AIM: To study the application of artificial neural network (ANN) in forecasting the incidence of hepatitis A, which had an autoregression phenomenon.METHODS: The data of the incidence of hepatitis A in Liaoning Provin...AIM: To study the application of artificial neural network (ANN) in forecasting the incidence of hepatitis A, which had an autoregression phenomenon.METHODS: The data of the incidence of hepatitis A in Liaoning Province from 1981 to 2001 were obtained from Liaoning Disease Control and Prevention Center. We used the autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model of time series analysis to determine whether there was any autoregression phenomenon in the data. Then the data of the incidence were switched into [0,1] intervals as the network theoretical output. The data from 1981 to 1997 were used as the training and veriying sets and the data from 1998 to 2001 were made up into the test set.STATISTICA neural network (ST NN) was used to construct,train and simulate the artificial neural network.RESULTS: Twenty-four networks were tested and seven were retained. The best network we found had excellent performance, its regression ratio was 0.73, and its correlation was 0.69. There were 2 input variables in the network, one was AR(1), and the other was time. The number of units in hidden layer was 3. In ARIMA time series analysis results, the best model was first order autoregression without difference and smoothness. The total sum square error of the ANN model was 9 090.21, the sum square error of the training set and testing set was 8 377.52 and 712.69,respectively, they were all less than that of ARIMA model.The corresponding value of ARIMA was 12 291.79, 8 944.95 and 3 346.84, respectively. The correlation coefficient of nonlinear regression (RNL) of ANN was 0.71, while the RNL of ARIMA linear autoregression model was 0.66.CONCLUSION: ANN is superior to conventional methods in forecasting the incidence of hepatitis A which has an autoregression phenomenon.展开更多
Asynchronous motor overturn with a vectorial control system，Developments on bearingless drive technology，Identifying the asynchronous motor inner values，On-line estimation of quantities using artificial neural netw...Asynchronous motor overturn with a vectorial control system，Developments on bearingless drive technology，Identifying the asynchronous motor inner values，On-line estimation of quantities using artificial neural networks，Research on flywheel energy storage system for power quality，SIMULATION OF A PV PANEL-INVERTERMOTOPUMP ASSOCIATION IN PHOTOVOLTAIC PUMPING SYSTEMS，Simulation of field orientation control for a two-phase asynchronous motor。展开更多
A novel paradigm for telemedicine using the personal bio-monitor,Computer tomography based diagnosis using extended logic programming and artificial neural networks.Estimation of relevant data for a SVM-classification...A novel paradigm for telemedicine using the personal bio-monitor,Computer tomography based diagnosis using extended logic programming and artificial neural networks.Estimation of relevant data for a SVM-classification.Evaluating an intelligent diagnosis system of historical text comprehension.Fault intelligent diagnosis for high-pressure feed-water heater system of a 300 MW coal-fired power unit based on improved BP neural network.展开更多
AIM: To investigate the role of artifi cial neural networks in predicting the presence of thyroid disease in atrophic body gastritis patients. METHODS: A dataset of 29 input variables of 253 atrophic body gastritis pa...AIM: To investigate the role of artifi cial neural networks in predicting the presence of thyroid disease in atrophic body gastritis patients. METHODS: A dataset of 29 input variables of 253 atrophic body gastritis patients was applied to artifi cial neural networks (ANNs) using a data optimisation procedure (standard ANNs,T&T-IS protocol,TWIST protocol). The target variable was the presence of thyroid disease. RESULTS: Standard ANNs obtained a mean accuracy of 64.4% with a sensitivity of 69% and a specifi city of 59.8% in recognizing atrophic body gastritis patients with thyroid disease. The optimization procedures (T&T-IS and TWIST protocol) improved the performance of the recognition task yielding a mean accuracy,sensitivity and specifi city of 74.7% and 75.8%,78.8% and 81.8%,and 70.5% and 69.9%,respectively. The increase of sensitivity of the TWIST protocol was statistically signifi cant compared to T&T-IS. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that artificial neural networks may be taken into consideration as a potential clinical decision-support tool for identifying ABG patients at risk for harbouring an unknown thyroid disease and thus requiring diagnostic work-up of their thyroid status.展开更多
An artificial neural network is used to predict the performance of fabrics in clothing manufacturing. The predictions are based on fabric mechanical properties measured on the FAST system. The influences of the differ...An artificial neural network is used to predict the performance of fabrics in clothing manufacturing. The predictions are based on fabric mechanical properties measured on the FAST system. The influences of the different ANNs construct on the convergence speed and the prediction accuracy are investigated. The result indicates that the BP neural network is an efficiency technique and has a wide prospect in the application to garment processing.展开更多
In order to catch more process details in chemical processes, adynamic model for prediction of process trends is proposed bymodifying traditional time-series ANN (artificial neural networks)model with impulse response...In order to catch more process details in chemical processes, adynamic model for prediction of process trends is proposed bymodifying traditional time-series ANN (artificial neural networks)model with impulse response identification means. The applicationresults of the model is briefly discussed.展开更多
To eliminate harmonic pollution incurred from the static synchronous compensator(STATCOM), a method of applying artificial neural network is presented. When PWM wave is formed based on the harmonic suppression theory,...To eliminate harmonic pollution incurred from the static synchronous compensator(STATCOM), a method of applying artificial neural network is presented. When PWM wave is formed based on the harmonic suppression theory, a concave is set on certain angle of the square wave to suppress unnecessary harmonics, by timely and on-line determining the chopping angle corresponding to respective harmonics through artificial neural network, i.e. by setting the position of concave to eliminate corresponding harmonics, the harmonic component on output voltage of the inverter can be improved. To conclude through computer simulation test, the perfect control effect has been proved.展开更多
Considering the non-linear, complex and muhivariable process of biological denitrification, an activated sludge process was introduced to remove nitrate in groundwater with the aid of artificial neural networks （ANN...Considering the non-linear, complex and muhivariable process of biological denitrification, an activated sludge process was introduced to remove nitrate in groundwater with the aid of artificial neural networks （ANN） to evaluate the nitrate removal effect： The parameters such as COD, NH3-N, NO3^- -N, NO2^- -N, MISS, DO, etc. , were used for input nodes, and COD, NH3-N, NO3^- -N, NO2^- -N were selected for output nodes. Experimental ANN training results show that ANN was able to predict the output water quality parameters very well. Most of relative errors of NO3^- -N and COD were in the range of ± 10% and ±5% respectively. The results predicted by ANN model of nitrate removal in groundwater produced good agreement with the experimental data. Though ANN model can optimize effect of the whole system, it cannot replace the water treatment process.展开更多
This paper presented an online quality inspection system based on artificial neural networks. Chromatism classification and edge detection are two difficult problems in glass steel surface quality inspection. Two arti...This paper presented an online quality inspection system based on artificial neural networks. Chromatism classification and edge detection are two difficult problems in glass steel surface quality inspection. Two artificial neural networks were made and the two problems were solved. The one solved chromatism classification. Hue, saturation and their probability of three colors, whose appearing probabilities were maximum in color histogram, were selected as input parameters, and the number of output node could be adjusted with the change of requirement. The other solved edge detection. In this neutral network, edge detection of gray scale image was able to be tested with trained neural networks for a binary image. It prevent the difficulty that the number of needed training samples was too large if gray scale images were directly regarded as training samples. This system is able to be applied to not only glass steel fault inspection but also other product online quality inspection and classification.展开更多
Objective To predict the incidence of anxiety in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients by using machine-learning models. Methods A large randomized controlled clinical trial was analyzed in this study, which involved AD ...Objective To predict the incidence of anxiety in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients by using machine-learning models. Methods A large randomized controlled clinical trial was analyzed in this study, which involved AD patients and caregivers from 6 different sites in the United States. The incidence of anxiety in AD patients was predicted by backpropagation artificial neural networks and several machine learning models, including Bayesian Networks, logistic regression, ADTree, J48, and Decision table. Results Among all models for predicting the incidence of anxiety in AD patients, the artificial neural network with respectively 6 and 3 neurons in the first and second hidden layers achieved the highest predictive accuracy of 85.56 %. The decision tree revealed three main risk factors: "caregiver experiencing psychological distress", "caregiver suffering from chronic disease or cancer", and "lack of professional care service". Conclusion The unique ability of artificial neural networks on classifying nonlinearly separable problems may substantially benefit the prediction, prevention and early intervention of anxiety in Alzheimer’s patients. Decision tree has the double efficacy of predicting the incidence and discovering the risk factors of anxiety in Alzheimer’s patients. More resources should be provided to caregivers to improve their mental and physical health, and more professional care services should be adopted by Alzheimer’s families.展开更多
Clothing manufacturers＇ direct investment and joint ventures in developing regions have seen to grow rapidly in the past few decades. Non-optimized selection can contribute to adverse effects affecting the performanc...Clothing manufacturers＇ direct investment and joint ventures in developing regions have seen to grow rapidly in the past few decades. Non-optimized selection can contribute to adverse effects affecting the performance of the plants on aspects of productivity, manufacturing and logistics cost. Selection of proper plant location is thus crucial. The conventional approaches to sites location are based on the factors and their weights. However, determining the weight of each factor is very difficult and time consuming. While the situation is changed, all the work must be redone again. This study aims to develop a decision-making system on clothing plant location for Hoog Kong clothing manufacturer. The proposed system utilizes artificial neural network to study the relationship between the factors and the suitability index of candidate sites. Firstly, the factors are stratified using the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process （FAHP） by review the related references and interviewing the experts. Secondly, the corresponding data are collected from the experts by questionnaire and the related government publication. Finally, the feedforward neural network with error backpropagation（EBP） learning algorithm is trained and applied to make decision. The results show that the proposed system performs well and has the characteristic of adaptability and plasticity.展开更多
Cost estimation has its proven importance as one of essential factors for project success. The aim of this research is to predict the early project cost using neural network. Early project cost represents a key compon...Cost estimation has its proven importance as one of essential factors for project success. The aim of this research is to predict the early project cost using neural network. Early project cost represents a key component in business unit decisions. The most important factors influencing on the parametric cost estimation in construction building projects in Gaza Strip were defined and investigated. A questionnaire survey and relative index ranking technique were used to conclude the most important factors. Fourteen most effective factors were identified. One hundred and six case studies from real executed construction project in Gaza Strip were collected for training and testing the model. The cases were prepared to be used in cost estimate neural networks model. Eighty percent of case studies were used to train and test the model. The remaining 20% was used for model verification. The results revealed the ability to the model to predict cost estimate to an acceptable degree of accuracy. The minimum squares error with 0.005 in training stage and 0.021 in testing stage were recorded.展开更多
Since the complexity and structural diversity of man-made compounds are considered, quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs)-based fast screening approaches are urgently needed for the assessment of the p...Since the complexity and structural diversity of man-made compounds are considered, quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs)-based fast screening approaches are urgently needed for the assessment of the potential risk of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The artificial neural net-works (ANN) are capable of recognizing highly nonlinear relationships, so it will have a bright applica-tion prospect in building high-quality QSAR models. As a popular supervised training algorithm in ANN, back-propagation (BP) converges slowly and immerses in vibration frequently. In this paper, a research strategy that BP neural network was improved by conjugate gradient (CG) algorithm with a variable selection method based on genetic algorithm was applied to investigate the QSAR of EDCs. This re-sulted in a robust and highly predictive ANN model with R2 of 0.845 for the training set, q2pred of 0.81 and root-mean-square error (RMSE) of 0.688 for the test set. The result shows that our method can provide a feasible and practical tool for the rapid screening of the estrogen activity of organic compounds.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.30170833
文摘AIM: To study the application of artificial neural network (ANN) in forecasting the incidence of hepatitis A, which had an autoregression phenomenon.METHODS: The data of the incidence of hepatitis A in Liaoning Province from 1981 to 2001 were obtained from Liaoning Disease Control and Prevention Center. We used the autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model of time series analysis to determine whether there was any autoregression phenomenon in the data. Then the data of the incidence were switched into [0,1] intervals as the network theoretical output. The data from 1981 to 1997 were used as the training and veriying sets and the data from 1998 to 2001 were made up into the test set.STATISTICA neural network (ST NN) was used to construct,train and simulate the artificial neural network.RESULTS: Twenty-four networks were tested and seven were retained. The best network we found had excellent performance, its regression ratio was 0.73, and its correlation was 0.69. There were 2 input variables in the network, one was AR(1), and the other was time. The number of units in hidden layer was 3. In ARIMA time series analysis results, the best model was first order autoregression without difference and smoothness. The total sum square error of the ANN model was 9 090.21, the sum square error of the training set and testing set was 8 377.52 and 712.69,respectively, they were all less than that of ARIMA model.The corresponding value of ARIMA was 12 291.79, 8 944.95 and 3 346.84, respectively. The correlation coefficient of nonlinear regression (RNL) of ANN was 0.71, while the RNL of ARIMA linear autoregression model was 0.66.CONCLUSION: ANN is superior to conventional methods in forecasting the incidence of hepatitis A which has an autoregression phenomenon.
文摘Asynchronous motor overturn with a vectorial control system，Developments on bearingless drive technology，Identifying the asynchronous motor inner values，On-line estimation of quantities using artificial neural networks，Research on flywheel energy storage system for power quality，SIMULATION OF A PV PANEL-INVERTERMOTOPUMP ASSOCIATION IN PHOTOVOLTAIC PUMPING SYSTEMS，Simulation of field orientation control for a two-phase asynchronous motor。
文摘A novel paradigm for telemedicine using the personal bio-monitor,Computer tomography based diagnosis using extended logic programming and artificial neural networks.Estimation of relevant data for a SVM-classification.Evaluating an intelligent diagnosis system of historical text comprehension.Fault intelligent diagnosis for high-pressure feed-water heater system of a 300 MW coal-fired power unit based on improved BP neural network.
基金funds from MIUR 2005 (Italian Ministry for University and Research) and University Sapienza Roma
文摘AIM: To investigate the role of artifi cial neural networks in predicting the presence of thyroid disease in atrophic body gastritis patients. METHODS: A dataset of 29 input variables of 253 atrophic body gastritis patients was applied to artifi cial neural networks (ANNs) using a data optimisation procedure (standard ANNs,T&T-IS protocol,TWIST protocol). The target variable was the presence of thyroid disease. RESULTS: Standard ANNs obtained a mean accuracy of 64.4% with a sensitivity of 69% and a specifi city of 59.8% in recognizing atrophic body gastritis patients with thyroid disease. The optimization procedures (T&T-IS and TWIST protocol) improved the performance of the recognition task yielding a mean accuracy,sensitivity and specifi city of 74.7% and 75.8%,78.8% and 81.8%,and 70.5% and 69.9%,respectively. The increase of sensitivity of the TWIST protocol was statistically signifi cant compared to T&T-IS. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that artificial neural networks may be taken into consideration as a potential clinical decision-support tool for identifying ABG patients at risk for harbouring an unknown thyroid disease and thus requiring diagnostic work-up of their thyroid status.
文摘An artificial neural network is used to predict the performance of fabrics in clothing manufacturing. The predictions are based on fabric mechanical properties measured on the FAST system. The influences of the different ANNs construct on the convergence speed and the prediction accuracy are investigated. The result indicates that the BP neural network is an efficiency technique and has a wide prospect in the application to garment processing.
文摘In order to catch more process details in chemical processes, adynamic model for prediction of process trends is proposed bymodifying traditional time-series ANN (artificial neural networks)model with impulse response identification means. The applicationresults of the model is briefly discussed.
文摘To eliminate harmonic pollution incurred from the static synchronous compensator(STATCOM), a method of applying artificial neural network is presented. When PWM wave is formed based on the harmonic suppression theory, a concave is set on certain angle of the square wave to suppress unnecessary harmonics, by timely and on-line determining the chopping angle corresponding to respective harmonics through artificial neural network, i.e. by setting the position of concave to eliminate corresponding harmonics, the harmonic component on output voltage of the inverter can be improved. To conclude through computer simulation test, the perfect control effect has been proved.
基金National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.863-2003AA601120).
文摘Considering the non-linear, complex and muhivariable process of biological denitrification, an activated sludge process was introduced to remove nitrate in groundwater with the aid of artificial neural networks （ANN） to evaluate the nitrate removal effect： The parameters such as COD, NH3-N, NO3^- -N, NO2^- -N, MISS, DO, etc. , were used for input nodes, and COD, NH3-N, NO3^- -N, NO2^- -N were selected for output nodes. Experimental ANN training results show that ANN was able to predict the output water quality parameters very well. Most of relative errors of NO3^- -N and COD were in the range of ± 10% and ±5% respectively. The results predicted by ANN model of nitrate removal in groundwater produced good agreement with the experimental data. Though ANN model can optimize effect of the whole system, it cannot replace the water treatment process.
基金Supported by Science and Technology Fundation (China University of Geosciences) (No.200520)
文摘This paper presented an online quality inspection system based on artificial neural networks. Chromatism classification and edge detection are two difficult problems in glass steel surface quality inspection. Two artificial neural networks were made and the two problems were solved. The one solved chromatism classification. Hue, saturation and their probability of three colors, whose appearing probabilities were maximum in color histogram, were selected as input parameters, and the number of output node could be adjusted with the change of requirement. The other solved edge detection. In this neutral network, edge detection of gray scale image was able to be tested with trained neural networks for a binary image. It prevent the difficulty that the number of needed training samples was too large if gray scale images were directly regarded as training samples. This system is able to be applied to not only glass steel fault inspection but also other product online quality inspection and classification.
基金the 2006 Mountaineering Program of Shanghai, China(06JC14043).
文摘Objective To predict the incidence of anxiety in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients by using machine-learning models. Methods A large randomized controlled clinical trial was analyzed in this study, which involved AD patients and caregivers from 6 different sites in the United States. The incidence of anxiety in AD patients was predicted by backpropagation artificial neural networks and several machine learning models, including Bayesian Networks, logistic regression, ADTree, J48, and Decision table. Results Among all models for predicting the incidence of anxiety in AD patients, the artificial neural network with respectively 6 and 3 neurons in the first and second hidden layers achieved the highest predictive accuracy of 85.56 %. The decision tree revealed three main risk factors: "caregiver experiencing psychological distress", "caregiver suffering from chronic disease or cancer", and "lack of professional care service". Conclusion The unique ability of artificial neural networks on classifying nonlinearly separable problems may substantially benefit the prediction, prevention and early intervention of anxiety in Alzheimer’s patients. Decision tree has the double efficacy of predicting the incidence and discovering the risk factors of anxiety in Alzheimer’s patients. More resources should be provided to caregivers to improve their mental and physical health, and more professional care services should be adopted by Alzheimer’s families.
文摘Clothing manufacturers＇ direct investment and joint ventures in developing regions have seen to grow rapidly in the past few decades. Non-optimized selection can contribute to adverse effects affecting the performance of the plants on aspects of productivity, manufacturing and logistics cost. Selection of proper plant location is thus crucial. The conventional approaches to sites location are based on the factors and their weights. However, determining the weight of each factor is very difficult and time consuming. While the situation is changed, all the work must be redone again. This study aims to develop a decision-making system on clothing plant location for Hoog Kong clothing manufacturer. The proposed system utilizes artificial neural network to study the relationship between the factors and the suitability index of candidate sites. Firstly, the factors are stratified using the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process （FAHP） by review the related references and interviewing the experts. Secondly, the corresponding data are collected from the experts by questionnaire and the related government publication. Finally, the feedforward neural network with error backpropagation（EBP） learning algorithm is trained and applied to make decision. The results show that the proposed system performs well and has the characteristic of adaptability and plasticity.
文摘Cost estimation has its proven importance as one of essential factors for project success. The aim of this research is to predict the early project cost using neural network. Early project cost represents a key component in business unit decisions. The most important factors influencing on the parametric cost estimation in construction building projects in Gaza Strip were defined and investigated. A questionnaire survey and relative index ranking technique were used to conclude the most important factors. Fourteen most effective factors were identified. One hundred and six case studies from real executed construction project in Gaza Strip were collected for training and testing the model. The cases were prepared to be used in cost estimate neural networks model. Eighty percent of case studies were used to train and test the model. The remaining 20% was used for model verification. The results revealed the ability to the model to predict cost estimate to an acceptable degree of accuracy. The minimum squares error with 0.005 in training stage and 0.021 in testing stage were recorded.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20507008)the National Natural Science Foundation Key Project of China (Grant No. 20737001)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China (Grant No. BK200418)the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Grant No. 2003CB415002)
文摘Since the complexity and structural diversity of man-made compounds are considered, quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs)-based fast screening approaches are urgently needed for the assessment of the potential risk of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The artificial neural net-works (ANN) are capable of recognizing highly nonlinear relationships, so it will have a bright applica-tion prospect in building high-quality QSAR models. As a popular supervised training algorithm in ANN, back-propagation (BP) converges slowly and immerses in vibration frequently. In this paper, a research strategy that BP neural network was improved by conjugate gradient (CG) algorithm with a variable selection method based on genetic algorithm was applied to investigate the QSAR of EDCs. This re-sulted in a robust and highly predictive ANN model with R2 of 0.845 for the training set, q2pred of 0.81 and root-mean-square error (RMSE) of 0.688 for the test set. The result shows that our method can provide a feasible and practical tool for the rapid screening of the estrogen activity of organic compounds.
