Salvatore Stack, Stephanie H Tintore, Beatriz Torres, Leigh G Towers, Jared R Moore, Reny B Tyson Weir, Caroline R Wellard, Rebecca Wells, Randall S Yano, Kymberly M Zaeschmar, Jochen R Bejder, Lars Algorithms Photography Conservation of Natural Resources Animals Several legal acts mandate that management agencies regularly assess biological populations. For species with distinct markings, these assessments can be conducted noninvasively via capture-recapture and photographic identification (photo-ID), which involves processing considerable quantities of photographic data. To ease this burden, agencies increasingly rely on automated identification (ID) algorithms. Identification algorithms present agencies with an opportunity-reducing the cost of population assessments-and a challenge-propagating misidentifications into abundance estimates at a large scale. We explored several strategies for generating capture histories with an ID algorithm, evaluating trade-offs between labor costs and estimation error in a hypothetical population assessment. To that end, we conducted a simulation study informed by 39 photo-ID datasets representing 24 cetacean species. We fed the results into a custom optimization tool to discern the optimal strategy for each dataset. Our strategies included choosing between truly and partially automated photo-ID and, in the case of the latter, choosing the number of suggested matches to inspect. True automation was optimal for datasets for which the algorithm identified individuals well. As identification performance declined, the optimization recommended that users inspect more suggested matches from the ID algorithm, particularly for small datasets. False negatives (i.e., individual was resighted but erroneously marked as a first capture) strongly predicted estimation error. A 2% increase in the false negative rate translated to a 5% increase in the relative bias in abundance estimates. Our framework can be used to estimate expected error of the abundance estimate, project labor effort, and find the optimal strategy for a dataset and algorithm. We recommend estimating a strategy's false negative rate before implementing the strategy in a population assessment. Our framework provides organizations with insights into the conservation benefits and consequences of automation as conservation enters a new era of artificial intelligence for population assessments.
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spellingShingle Optimizing automated photo identification for population assessments.
Patton, Philip T
Pacifici, Krishna
Baird, Robin W
Oleson, Erin M
Allen, Jason B
Ashe, Erin
Athayde, Aline
Basran, Charla J
Cabrera, Elsa
Calambokidis, John
Cardoso, Júlio
Carroll, Emma L
Cesario, Amina
Cheney, Barbara J
Cheeseman, Ted
Corsi, Enrico
Currie, Jens J
Durban, John W
Falcone, Erin A
Fearnbach, Holly
Flynn, Kiirsten
Franklin, Trish
Franklin, Wally
Vernazzani, Bárbara Galletti
Genov, Tilen
Hill, Marie
Johnston, David R
Keene, Erin L
Lacey, Claire
Mahaffy, Sabre D
McGuire, Tamara L
McPherson, Liah
Meyer, Catherine
Michaud, Robert
Miliou, Anastasia
Olson, Grace L
Orbach, Dara N
Pearson, Heidi C
Rasmussen, Marianne H
Rayment, William J
Rinaldi, Caroline
Rinaldi, Renato
Siciliano, Salvatore
Stack, Stephanie H
Tintore, Beatriz
Torres, Leigh G
Towers, Jared R
Moore, Reny B Tyson
Weir, Caroline R
Wellard, Rebecca
Wells, Randall S
Yano, Kymberly M
Zaeschmar, Jochen R
Bejder, Lars
Algorithms
Photography
Conservation of Natural Resources
Animals
Optimizing automated photo identification for population assessments. Patton, Philip T Pacifici, Krishna Baird, Robin W Oleson, Erin M Allen, Jason B Ashe, Erin Athayde, Aline Basran, Charla J Cabrera, Elsa Calambokidis, John Cardoso, Júlio Carroll, Emma L Cesario, Amina Cheney, Barbara J Cheeseman, Ted Corsi, Enrico Currie, Jens J Durban, John W Falcone, Erin A Fearnbach, Holly Flynn, Kiirsten Franklin, Trish Franklin, Wally Vernazzani, Bárbara Galletti Genov, Tilen Hill, Marie Johnston, David R Keene, Erin L Lacey, Claire Mahaffy, Sabre D McGuire, Tamara L McPherson, Liah Meyer, Catherine Michaud, Robert Miliou, Anastasia Olson, Grace L Orbach, Dara N Pearson, Heidi C Rasmussen, Marianne H Rayment, William J Rinaldi, Caroline Rinaldi, Renato Siciliano, Salvatore Stack, Stephanie H Tintore, Beatriz Torres, Leigh G Towers, Jared R Moore, Reny B Tyson Weir, Caroline R Wellard, Rebecca Wells, Randall S Yano, Kymberly M Zaeschmar, Jochen R Bejder, Lars Algorithms Photography Conservation of Natural Resources Animals Several legal acts mandate that management agencies regularly assess biological populations. For species with distinct markings, these assessments can be conducted noninvasively via capture-recapture and photographic identification (photo-ID), which involves processing considerable quantities of photographic data. To ease this burden, agencies increasingly rely on automated identification (ID) algorithms. Identification algorithms present agencies with an opportunity-reducing the cost of population assessments-and a challenge-propagating misidentifications into abundance estimates at a large scale. We explored several strategies for generating capture histories with an ID algorithm, evaluating trade-offs between labor costs and estimation error in a hypothetical population assessment. To that end, we conducted a simulation study informed by 39 photo-ID datasets representing 24 cetacean species. We fed the results into a custom optimization tool to discern the optimal strategy for each dataset. Our strategies included choosing between truly and partially automated photo-ID and, in the case of the latter, choosing the number of suggested matches to inspect. True automation was optimal for datasets for which the algorithm identified individuals well. As identification performance declined, the optimization recommended that users inspect more suggested matches from the ID algorithm, particularly for small datasets. False negatives (i.e., individual was resighted but erroneously marked as a first capture) strongly predicted estimation error. A 2% increase in the false negative rate translated to a 5% increase in the relative bias in abundance estimates. Our framework can be used to estimate expected error of the abundance estimate, project labor effort, and find the optimal strategy for a dataset and algorithm. We recommend estimating a strategy's false negative rate before implementing the strategy in a population assessment. Our framework provides organizations with insights into the conservation benefits and consequences of automation as conservation enters a new era of artificial intelligence for population assessments.
title Optimizing automated photo identification for population assessments.
topic Algorithms
Photography
Conservation of Natural Resources
Animals
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39807876/