Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are being used increasingly to forecast rainfall. In this study, several meta-heuristic algorithms are applied to train an ANN in order to improve the accuracy of rainfall forecasting...
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Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are being used increasingly to forecast rainfall. In this study, several meta-heuristic algorithms are applied to train an ANN in order to improve the accuracy of rainfall forecasting. Centripetal accelerated particle swarm optimization (CAPSO), a gravitational search algorithm and an imperialist competitive algorithm train a multilayer perceptron (MLP) network as a feed-forward ANN for rainfall forecasting in Johor State, Malaysia. They are employed to forecast the average monthly rainfall in the next 5 and 10 years using the two modes of original (without data preprocessing) and data preprocessing with singular spectrum analysis. Additionally, for each month, the average monthly rainfall during the last 5 years is computed and a month with less rainfall than the average is classified as 0 (light rainfall month), otherwise as 1 (heavy rainfall month). The attributes used in the classification can be applied to forecast the monthly rainfall. The proposed methods integrate the accuracy and structure of ANN simultaneously. The result showed that the hybrid learning of MLP with the CAPSO algorithm provided higher rainfall forecasting accuracy, lower error and higher classification accuracy. One of the main advantages of CAPSO compared with the other algorithms to train MLP includes the following: The algorithm has no need to tune any algorithmic parameter and it shows good performance on unseen data (testing data).
Electricity demand forecasting plays an important role in capacity planning, scheduling, and the operation of power systems. Reliable and accurate prediction of electricity demands is therefore vital. In this study, a...
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Electricity demand forecasting plays an important role in capacity planning, scheduling, and the operation of power systems. Reliable and accurate prediction of electricity demands is therefore vital. In this study, artificial neural networks (ANNs) trained by different heuristic algorithms, including gravitational search algorithm (GSA) and Cuckoo Optimization algorithm (COA), are utilized to estimate monthly electricity demands. The empirical data used in this study are the historical data affecting electricity demand, including rainy time, temperature, humidity, wind speed, etc. The proposed models are applied to Hanoi, Vietnam. Based on the performance indices calculated, the constructed models show high forecasting performances. The obtained results also compare with those of several well-known methods. Our study indicates that the ANN-COA model outperforms the others and provides more accurate forecasting than traditional methods.
Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Networks (MLP NNs) are the commonly used NNs for target classification. They purposes not only in simulated environments, but also in actual situations. Training such NNs has significant ...
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Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Networks (MLP NNs) are the commonly used NNs for target classification. They purposes not only in simulated environments, but also in actual situations. Training such NNs has significant importance in a way that many researchers have been attracted to this field recently. Conventional gradient descent and recursive method has long been used to train NNs. Improper classification accuracy, slow convergence speed and trapping in local minimums are disadvantages of the traditional methods. In order to overcome these issues, in recent years heuristic and meta-heuristic algorithms are widely used. This paper uses Gray Wolf Optimization (GWO) algorithm for training the NN. This algorithm is inspired by lifestyle and hunting method of GWs. GWO has a superior ability to solve the high-dimension problems, so we try to classify the Sonar dataset using this algorithm. To test the proposed method, this algorithm is compared to Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm, gravitational search algorithm (GSA) and the hybrid algorithm (i.e. PSOGSA) using three sets of data. Measured metrics are convergence speed, the possibility of trapping in local minimum and classification accuracy. The results show that the proposed algorithm in most cases provides better or comparable performance compared to the other mentioned algorithms.
gravitational search algorithm is one of the new optimization algorithms that is based on the law of gravity and mass interactions. In this algorithm, the searcher agents are a collection of masses, and their interact...
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gravitational search algorithm is one of the new optimization algorithms that is based on the law of gravity and mass interactions. In this algorithm, the searcher agents are a collection of masses, and their interactions are based on the Newtonian laws of gravity and motion. In this article, a binary version of the algorithm is introduced. To evaluate the performances of the proposed algorithm, several experiments are performed. The experimental results confirm the efficiency of the BGSA in solving various nonlinear benchmark functions.
Teaching quality evaluation is an important work in teaching *** order to improve the accuracy of teaching quality evaluation,according to the evaluation data at a certain university,an evaluation model based on BP ne...
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Teaching quality evaluation is an important work in teaching *** order to improve the accuracy of teaching quality evaluation,according to the evaluation data at a certain university,an evaluation model based on BP neural network optimized by gravitational search algorithm(GSABP) is *** the GSA algorithm is easy to fall into the local optimal,the ergodicity of chaotic sequence is used to generate the initial population of GSA,and then the chaotic gravitational search algorithm(CGSA) is *** experimental results show that,compared with BP neural network and GSABP algorithm,the model using CGSABP has high credibility and strong generalization ability,which provides a feasible method for the accurate evaluation of teaching quality.
This paper proposes a novel methodology for design and multiplierless implementation of fractional order integrator (FOI) based on lattice wave digital filter using gravitational search algorithm (GSA). The FOI design...
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(纸本)9781467391979
This paper proposes a novel methodology for design and multiplierless implementation of fractional order integrator (FOI) based on lattice wave digital filter using gravitational search algorithm (GSA). The FOI design problem is formulated as an optimization problem using the transfer function of lattice wave digital filter (LWDF). The realization of FOI using LWDF structure increases the accuracy of design due to its excellent properties and also it requires only N number of multiplier coefficients for Nth order FOI. Furthermore, the minimum hardware and low power dissipation of FOI, which are the main concern of efficient implementation is also presented in this paper. The design level area optimization of the proposed lattice wave digital FOI (LWDFOI) is done by converting constant multipliers into shifts and adds using canonical signed digit code (CSDC) technique. The proposed LWDFOI is implemented and successfully tested on Xilinx Spartan XC3s200-4ft256 field programmable gate array (FPGA) device. Simulation results are accomplished to show the comparison of the proposed LWDFOI with recent literature. The performance of the proposed LWDFOI is also evaluated in terms of speed, i.e. maximum frequency, area (number of slices) and power consumption. The proposed LWDFOI have been found to outperform the existing ones reasonably well in low and mid frequency range.
A Biological sequence alignment is the cornerstone of bioinformatics. The sequence alignment is carried out to extrapolate the evolutionary relationship among the living species which can help to characterize the func...
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(纸本)9781509014897
A Biological sequence alignment is the cornerstone of bioinformatics. The sequence alignment is carried out to extrapolate the evolutionary relationship among the living species which can help to characterize the functionality of unidentified sequences. The overall objective of pairwise alignment is to determine the uttermost alikeness among residues. Dynamic programming (DP) is the most popular technique for pairwise alignment but the downside of this approach is the proliferation of space and time complexity while handling considerable biological sequence. Various soft computing algorithms such as GA, PSO, ACO, GSA and many more, are in trend from past few years. These algorithms are inspired by natural evolution which helps to find near optimal solutions for optimization problem in reasonable amount of time. In this paper pairwise sequence alignment of protein is done using hybrid approach of soft computing algorithms which subsume gravitational search algorithm (GSA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). The enactment of this hybrid approach is examined by comparing the simulation results with the DP based algorithms.
State estimation is the basic problem in every area of science and engineering. For the state estimation problem, Kalman filter is the generally used technique when the system is linear. Various derivatives of Kalman ...
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(纸本)9781509014897
State estimation is the basic problem in every area of science and engineering. For the state estimation problem, Kalman filter is the generally used technique when the system is linear. Various derivatives of Kalman filter are proposed earlier for non-linear systems, i.e. Extended Kalman Filter and Unscented Kalman Filter. But, there is a need of tuning in these estimation techniques and therefore the tuning of process and measurement noise covariance matrices is required. Earlier, the different optimization techniques are used for the tuning of Extended Kalman Filter like Genetic algorithm, Human Opinion Dynamics based Optimization and Particle Swarm Optimization. In this paper, Hybrid HOD-GSA has been proposed for the tuning of Extended Kalman Filter and also to solve the trapping problem of GSA. Then, the results taken from Hybrid HOD-GSA are compared with the results taken from Human Opinion Dynamics and Particle Swarm Optimization in terms of accuracy, error rate, standard deviation and convergence.
Biometric and multibiometric science play an important role in human authentication systems nowadays. Finger vein pattern is one of the most reliable and secure biometrics due to its invariability and safety from stea...
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(纸本)9781467387378
Biometric and multibiometric science play an important role in human authentication systems nowadays. Finger vein pattern is one of the most reliable and secure biometrics due to its invariability and safety from stealth. In this paper, a heuristic method is proposed for score level fusion of three different finger vein's patterns. In the proposed multibiometric system, gravitational search algorithm is used to tune the weights of sum fusion strategy. The performance of the method is evaluated using FAR, FRR and EER criteria. Experimental results confirm the superiority of the proposed method over classic fusion strategy in human identification.
This paper proposes a new multi-objective optimization algorithm that is called Fitness-Proportional Attraction with Weights (F-PAW). In contrast to many other approaches, this work was inspired by physics rather than...
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(纸本)9781509006229
This paper proposes a new multi-objective optimization algorithm that is called Fitness-Proportional Attraction with Weights (F-PAW). In contrast to many other approaches, this work was inspired by physics rather than biology. It is based on concepts from several methods, including the attraction principle of gravity from the gravitational search algorithm (GSA), the weight sum approach from Multi-Objective Evolutionary algorithm based on Decomposition (MOEA/D) as well as particle swarm optimization methods. These and other algorithms that were providing inspiration are introduced during the text and their techniques are investigated for the use in F-PAW. The performance of F-PAW is compared to three well-known multi-objective algorithms through an experiment on 16 common test problems taken from the WFG and DTLZ benchmarks. The results indicate two conclusions. On the one side, the proposed approach with the weight sum obtains a good diversity. On the other side, the currently implemented local search is lacking reliability and speed.
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