A Framework for Optimizing Antenna Through Genetic Algorithm-Based Neural Network

An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is an information processing paradigm that is inspired by the way biological nervous systems, such as the brain, process information. The key element of this paradigm is the novel structure of the information processing system. It is composed of a large number of highly interconnected processing elements (neurones) working in unison to solve specific problems. ANNs, like people, learn by example. An ANN is configured for a specific application, such as pattern recognition or data classification, through a learning process. Learning in biological systems involves adjustments to the synaptic connections that exist between the neurones. The ANN has recently been applied in process control, identification, diagnostics, character recognition, sensory prediction, robot vision, and forecasting. In Textiles and Clothing industries, it involves the interaction of a large number of variables. Because of the high degree of variability in raw materials, multistage processing and a lack of precise control on process parameters, the relation between such variables and the product properties is relied on the human knowledge but it is not possible for human being to remember all the details of the process-related data over the years. As the computing power has substantially improved over last decade, the ANN is able to learn such datasets to reveal the unknown relation between various variables effectively. Therefore, the application of ANN is more widespread in textiles and clothing industries over last decade. In this chapter, it aims to review current application of ANN in textiles and clothing industries over last decade. Based on literature reviews, the challenges encountered by ANN used in the industries will be discussed and the potential future application of ANN in the industries will also be addressed. The structure of this chapter comprises of seven sections. The first section includes background of ANN, importance of ANN in textiles and clothing and the arrangement of this chapter. In forthcoming three sections, they include review of applications of ANN in fibres and yarns, in chemical processing, and in clothing over last decade. Afterwards, challenges encountered by ANN used in textiles and clothing industries will be discussed and potential future application of ANN in textiles and clothing industries will be addressed in last section.

NOVEL STAGING TOOL FOR LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER: A PILOT STUDY USING GENETIC ADAPTIVE NEURAL NETWORKS

This article discusses the applications of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC) strategies in a control context of a grid connected Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS), using a Doubly-Fed Induction Generator (DFIG). To rigorously explore the performance of the controllers, a systemic approach based on an ideal model and a nominal model of the wind turbine is used for the comparative analysis between PI, FLC and ANN. It turns out that the PI is less efficient than ANN and FLC. It turns out that the PI is less efficient than ANN and FLC. Whereas, for a high level of control, the FLC has better performance than the ANN. For a low level, the performance of the ANN is very slightly superior to the FLC. In addition, one notes a good rejection of disturbance and a good robustness with the FLC compared to the ANN. The latter has a Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) and cos ϕ ≈ 1 slightly better than the FLC. In short, the ANN and FLC present great advantages for the WECS and the results obtained are satisfactory. The platform used for modeling and simulation studies is MATLAB/Simulink.KeywordsWind Energy Conversion SystemFuzzy Logic Control (FLC)Artificial Neural Network (ANN)DFIGPower grid

Development and application of reservoir models and artificial neural networks for optimizing ventilation air requirements in development mining of coal seams

This paper presents the practical application of cm artificial neural network (ANN) to the problem of concrete mix in a factory. After a brief introduction to the complex problem of concrete mixes design and a quick review of the fundamental basis of neurocomputation, an optimal neural network model has been developed to cope with such a problem. For training the net, several control mixes have been fabricated recording in all cases both the characteristic 28 days compressive strength and the workability measured in terms of the slump of the Abrams' cone. After the training process of the net, the power of its predictive ability is checked by comparison of the results obtained with those corresponding to four reference mixes; in this way, it is shown that the considered approach can be used in multicriterial search for optimal concrete mixes.

The paper presents an innovative method for smoothing fluctuations of heat flux, using the thermal energy storage unit (TES Unit) with phase change material and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) control. The research was carried out on a pilot large-scale installation, of which the main component was the TES Unit with a heat capacity of 500 MJ. The main challenge was to smooth the heat flux fluctuations, resulting from variable heat source operation. For this purpose, a molten salt phase change material was used, for which melting occurs at nearly constant temperature. To enhance the smoothing effect, a classical control system based on PID controllers was supported by ANN. The TES Unit was supplied with steam at a constant temperature and variable mass flow rate, while a discharging side was cooled with water at constant mass flow rate. It was indicated that the operation of the TES Unit in the phase change temperature range allows to smooth the heat flux fluctuations by 56%. The tests have also shown that the application of artificial neural networks increases the smoothing effect by 84%.

38 - Artificial Neural Network Applications in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives

Artificial neural network (ANN) is a simplified model of the biological nervous system consisting of nerve cells or neurons. The application of ANN to food process engineering is relatively novel. ANN had been employed in diverse applications like food safety and quality analyses, food image analysis, and modeling of various thermal and non-thermal food-processing operations. ANN has the ability to map nonlinear relationships without any prior knowledge and predicts responses even with incomplete information. Every neural network possesses data in the form of connection weights interconnecting lines between the input to hidden layer neurons and weights of hidden to output layer neurons, which has a significant role in predicting the output data. The applications of ANN in different unit operations in food processing were described that includes theoretical developments using intelligent characteristics for adaptability, automatic learning, classification, and prediction. The parallel architecture of ANN resulted in a fast response and low computational time making it suitable for application in real-time systems of different food process operations. The predicted responses obtained by the ANN model exhibited high accuracy due to lower relative deviation and root mean squared error and higher correlation coefficient. This paper presented the various applications of ANN for modeling nonlinear food engineering problems. The application of ANN in the modeling of the processes such as extraction, extrusion, drying, filtration, canning, fermentation, baking, dairy processing, and quality evaluation was reviewed. HIGHLIGHTS 1. This paper discusses application of ANN in different emerging trends in food process. 2. Application of ANN to develop non-linear multivariate modeling is illustrated. 3. ANNs have been shown to be useful tool for prediction of outcomes with high accuracy. 4. ANN resulted in fast response making it suitable for application in real time systems.

Kebelakangan ini ramai penyelidik mendapati ‘Artificial Neural Network’ (ANN) untuk digunakan dalam berbagai bidang kejuruteraan awam. Banyak aplikasi ANN dalam proses peramalan menghasilkan kejayaan. Kajian ini memfokuskan kepada penggunaan siri masa ‘Univariate Neural Network’ untuk meramalkan permintaan rumah kos rendah di daerah Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Dalam kajian ini, beberapa kes bagi sesi latihan dan ramalan telah dibuat untuk mendapatkan model terbaik bagi meramalkan permintaan rumah. Nilai RMSE yang paling rendah yang diperolehi bagi tahap validasi adalah 0.560 dan nilai MAPE yang diperolehi adalah 8.880%. Hasil kajian ini menunjukkan kaedah ini memberikan keputusan yang boleh diterima dalam peramalan permintaan rumah berdasarkan data masa lalu. Kata kunci: Univariate Neural Network, permintaan rumah kos rendah, RMSE, MAPE Recently researchers have found the potential applications of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) in various fields in civil engineering. Many attempts to apply ANN as a forecasting tool has been successful. This paper highlighted the application of Time Series Univariate Neural Network in forecasting the demand of low cost house in Petaling Jaya district, Selangor, using historical data ranging from February 1996 to Appril 2000. Several cases of training and testing were conducted to obtain the best neural network model. The lowest Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) obtained for validation step is 0.560 and Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) is 8.880%. These results show that ANN is able to provide reliable result in term of forecasting the housing demand based on previous housing demand record. Key words: Time Series Univariate Neural Network, low cost housing demand, RMSE, MAPE

The aim of the paper is to discuss the application of classification functions and artificial neural networks (such as multilayer perceptron and radial basis function) to recognize the risk category of investigated companies. The research is based on data from 295 enterprises that applied for credit in two regional banks operating in Poland. Each firm is described by 13 diagnostic variables and potential borrowers are classified into four classes. The efficiency of classification is evaluated in terms of classification errors calculated from the actual classification made by the credit officers. The results of the experiments show that application of artificial neural networks and classification functions can support the creditworthiness evaluation of borrowers.

The relevance of the research topic in the field of artificial intelligence is associated with the growing interest in introducing independent intelligence through self-learning artificial neural networks, the need to expand the field of space research, reducing cosmonaut training and space objects research, as well as significant funds allocated to the subject under study. On the basis of the scientific researches to clarify the applied mathematical tools in the field of artificial intelligence and neural networks application; develop an algorithm for learning neural networks and identify the prospects for their use for artificial intelligence in space activities. In scientific work the following methods of scientific knowledge were used: analysis, synthesis, verification, deduction, modeling, etc. The algorithm for learning neural networks and a scheme for the principles of the development of artificial intelligence were compiled on the basis of the neuron activation functions. The studies of the authors are associated with the development of theoretical and methodological apparatus for the further economic and scientific-technological development of the production and economic system of Russia in the context of the introduction of artificial intelligence in the space industry, including both industrial and engineering parts of work, and theoretical physics.

This paper proposes the application of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) in forecasting miners' occupational disease incidence, examines the effect of BP network topology and parameters on training time, describes a neural network that uses Legendre polynomials as nonlinear weights and tries to find the most suitable network model to solve the problem via analyzing the forecast result. Through computer simulation, it clarifies that this model could forecast miners' pneumoconiosis incidence commendably.

Application of artificial neural networks to the simulation of a Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DOAS)

This paper presents the application of artificial neural network (ANN) to predict deep beam deflection using experimental data from eight high-strength-self-compacting-concrete (HSSCC) deep beams. The optimized network architecture was ten input parameters, two hidden layers, and one output. The feed forward back propagation neural network of ten and four neurons in first and second hidden layers using TRAINLM training function predicted highly accurate and more precise load-deflection diagrams compared to classical linear regression (LR). The ANN's MSE values are 40 times smaller than the LR's. The test data R value from ANN is 0.9931; thus indicating a high confidence level.

This research reports application of artificial neural network (ANN) in investigation and optimisation of boron adsorption capacity in aqueous solution using amidoxime-modified poly(acrylonitrile-<i>co</i>-acrylic acid) (AO-modified poly(AN-<i>co</i>-AA)). Both feed-forward and recurrent ANN have been utilized to predict the adsorption potential of synthesised polymer. Three operational parameters, which are adsorbent dosage, initial pH and initial boron concentration during adsorption process were designed to study their effects on the removal capacity. The ANN was trained from experimental data and serviced to optimize, develop and create various prediction models in the process of boron adsorption by AO-modified poly(AN-<i>co</i>-AA). Among several models, radial basis function (RBF) with orthogonal least square (OLS) algorithm displayed good prediction on boron adsorption capacity with mean square error (MSE) and coefficient of determination (R<sup>2</sup>) at 0.000209 and 0.9985, respectively. With desirable the MSE and R<sup>2</sup> values, ANN worked as a promising prediction tool that was able to generate good estimate. The simulated maximum adsorption capacity of the synthesized polymer is 15.23 ± 1.05 mg boron/g adsorbent. Besides, from the results of ANN, the AO-modified poly(AN-<i>co</i>-AA) was proven to be a potential adsorbent for the removal of boron in wastewater treatment.