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Background and ObjectiveThe COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe mortality across the globe with the USA as the current epicenter, although the initial outbreak was in Wuhan, China. Many studies successfully applied machine learning to fight the COVID-19 pandemic from a different perspective. To the best of the authors knowledge, no comprehensive survey with bibliometric analysis has been conducted on the adoption of machine learning for fighting COVID-19. Therefore, the main goal of this study is to bridge this gap by carrying out an in-depth survey with bibliometric analysis on the adoption of machine-learning-based technologies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic from a different perspective, including an extensive systematic literature review and a bibliometric analysis. MethodsA literature survey methodology is applied to retrieve data from academic databases, and a bibliometric technique is subsequently employed to analyze the accessed records. Moreover, the concise summary, sources of COVID-19 datasets, taxonomy, synthesis, and analysis are presented. The convolutional neural network (CNN) is found mainly utilized in developing COVID-19 diagnosis and prognosis tools, mostly from chest X-ray and chest computed tomography (CT) scan images. Similarly, a bibliometric analysis of machine-learning-based COVID-19-related publications in Scopus and Web of Science citation indexes is performed. Finally, a new perspective is proposed to solve the challenges identified as directions for future research. We believe that the survey with bibliometric analysis can help researchers easily detect areas that require further development and identify potential collaborators. ResultsThe findings in this study reveal that machine-learning-based COVID-19 diagnostic tools received the most considerable attention from researchers. Specifically, the analyses of the results show that energy and resources are more dispensed toward COVID-19 automated diagnostic tools, while COVID-19 drugs and vaccine development remain grossly underexploited. Moreover, the machine-learning-based algorithm predominantly utilized by researchers in developing the diagnostic tool is CNN mainly from X-rays and CT scan images. ConclusionsThe challenges hindering practical work on the application of machine-learning-based technologies to fight COVID-19 and a new perspective to solve the identified problems are presented in this study. We believe that the presented survey with bibliometric analysis can help researchers determine areas that need further development and identify potential collaborators at author, country, and institutional levels to advance research in the focused area of machine learning application for disease control.
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The spread of COVID-19 across the world continues as efforts are being made from multi-dimension to curtail its spread and provide treatment. The COVID-19 triggered partial and full lockdown across the globe in an effort to prevent its spread. COVID-19 causes serious fatalities with United States of America recording over 3,000 deaths within 24 hours, the highest in the world for a single day and as of October 2020 has recorded a total of 270,642 death toll. In this paper, we present a novel framework which intelligently combines machine learning models and internet of things (IoT) technology specific in combatting COVID-19 in smart cities. The purpose of the study is to promote the interoperability of machine learning algorithms with IoT technology in interacting with a population and its environment with the aim of curtailing COVID-19. Furthermore, the study also investigates and discusses some solution frameworks, which can generate, capture, store and analyze data using machine learning algorithms. These algorithms are able to detect, prevent, and trace the spread of COVID-19, and provide better understanding of the virus in smart cities. Similarly, the study outlined case studies on the application of machine learning to help in the fight against COVID-19 in hospitals across the world. The framework proposed in the study is a comprehensive presentation on the major components needed for an integration of machine learning approach with other AI-based solutions. Finally, the machine learning framework presented in this study has the potential to help national healthcare systems in curtailing the COVID-19 pandemic in smart cities. In addition, the proposed framework is poised as a point for generating research interests which will yield outcomes capable of been integrated to form an improved framework.