Modified Particle Swarm Optimization on Feature Selection for Palm Leaf Disease Classification

Palm oil plantations in Indonesia face challenges in enhancing productivity and profitability, notably due to pest attacks that reduce production. Early identification and classification of plant conditions, particularly palm oil leaves, are crucial for mitigating losses. This study explores the application of artificial intelligence, specifically computer vision and machine learning, for disease detection. Various machine learning techniques, including Local Binary Pattern (LBP), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), and Support Vector Machine (SVM), have been used in different studies with varying accuracy. This research focuses on modifying Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) for feature selection in identifying diseases in palm oil leaves. The PSO modification combined with logistic regression and Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) significantly enhances KNN performance. Accuracy improved from 95.75% to 97.85%, while precision, recall, and F1-score reached approximately 98.80%. Additionally, the modified KNN+PSO achieved the shortest computation time of 0.0872 seconds, indicating high computational efficiency. These results demonstrate that the PSO modification not only improves accuracy but also computational efficiency, making it an effective method for enhancing KNN performance in detecting palm oil leaf diseases.