DQ-PAA: an efficient autonomous architecture based on dual cellular Q-LEARNING for intrusion detection in the healthcare system in the internet of things context
摘要
The rapid integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) into healthcare systems has significantly increased exposure to cyberattacks, making accurate and low-latency intrusion detection a critical challenge. This paper proposes DQ-PAA, an autonomous intrusion detection architecture that combines Horse Herd Optimization (HHO)-based feature selection with a dual cellular Q-Learning decision framework. In the proposed method, HHO is employed to select the most informative network features, while a deep learning-based anomaly detector identifies suspicious traffic patterns. These detected anomalies are subsequently analyzed by a dual Q-Learning mechanism to optimize response decisions and reduce false alarms. The proposed DQ-PAA architecture is evaluated on benchmark intrusion detection datasets widely used in IoT security research, and its performance is compared against Bi-LSTM, LSTM, GMDH, standard Q-Learning, MLP, and NN models. Experimental results demonstrate that DQ-PAA achieves an average improvement of 5.73% in accuracy, 7.37% in precision, 6.78% in recall, and 7% in F-measure, while reducing training and prediction times by 9.63 s and 10.71 s, respectively, compared to the baseline methods. These results confirm that DQ-PAA provides a reliable and computationally efficient solution for intrusion detection in IoT-based healthcare environments.