In this paper, a fuzzycompetitive learning (FcL) paradigm adopting a principle of learn according to how well it wins is proposed, based upon which three existing competitive learning algorithms, namely, the unsuperv...
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In this paper, a fuzzycompetitive learning (FcL) paradigm adopting a principle of learn according to how well it wins is proposed, based upon which three existing competitive learning algorithms, namely, the unsupervised competitive learning, learning vector quantization, and frequency sensitive competitive learning, are fuzzified to form a class of FcL algorithms. Unlike the crisp competitive learning algorithms where only one neuron will win and learn at each competition, every neuron in the proposed FcL networks to a certain degree wins, depending on its distance to the input pattern, and learns the pattern accordingly. Thus, the concept of win has been formulated as a fuzzy set and the network outputs become the win memberships (in [0, 1]) of the competing neurons. compared with the crisp competitive learning algorithms, the proposed fuzzyalgorithms consist of various distinctive features such as i) converging more often to the desired solutions, or equivalently, reducing the likelihood of neuron underutilization that has long been a major shortcoming of crisp competitive learning;ii) better classification rate and generalization performance, especially in overlapping data sets: iii) providing confidence measure of the classification results. These features are demonstrated through numerical simulations of three data sets, including two artificially generated ones and a vowel recognition data set.
In multivariate statistical methods, it is important to identify influential observations for a reasonable interpretation of the data structure, In this paper, we propose a method for identifying influential data in t...
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In multivariate statistical methods, it is important to identify influential observations for a reasonable interpretation of the data structure, In this paper, we propose a method for identifying influential data in the fuzzyc-means (FcM) algorithm, To investigate such data, we consider a perturbation of the data points and evaluate the effect of a perturbation. As a perturbation, we consider two cases: one is the case in which the direction of a perturbation is specified and the other is the case in which the direction of a perturbation is not specified, By computing the change in the clustering result of FcM when given data points are slightly perturbed, we can look for data points that greatly affect the result, Also, we confirm an efficacy of the proposed method by numerical examples.
This paper proposes an effective, four-stage smoke-detection algorithm using video images. In the first stage, an approximate median method is used to segment moving regions in a video frame. In the second stage, a fu...
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This paper proposes an effective, four-stage smoke-detection algorithm using video images. In the first stage, an approximate median method is used to segment moving regions in a video frame. In the second stage, a fuzzyc-means (FcM) method is used to cluster candidate smoke regions from these moving regions. In the third phase, a parameter extraction method is used to extract a set of parameters from spatial and temporal characteristics of the candidate smoke regions: these parameters include the motion vector, surface roughness and area randomness of smoke. In the fourth stage, the parameters extracted from the third stage are used as input feature vectors to train a support vector machine (SVM) classifier, which is then used by the smoke alarm to make a decision. Experimental results show that the proposed four-stage smoke-detection algorithm outperforms conventional smoke-detection algorithms in terms of accuracy of smoke detection, providing a low false-alarm rate and high reliability in open and large spaces. (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
In this paper, a fuzzyclustering method based on evolutionary programming (EPFcM) is proposed. The algorithm benefits from the global search strategy of evolutionary programming, to improve fuzzy c-means algorithm (F...
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In this paper, a fuzzyclustering method based on evolutionary programming (EPFcM) is proposed. The algorithm benefits from the global search strategy of evolutionary programming, to improve fuzzy c-means algorithm (FcM). The cluster validity can be measured by some cluster validity indices. To increase the convergence speed of the algorithm, we exploit the modified algorithm to change the number of cluster centers dynamically. Experiments demonstrate EPFcM can find the proper number of clusters, and the result of clustering does not depend critically on the choice of the initial cluster centers. The probability of trapping into the local optima will be very lower than FcM. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellite can be used to estimate rainfall through the multispectral images, which are provided every 15 min across 12 channels. However, most studies have not maximized the teraby...
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The Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellite can be used to estimate rainfall through the multispectral images, which are provided every 15 min across 12 channels. However, most studies have not maximized the terabytes of data provided by the channels in this satellite, which are potentially rich in new resources that need to be exploited. Moreover, these studies classify pixels conventionally, where a pixel is considered either 100% precipitant or 0% (no-precipitant), whereas actually it cannot be classified in a clear and unambiguous way. To address this problem, we propose a method that exploits the images of the channels and constructs an estimation model in the form of fuzzy association rules to estimate the rainfall in Northeastern Algeria. Each rule is in if (condition)-then (conclusion) form, where the condition is a combination of the various fuzzyclasses of MSG images, and the conclusion contains a single fuzzyclass that represents the intensities of rain: no-rain, low, moderate, and high. The obtained results are compared with the data obtained by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites Multisensor Precipitation Estimate program.
The effect of a stain repellent treatment on the water-oil repellency characteristics of plush knitted fabrics is investigated. We compared the efficiency of two methods of modeling;a Multicriteria analysis was employ...
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The effect of a stain repellent treatment on the water-oil repellency characteristics of plush knitted fabrics is investigated. We compared the efficiency of two methods of modeling;a Multicriteria analysis was employed by means of surface response method and an artificial intelligence-based system approach is presented by fuzzy logic modeling in which the effects of the operating parameters and intrinsic features of fabrics are studied. These parameters were pre-selected according to their possible influence on the outputs which were the contact angle and the air permeability. An original fuzzy logic-based method was proposed to select the most relevant parameters. The results show that air permeability was influenced essentially by knitted structure's parameters but the variation of treatment parameters has a great effect on the contact angle. Thus, it is believed that artificial intelligence system could efficiently be applied to the knit industry to understand, evaluate, and predict water-oil repellency parameters of plush knitted fabrics more than Multicriteria analysis.
A codeword-rotation algorithm is proposed for vector quantization (VQ) of images. A novel binary classifier is presented to preclassify the training vectors into six classes including edge blocks and nonedge blocks. T...
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A codeword-rotation algorithm is proposed for vector quantization (VQ) of images. A novel binary classifier is presented to preclassify the training vectors into six classes including edge blocks and nonedge blocks. The VQ codebook is generated by applying the modified fuzzyc-means (MFcM) algorithm to the training vectors of each class. Similar edge blocks are rotated and coalesced during the edge subcodebook generation process. Furthermore, two schemes for designing the encoder and decoder are also presented. compared with the basic VQ system constructed by the LEG algorithm, the new method results in a considerable reduction in codebook size and computation time of codebook generation. More importantly, the visual quality achieved is better than the basic VQ system.
In this paper, an effective method based on the smallest repeat unit recognition (SRUR) algorithm is proposed to inspect the color effect of yarn-dyed fabric automatically. This method consists of three main steps: (1...
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In this paper, an effective method based on the smallest repeat unit recognition (SRUR) algorithm is proposed to inspect the color effect of yarn-dyed fabric automatically. This method consists of three main steps: (1) color pattern preliminary recognition;(2) weave repeat unit recognition;(3) color yarn repeat unit recognition. In the first step, the floats in the fabric are located by yarn position segmented with mathematical statistics of sub-images and the colors of all floats classified by the fuzzy c-means algorithm. The color yarn layout is recognized by statistical analysis and the color pattern is roughly generated. In the second step, the weave repeat unit is found based on the preliminary color pattern. The weave repeat unit is extracted from the incompletely recognized weave pattern matrix by the SRUR algorithm. In the last step, according to the weave repeat unit and the preliminary identified color pattern, the color yarn layout is rectified by the improved statistical analysis, and the color yarn repeat unit is finally obtained by the SRUR algorithm. According to the weave and color yarn repeat units, the color effect is produced. The experimental analysis proved that the proposed method can recognize color effects of yarn-dyed fabrics with satisfactory accuracy.
Faults during a wastewater treatment for plant (WWTP) are critical issue for social and biological. Poorly treated wastewater may achieve dangerous effect for human as well as nature. This paper proposed a novel model...
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Faults during a wastewater treatment for plant (WWTP) are critical issue for social and biological. Poorly treated wastewater may achieve dangerous effect for human as well as nature. This paper proposed a novel model based on a binary version of whale optimization algorithm (WOA), chaos theory and fuzzy logic, namely (cF-BWOA). cF-BWOA is applied in the application of WWTP to find out the more relevant attributes from the whole dataset, reducing cost and validation of decision rules, and helping to identify a non-well-structured domain. cF-BWOA attempts to reduce the whole feature set without loss of significant information to the classification process. Fast fuzzyc-means is used as a cost function to measure the fuzzification and uncertainty of data. Ten different chaos sequence maps are used to estimate and tune WOA parameters. Experiments are applied on a complex real-time dataset with various uncertainty features and missing values. The overall result indicates that the cWOA with the Sine chaos map shows the better performance, lower error, higher convergence speed and shorter execution time. In addition, the proposed model is capable of detecting sensor process faults in WWTP with high accuracy and can guide the operators of these systems to control decisions.
fuzzy data clustering plays an important role in practical use and has become a prerequisite step for decision-making in fuzzy environment. In this paper we propose a new algorithm, called fuzzyGES for unsupervised fu...
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fuzzy data clustering plays an important role in practical use and has become a prerequisite step for decision-making in fuzzy environment. In this paper we propose a new algorithm, called fuzzyGES for unsupervised fuzzyclustering based on adaptation of the recently proposed Grouping Evolution Strategy (GES). To adapt GES for fuzzyclustering we devise a fuzzycounterpart of the grouping mutation operator typically used in GES, and employ it in a two phase procedure to generate a new clustering solution. Unlike conventional clustering algorithms which should get the number of clusters as an input, fuzzyGES tries to determine the true number of clusters as well as providing the optimal cluster centroids after several iterations. The proposed approach is validated through using several data sets and results are compared with those of fuzzy c-means algorithm, particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO), differential evolution (DE) and league championship algorithm (LcA). We also investigate the performance of fuzzyGES through using different cluster validity indices. Our results indicate that fuzzyGES is fast and provides acceptable results in terms of both determining the correct number of clusters and the accurate cluster centroids. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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