A Photoplethysmography Based Mental Workload Evaluation Using Ensembled CatBoost Approach

• Published in: Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India). Series B, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and telecommunication engineering, Computer engineering Vol. 106; no. 1; pp. 165 - 180
• Main Authors: Pemmada, Suresh Kumar, Nayak, Janmenjoy, Routray, Ashanta Ranjan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Springer India 01.02.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accuracy; Communications Engineering; Electrocardiography; Engineering; Galvanic skin response; Networks; Original Contribution; Performance evaluation; Psychological stress; Wearable technology; Working conditions; Workload; Workloads; N-back; Ensemble learning; Mental workload; Wearable sensors

The increasing presence of cognitive activities needs the use of increased brain resources. This stress, called mental workload, may result in poor task performance. As a result, assessing mental workload will provide an appropriate working environment for a subject to boost work productivity or inc...