BARN: Behavior-Aware Relation Network for multi-label behavior detection in socially housed macaques

Sen Yang; Xi-Bo Ma; Zhi-Yuan Chen; Ke-Wei Liang; Cai-Jie Qin; Yang Yang; Wen-Xuan Fan; Chen-Lu Jie

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Sen Yang, Xi-Bo Ma, Zhi-Yuan Chen, Ke-Wei Liang, Cai-Jie Qin, Yang Yang, Wen-Xuan Fan, Chen-Lu Jie. BARN: Behavior-Aware Relation Network for multi-label behavior detection in socially housed macaques. Zoological Research. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.485

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Sen Yang, Xi-Bo Ma, Zhi-Yuan Chen, Ke-Wei Liang, Cai-Jie Qin, Yang Yang, Wen-Xuan Fan, Chen-Lu Jie. BARN: Behavior-Aware Relation Network for multi-label behavior detection in socially housed macaques. Zoological Research. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.485

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Sen Yang, Xi-Bo Ma, Zhi-Yuan Chen, Ke-Wei Liang, Cai-Jie Qin, Yang Yang, Wen-Xuan Fan, Chen-Lu Jie. BARN: Behavior-Aware Relation Network for multi-label behavior detection in socially housed macaques. Zoological Research. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.485

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BARN: Behavior-Aware Relation Network for multi-label behavior detection in socially housed macaques

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.485

Sen Yang^{1, 2, 3},
Xi-Bo Ma^{1, 2, 3
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Zhi-Yuan Chen^{2, 3},
Ke-Wei Liang^{2, 3},
Cai-Jie Qin^{2, 3},
Yang Yang^{2, 3},
Wen-Xuan Fan^{1, 2, 3},
Chen-Lu Jie^{2, 3, 4}

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College of Medicine and Biological Information Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110169, China
2.
MAIS, State Key Laboratory of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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School of Automation, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150080, China

Our code and macaque datasets are freely available online (https://github.com/BertonYang18/BARN-monkey) along with the publication of this study. We hope to receive feedback on any potential bugs or issues. Supplementary Videos S1 and S2 can also be found online (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1v2ZcXlrAR7rB0Pws4SWUqZPTKupVQIw7?usp=share_link).
Supplementary data to this article can be found online.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
S.Y. completed the main experiment, wrote the manuscript draft, and conducted the literature review. S.Y., Z.Y.C., K.W.L., W.X.F., and C.L.J. participated in the design of data acquisition and annotation scheme. X.B.M., Y.Y., and C.J.Q discussed the study, provided suggestions to improve the experimental scheme, and edited the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Funds: This work was supported by the Major Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82090051, 81871442) and Outstanding Member Project of Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Y201930)

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Corresponding author: E-mail: xibo.ma@nlpr.ia.ac.cn
Received Date: 2023-03-23
Accepted Date: 2023-04-20

Published Online: 2023-09-12

Abstract

Abstract

Quantification of behaviors in macaques provides crucial support for various scientific disciplines, including pharmacology, neuroscience, and ethology. Despite recent advancements in the analysis of macaque behavior, research on multi-label behavior detection in socially housed macaques, including consideration of interactions among them, remains scarce. Given the lack of relevant approaches and datasets, we developed the Behavior-Aware Relation Network (BARN) for multi-label behavior detection of socially housed macaques. Our approach models the relationship of behavioral similarity between macaques, guided by a behavior-aware module and novel behavior classifier, which is suitable for multi-label classification. We also constructed a behavior dataset of rhesus macaques using ordinary RGB cameras mounted outside their cages. The dataset included 65 913 labels for 19 behaviors and 60 367 proposals, including identities and locations of the macaques. Experimental results showed that BARN significantly improved the baseline SlowFast network and outperformed existing relation networks. In conclusion, we successfully achieved multi-label behavior detection of socially housed macaques with both economic efficiency and high accuracy.
- Macaque behavior,
- Drug safety assessment,
- Multi-label behavior detection,
- Behavioral similarity,
- Relation network

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