Modeling uniaxial compressive strength of some rocks from turkey using soft computing techniques

In Indonesia, there are more than 2.039 species of herbal medicinal plants, which sometimes have similarities and make it difficult to identify the type of herbal plant. The purpose of this study is to facilitate the identification of herbal plant species by comparing the performance of the Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) and Multi-Support Vector Machine (Multi-SVM) methods. The ELM method was created to overcome the weaknesses of feedforward artificial neural networks, especially in terms of learning speed, while the Multi-SVM method is an advanced development of the SVM method. The stages of this research begin with image input which is through previous data acquisition, data preprocessing, and then the identification with ELM and Multi-SVM methods. Based on the simulations that have been carried out, the average accuracy on training data for the ELM method is 93%, while the Multi-SVM method is 44%. Also, the average accuracy on testing data for the ELM method is 85%, while the Multi-SVM method is 40%.

With the in-depth implementation of China’s “National Strategy for Building a Strong Transportation Network,” the scale of expressway construction has continued to expand. As a result, the number of high-fill and deep-cut subgrade projects under complex geological conditions has increased significantly, leading to a surge in landslide-related issues. Consequently, accurate prediction of slope displacement is of critical importance for early warning and prevention of landslide disasters. This study proposes a hybrid prediction model, VMD-MPA-LSSVM-LSTM (VMLL), which integrates Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD), Marine Predators Algorithm (MPA), Least Squares Support Vector Machine (LSSVM), and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks. Using monitoring data from the high-fill embankment slope at Hongtuyao as the research subject, the VMLL model is employed to predict slope displacement based on small-sample data. The objective is to provide a more accurate method for early warning of slope displacement. Firstly, the original monitoring data are decomposed into trend displacement components and fluctuation displacement components using Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD). Subsequently, the trend component and the fluctuation component are predicted using Least Squares Support Vector Machine (LSSVM) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks, respectively. Finally, the Marine Predators Algorithm (MPA) is employed to optimize the hyperparameters of the predictive models. Based on this framework, a VMLL-based slope displacement prediction model is constructed. To verify the superiority of the VMLL model, a comparative analysis was conducted against LSSVM, LSTM, and the VMD-LSSVM-LSTM models. The results demonstrate that the VMLL model achieves the highest prediction accuracy, with a Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) of 0.4022%, a Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of 0.016 mm, a Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of 0.0206 mm, a coefficient of determination (R²) of 94.08%, and a Variance Accounted For (VAF) of 96.5%. Compared with the other three models, the VMLL model reduces the MAPE, MAE, and RMSE by 30.41–67.62%, 30.38–67.40%, and 27.32–71.00%, respectively. Meanwhile, it improves the R² and VAF by 5.95–217.51% and 0.38–11.48%, respectively. These improvements clearly demonstrate that the VMLL model outperforms the other models, indicating its significant advantage over single prediction models. Furthermore, three additional datasets were used to evaluate the model’s performance. The average values of the performance evaluation metrics for these datasets were 0.6207% (MAPE), 0.0238 mm(MAE), 0.0273 mm(RMSE), 90.33%(R²), and 96.81%(VAF), respectively. These results demonstrate the high accuracy and strong robustness of the proposed model in predicting both horizontal displacement and vertical settlement of slopes, providing a reliable methodological framework for slope stability assessment and landslide disaster early warning.

The growth of electrical consumers in Indonesia continues to increases every year, but it is not matched by the provision of adequate infrastructure that available. This causes the available electrical capacity can't fulfill the demand for electricity. In this study, a smart computing system is build to solves the problem. Electrical load data per hour is being used as an input to do the electrical load forecasting with Extreme Learning Machine method. Extreme Learning Machine method uses random input weight within range -1 to 1. Before the electric load prediction process runs, genetic algorithms first optimizing the input weight. According to the test results with weight optimization, MAPE average error rate is 0.799% while without weight optimization the rate rise to 1.1807%. Thus this study implies that Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) method with weight optimization using Genetics Algorithm (GA) can be used in electrical load forecasting problem and give better prediction result

Evaluation of artificial neurocomputing algorithms and their metacognitive robustness in predictive modeling of fuel consumption rates during tillage

A comparative study on the development of hybrid SSA-RF and PSO-RF models for predicting the uniaxial compressive strength of rocks

Real-time porosity prediction using gas-while-drilling data and machine learning with reservoir associated gas: Case study for Hassi Messaoud field, Algeria

Stream-flow forecasting using extreme learning machines: A case study in a semi-arid region in Iraq

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) release tremendous amounts of energy in the solar system, which has an impact on satellites, power facilities and wireless transmission. To effectively detect a CME in Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) C2 images, we propose a novel algorithm to locate the suspected CME regions, using the Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) method and taking into account the features of the grayscale and the texture. Furthermore, space–time continuity is used in the detection algorithm to exclude the false CME regions. The algorithm includes three steps: i) define the feature vector which contains textural and grayscale features of a running difference image; ii) design the detection algorithm based on the ELM method according to the feature vector; iii) improve the detection accuracy rate by using the decision rule of the space–time continuum. Experimental results show the efficiency and the superiority of the proposed algorithm in the detection of CMEs compared with other traditional methods. In addition, our algorithm is insensitive to most noise.

BackgroundMore than 79.2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1.7 million deaths were caused by SARS-CoV-2; the disease was named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization. Control of the COVID-19 epidemic has become a crucial issue around the globe, but there are limited studies that investigate the global trend of the COVID-19 pandemic together with each country’s policy measures.ObjectiveWe aimed to develop an online artificial intelligence (AI) system to analyze the dynamic trend of the COVID-19 pandemic, facilitate forecasting and predictive modeling, and produce a heat map visualization of policy measures in 171 countries.MethodsThe COVID-19 Pandemic AI System (CPAIS) integrated two data sets: the data set from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker from the Blavatnik School of Government, which is maintained by the University of Oxford, and the data set from the COVID-19 Data Repository, which was established by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering. This study utilized four statistical and deep learning techniques for forecasting: autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA), feedforward neural network (FNN), multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural network, and long short-term memory (LSTM). With regard to 1-year records (ie, whole time series data), records from the last 14 days served as the validation set to evaluate the performance of the forecast, whereas earlier records served as the training set.ResultsA total of 171 countries that featured in both databases were included in the online system. The CPAIS was developed to explore variations, trends, and forecasts related to the COVID-19 pandemic across several counties. For instance, the number of confirmed monthly cases in the United States reached a local peak in July 2020 and another peak of 6,368,591 in December 2020. A dynamic heat map with policy measures depicts changes in COVID-19 measures for each country. A total of 19 measures were embedded within the three sections presented on the website, and only 4 of the 19 measures were continuous measures related to financial support or investment. Deep learning models were used to enable COVID-19 forecasting; the performances of ARIMA, FNN, and the MLP neural network were not stable because their forecast accuracy was only better than LSTM for a few countries. LSTM demonstrated the best forecast accuracy for Canada, as the root mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) were 2272.551, 1501.248, and 0.2723075, respectively. ARIMA (RMSE=317.53169; MAPE=0.4641688) and FNN (RMSE=181.29894; MAPE=0.2708482) demonstrated better performance for South Korea.ConclusionsThe CPAIS collects and summarizes information about the COVID-19 pandemic and offers data visualization and deep learning–based prediction. It might be a useful reference for predicting a serious outbreak or epidemic. Moreover, the system undergoes daily updates and includes the latest information on vaccination, which may change the dynamics of the pandemic.

The chlorophyll content and hardness are critical indicators for evaluating vegetable quality. To overcome the drawbacks of traditional detection methods, Raman spectroscopy was investigated for the determination of chlorophyll content and hardness in cucumbers. Cucumbers at different storage periods were analyzed and a successive projections algorithm – extreme learning machine (SPA-ELM) method was employed to establish a model for chlorophyll content and hardness. The Raman spectra were preprocessed to reduce noise and minimize the background fluorescence. Subsequently, SPA was used to select characteristic wavelengths for chlorophyll content and hardness using 19 and 26 characteristic wavelengths, respectively. ELM was employed to establish a model based on the selected characteristic wavelengths. The predicted results by ELM were compared with those obtained using partial least squares (PLS) and support vector machine (SVM). The results showed that the best accuracy was obtained using the SPA-ELM algorithm. The coefficients of determination (R 2) of SPA-ELM model for chlorophyll content and hardness were 0.9569 and 0.9659. The root mean square error (RMSE) values were 0.0038 and 0.3570, respectively. A good correlation coefficient and small RMSE value were obtained, indicating the results to be highly accurate and reliable. Raman spectroscopy combined with SPA-ELM method was shown to rapidly and accurately evaluate the chlorophyll content and hardness of cucumbers.

Developing novel models using neural networks and fuzzy systems for the prediction of strength of rocks from key geomechanical properties

Drought is a complex and frequently occurring natural hazard in many parts of the world. Therefore, accurate drought forecasting is essential to mitigate its adverse impacts. This research has inferred the implication and the appropriateness of the extreme learning machine (ELM) algorithm for drought forecasting. For numerical evaluation, time series data of the Standardized Precipitating Temperature Index (SPTI) are used for nine meteorological stations located in various climatological zones of Pakistan. To assess the performance of ELM, this research includes parallel inferences of multilayer perceptron (MLP) and autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models. The performance of each model is assessed using root mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), mean absolute percent error (MAPE), Kling‐Gupta efficiency (KGE), Willmott index (WI), and Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Generally, graphical results illustrated an excellent performance of the ELM algorithm over MLP and ARIMA models. For training data of SPTI‐1, ELM’s best performance has observed at Chitral station (RMSE = 0.374, KGE = 0.838, WI = 0.960, MAE = 0.272, MAPE = 259.59, R = 0.93). For SPTI‐1 at Astore station, the numerical results are (RMSE = 0.688, KGE = 0.988, WI = 0.997, MAE = 0.798, MAPE = 247.35). The overall results indicate that the ELM outperformed by producing the smallest RMSE, MAE, and MAPE values and maximum values for KGE, WI, and correlation coefficient values at almost all the selected meteorological stations for (1, 3, 6, 9, and 12) month time scales. In summary, this research endorses the use of ELM for accurate drought forecasting.

In this article, a new indoor localization technique with extreme learning machine (ELM) is proposed where only a small number of received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurements are labeled. In the off-line learning phase, the iterative self organizing data analysis techniques algorithm (ISODATA) is used to divide the RSSI measurements into some measurement data subsets. Then the multi-kernel ELM (MK-ELM) method is utilized to perform classification learning and obtain the RSSI measurement classification function. For each RSSI measurement subset, a two-stage feature extraction algorithm using the kernel principal component analysis, the deep learning network and ELM method is proposed for RSSI measurement feature extraction. At last, the position regression function of each subset is obtained by the semi-supervised regression learning. In the on-line position estimation phase, using the measurement classification and feature extraction of the received RSSI measurement, the position is estimated based on the corresponding position regression function. The field tests show that the proposed algorithm can obtain more accurate position estimation than other existing ELM based localization approaches do.

In recent years, the urban impervious surface has been recognized as a key quantifiable indicator in assessing urbanization impacts on environmental and ecological conditions. A surge of research interests has resulted in the estimation of urban impervious surface using remote sensing studies. The objective of this paper is to examine and compare the effectiveness of two algorithms for extracting impervious surfaces from Landsat TM imagery; the multilayer perceptron neural network (MLPNN) and the support vector machine (SVM). An accuracy assessment was performed using the high-resolution WorldView images. The root mean square error (RMSE), the mean absolute error (MAE), and the coefficient of determination (R(2)) were calculated to validate the classification performance and accuracies of MLPNN and SVM. For the MLPNN model, the RMSE, MAE, and R(2) were 17.18%, 11.10%, and 0.8474, respectively. The SVM yielded a result with an RMSE of 13.75%, an MAE of 8.92%, and an R2 of 0.9032. The results indicated that SVM performance was superior to that of MLPNN in impervious surface classification. To further evaluate the performance of MLPNN and SVM in handling the mixed-pixels, an accuracy assessment was also conducted for the selected test areas, including commercial, residential, and rural areas. Our results suggested that SVM had better capability in handling the mixed-pixel problem than MLPNN. The superior performance of SVM over MLPNN is mainly attributed to the SVM's capability of deriving the global optimum and handling the over-fitting problem by suitable parameter selection. Overall, SVM provides an efficient and useful method for estimating the impervious surface. (C) 2011 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [DOI: 10.1117/1.3539767]

Estimating penetration rates of Jumbo drills is crucial for optimizing underground mining drilling processes, aiming to reduce costs and time. This study investigates various regression and machine learning methods, including Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), Support Vector Regression (SVR), and Random Forests (RF), to predict the penetration rates (ROP) using multivariate inputs such as operation parameters and rock mass characteristics. The Rock Mass Drillability Index (RDi), incorporating both intact rock properties and structural parameters, was utilized to characterize the rock mass. The dataset was split into 80% for training and 20% for testing. Performance metrics including correlation coefficient (R2), variance accounted for (VAF), mean absolute error (MAE), mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), and root mean square error (RMSE) were calculated for each method to evaluate the accuracy of the predictions. SVR exhibited the best prediction performance for ROP, achieving the highest R2, lowest RMSE, MAE, and MAPE, as well as the largest VAF values of 0.94, 0.15, 0.11, 4.84, and 94.13 during training, and 0.91, 0.19, 0.13, 6.02, and 91.11 during testing, respectively. With this high accuracy, we conclude that the proposed machine learning algorithms are valuable and efficient predictors for estimating jumbo drill penetration rates in underground mining operations.