In order to make good use of the ability to approach any function of BP (backpropagation) network and overcome its local astringency, and also make good use of the overallsearch ability of GA (genetic algorithms), a p...In order to make good use of the ability to approach any function of BP (backpropagation) network and overcome its local astringency, and also make good use of the overallsearch ability of GA (genetic algorithms), a proposal to regulate the network's weights using bothGA and BP algorithms is suggested. An integrated network system of MGA (mended genetic algorithms)and BP algorithms has been established. The MGA-BP network's functions consist of optimizing GAperformance parameters, the network's structural parameters, performance parameters, and regulatingthe network's weights using both GA and BP algorithms. Rolling forces of 4-stand tandem cold stripmill are predicted by the MGA-BP network, and good results are obtained.展开更多
A soft sensing method of burning through point (BTP) was described and a new predictive parameter—the mathematics inflexion point of waste gas temperature curve in the middle of the strand was proposed. The artificia...A soft sensing method of burning through point (BTP) was described and a new predictive parameter—the mathematics inflexion point of waste gas temperature curve in the middle of the strand was proposed. The artificial neural network was used in predicting BTP, modification on backpropagation algorithm was made in order to improve the convergence and self organize the hidden layer neurons. The adaptive prediction system developed on these techniques shows its characters such as fast, accuracy, less dependence on production data. The prediction of BTP can be used as operation guidance or control parameter.[展开更多
For optimal design of mechanical clinching steel-aluminum joints,the back propagation(BP)neural network is used to research the mapping relationship between joining technique parameters including sheet thickness,sheet...For optimal design of mechanical clinching steel-aluminum joints,the back propagation(BP)neural network is used to research the mapping relationship between joining technique parameters including sheet thickness,sheet hardness,joint bottom diameter etc.,and mechanical properties of shearing and peeling in order to investigate joining technology between various material plates in the steel-aluminum hybrid structure car body.Genetic algorithm(GA)is adopted to optimize the back-propagation neural network connection weights.The training and validating samples are made by the BTM Tog-L-Loc system with different technologic parameters.The training samples'parameters and the corresponding joints'mechanical properties are supplied to the artificial neural network(ANN)for training.The validating samples'experimental data is used for checking up the prediction outputs.The calculation results show that GA can improve the model's prediction precision and generalization ability of BP neural network.The comparative analysis between the experimental data and the prediction outputs shows that ANN prediction models after training can effectively predict the mechanical properties of mechanical clinching joints and prove the feasibility and reliability of the intelligent neural networks system when used in the mechanical properties prediction of mechanical clinching joints.The prediction results can be used for a reference in the design of mechanical clinching steel-aluminum joints.展开更多
Neural networks(NNs)have been used extensively in surface water prediction tasks due to computing algorithm improvements and data accumulation.An essential step in developing an NN is the hyperparameter selection.In p...Neural networks(NNs)have been used extensively in surface water prediction tasks due to computing algorithm improvements and data accumulation.An essential step in developing an NN is the hyperparameter selection.In practice,it is common to manually determine hyperparameters in the studies of NNs in water resources tasks.This may result in considerable randomness and require significant computation time;therefore,hyperparameter optimization(HPO)is essential.This study adopted five representatives of the HPO techniques in the surface water quality prediction tasks,including the grid sampling(GS),random search(RS),genetic algorithm(GA),Bayesian optimization(BO)based on the Gaussian process(GP),and the tree Parzen estimator(TPE).For the evaluation of these techniques,this study proposed a method:first,the optimal hyperparameter value sets achieved by GS were regarded as the benchmark;then,the other HPO techniques were evaluated and compared with the benchmark in convergence,optimization orientation,and consistency of the optimized values.The results indicated that the TPE-based BO algorithm was recommended because it yielded stable convergence,reasonable optimization orientation,and the highest consistency rates with the benchmark values.The optimization consistency rates via TPE for the hyperparameters hidden layers,hidden dimension,learning rate,and batch size were 86.7%,73.3%,73.3%,and 80.0%,respectively.Unlike the evaluation of HPO techniques directly based on the prediction performance of the optimized NN in a single HPO test,the proposed benchmark-based HPO evaluation approach is feasible and robust.展开更多
This paper chooses passenger flow data of some stations in China from January 2015 to March 2016, and the time series prediction model of BP neural network for railway passenger flow is established. But because of its...This paper chooses passenger flow data of some stations in China from January 2015 to March 2016, and the time series prediction model of BP neural network for railway passenger flow is established. But because of its slow convergence speed and easily falling into local optimal solution of the problem, we propose to improve the time series model of BP neural network by genetic algorithm to predict railway passenger flow. Experimental results show that the improved method has higher prediction accuracy and better nonlinear fitting ability.展开更多
The advantages and disadvantages of genetic algorithm and BP algorithm are introduced. A neural network based on GA-BP algorithm is proposed and applied in the prediction of protein secondary structure, which combines...The advantages and disadvantages of genetic algorithm and BP algorithm are introduced. A neural network based on GA-BP algorithm is proposed and applied in the prediction of protein secondary structure, which combines the advantages of BP and GA. The prediction and training on the neural network are made respectively based on 4 structure classifications of protein so as to get higher rate of predication---the highest prediction rate 75.65%,the average prediction rate 65.04%.展开更多
To enhance the efficiency of stochastic vibration analysis for the Train-Track-Bridge(TTB)coupled system,this paper proposes a prediction method based on a Genetic Algorithm-optimized Backpropagation(GA-BP)neural netw...To enhance the efficiency of stochastic vibration analysis for the Train-Track-Bridge(TTB)coupled system,this paper proposes a prediction method based on a Genetic Algorithm-optimized Backpropagation(GA-BP)neural network.First,initial track irregularity samples and random parameter sets of the Vehicle-Bridge System(VBS)are generated using the stochastic harmonic function method.Then,the stochastic dynamic responses corresponding to the sample sets are calculated using a developed stochastic vibration analysis model of the TTB system.The track irregularity data and vehicle-bridge random parameters are used as input variables,while the corresponding stochastic responses serve as output variables for training the BP neural network to construct the prediction model.Subsequently,the Genetic Algorithm(GA)is applied to optimize the BP neural network by considering the randomness in excitation and parameters of the TTB system,improving model accuracy.After optimization,the trained GA-BP model enables rapid and accurate prediction of vehicle-bridge responses.To validate the proposed method,predictions of vehicle-bridge responses under varying train speeds are compared with numerical simulation results.The findings demonstrate that the proposed method offers notable advantages in predicting the stochastic vibration response of high-speed railway TTB coupled systems.展开更多
Viscosity is one of the important thermophysical properties of liquid aluminum alloys,which influences the characteristics of mold filling and solidification and thus the quality of castings.In this study,315 sets of ...Viscosity is one of the important thermophysical properties of liquid aluminum alloys,which influences the characteristics of mold filling and solidification and thus the quality of castings.In this study,315 sets of experimental viscosity data collected from the literatures were used to develop the viscosity prediction model.Back-propagation(BP)neural network method was adopted,with the melt temperature and mass contents of Al,Si,Fe,Cu,Mn,Mg and Zn solutes as the model input,and the viscosity value as the model output.To improve the model accuracy,the influence of different training algorithms and the number of hidden neurons was studied.The initial weight and bias values were also optimized using genetic algorithm,which considerably improve the model accuracy.The average relative error between the predicted and experimental data is less than 5%,confirming that the optimal model has high prediction accuracy and reliability.The predictions by our model for temperature-and solute content-dependent viscosity of pure Al and binary Al alloys are in very good agreement with the experimental results in the literature,indicating that the developed model has a good prediction accuracy.展开更多
With the rapid development of China’s economy,the scale of the city has been continuously expanding,industrial enterprises have been increasing,the discharge of multiple pollutants has reached the top of the world,an...With the rapid development of China’s economy,the scale of the city has been continuously expanding,industrial enterprises have been increasing,the discharge of multiple pollutants has reached the top of the world,and the environmental problems become more and more serious.The air pollution problem is particularly prominent.Air quality has become a daily concern for people.In order to control air pollution,it is necessary to grasp the air quality situation in an all-round way.It is necessary to evaluate air quality.Accurate results of air quality evaluation can help people know more about air quality.In this paper,refers to previous research results and different evaluation methods,combined with artificial neural network,fuzzy theory,genetic algorithm,GA-BP hybrid algorithm based on fuzzy theory is proposed to evaluate air quality.At the same time,for the problem that the two-grade standard of air quality annual evaluation is not suitable for practical application,the four-grade standard for annual air quality evaluation has been proposed,and its practicality has been verified through experiments.By setting contrast experiments and comparing the air quality evaluation model based on standard BP algorithm,it is proved that the fuzzy GA-BP evaluation model is better than the standard BP model,both in efficiency and accuracy.展开更多
文摘In order to make good use of the ability to approach any function of BP (backpropagation) network and overcome its local astringency, and also make good use of the overallsearch ability of GA (genetic algorithms), a proposal to regulate the network's weights using bothGA and BP algorithms is suggested. An integrated network system of MGA (mended genetic algorithms)and BP algorithms has been established. The MGA-BP network's functions consist of optimizing GAperformance parameters, the network's structural parameters, performance parameters, and regulatingthe network's weights using both GA and BP algorithms. Rolling forces of 4-stand tandem cold stripmill are predicted by the MGA-BP network, and good results are obtained.
文摘A soft sensing method of burning through point (BTP) was described and a new predictive parameter—the mathematics inflexion point of waste gas temperature curve in the middle of the strand was proposed. The artificial neural network was used in predicting BTP, modification on backpropagation algorithm was made in order to improve the convergence and self organize the hidden layer neurons. The adaptive prediction system developed on these techniques shows its characters such as fast, accuracy, less dependence on production data. The prediction of BTP can be used as operation guidance or control parameter.[
基金supported by Guangdong Provincial Technology Planning of China(Grant No.2007B010400052)State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body of China(Grant No.30715006)Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Automotive Engineering,China(Grant No.2007A03012)
文摘For optimal design of mechanical clinching steel-aluminum joints,the back propagation(BP)neural network is used to research the mapping relationship between joining technique parameters including sheet thickness,sheet hardness,joint bottom diameter etc.,and mechanical properties of shearing and peeling in order to investigate joining technology between various material plates in the steel-aluminum hybrid structure car body.Genetic algorithm(GA)is adopted to optimize the back-propagation neural network connection weights.The training and validating samples are made by the BTM Tog-L-Loc system with different technologic parameters.The training samples'parameters and the corresponding joints'mechanical properties are supplied to the artificial neural network(ANN)for training.The validating samples'experimental data is used for checking up the prediction outputs.The calculation results show that GA can improve the model's prediction precision and generalization ability of BP neural network.The comparative analysis between the experimental data and the prediction outputs shows that ANN prediction models after training can effectively predict the mechanical properties of mechanical clinching joints and prove the feasibility and reliability of the intelligent neural networks system when used in the mechanical properties prediction of mechanical clinching joints.The prediction results can be used for a reference in the design of mechanical clinching steel-aluminum joints.
基金financially supported by the National Key R&D Project(No.2022YFC3203203)the Shaanxi Province Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(No.S2023-JC-JQ-0036).
文摘Neural networks(NNs)have been used extensively in surface water prediction tasks due to computing algorithm improvements and data accumulation.An essential step in developing an NN is the hyperparameter selection.In practice,it is common to manually determine hyperparameters in the studies of NNs in water resources tasks.This may result in considerable randomness and require significant computation time;therefore,hyperparameter optimization(HPO)is essential.This study adopted five representatives of the HPO techniques in the surface water quality prediction tasks,including the grid sampling(GS),random search(RS),genetic algorithm(GA),Bayesian optimization(BO)based on the Gaussian process(GP),and the tree Parzen estimator(TPE).For the evaluation of these techniques,this study proposed a method:first,the optimal hyperparameter value sets achieved by GS were regarded as the benchmark;then,the other HPO techniques were evaluated and compared with the benchmark in convergence,optimization orientation,and consistency of the optimized values.The results indicated that the TPE-based BO algorithm was recommended because it yielded stable convergence,reasonable optimization orientation,and the highest consistency rates with the benchmark values.The optimization consistency rates via TPE for the hyperparameters hidden layers,hidden dimension,learning rate,and batch size were 86.7%,73.3%,73.3%,and 80.0%,respectively.Unlike the evaluation of HPO techniques directly based on the prediction performance of the optimized NN in a single HPO test,the proposed benchmark-based HPO evaluation approach is feasible and robust.
文摘This paper chooses passenger flow data of some stations in China from January 2015 to March 2016, and the time series prediction model of BP neural network for railway passenger flow is established. But because of its slow convergence speed and easily falling into local optimal solution of the problem, we propose to improve the time series model of BP neural network by genetic algorithm to predict railway passenger flow. Experimental results show that the improved method has higher prediction accuracy and better nonlinear fitting ability.
文摘The advantages and disadvantages of genetic algorithm and BP algorithm are introduced. A neural network based on GA-BP algorithm is proposed and applied in the prediction of protein secondary structure, which combines the advantages of BP and GA. The prediction and training on the neural network are made respectively based on 4 structure classifications of protein so as to get higher rate of predication---the highest prediction rate 75.65%,the average prediction rate 65.04%.
基金supported by the China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd.Science and Technology Research and Development Program Project(Grant No.L2024G007)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(Grant No.2024JJ5427)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52478321,52078485)the Science and Technology Research and Development Program Project of China Railway Group Limited(Grant No.2021-Special-08,2022-Key-06&2023-Key-22).
文摘To enhance the efficiency of stochastic vibration analysis for the Train-Track-Bridge(TTB)coupled system,this paper proposes a prediction method based on a Genetic Algorithm-optimized Backpropagation(GA-BP)neural network.First,initial track irregularity samples and random parameter sets of the Vehicle-Bridge System(VBS)are generated using the stochastic harmonic function method.Then,the stochastic dynamic responses corresponding to the sample sets are calculated using a developed stochastic vibration analysis model of the TTB system.The track irregularity data and vehicle-bridge random parameters are used as input variables,while the corresponding stochastic responses serve as output variables for training the BP neural network to construct the prediction model.Subsequently,the Genetic Algorithm(GA)is applied to optimize the BP neural network by considering the randomness in excitation and parameters of the TTB system,improving model accuracy.After optimization,the trained GA-BP model enables rapid and accurate prediction of vehicle-bridge responses.To validate the proposed method,predictions of vehicle-bridge responses under varying train speeds are compared with numerical simulation results.The findings demonstrate that the proposed method offers notable advantages in predicting the stochastic vibration response of high-speed railway TTB coupled systems.
基金the GM Research Foundation,China(No.GAC2094)Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials,China(No.BM2007204)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(No.2242016K40011)。
文摘Viscosity is one of the important thermophysical properties of liquid aluminum alloys,which influences the characteristics of mold filling and solidification and thus the quality of castings.In this study,315 sets of experimental viscosity data collected from the literatures were used to develop the viscosity prediction model.Back-propagation(BP)neural network method was adopted,with the melt temperature and mass contents of Al,Si,Fe,Cu,Mn,Mg and Zn solutes as the model input,and the viscosity value as the model output.To improve the model accuracy,the influence of different training algorithms and the number of hidden neurons was studied.The initial weight and bias values were also optimized using genetic algorithm,which considerably improve the model accuracy.The average relative error between the predicted and experimental data is less than 5%,confirming that the optimal model has high prediction accuracy and reliability.The predictions by our model for temperature-and solute content-dependent viscosity of pure Al and binary Al alloys are in very good agreement with the experimental results in the literature,indicating that the developed model has a good prediction accuracy.
文摘With the rapid development of China’s economy,the scale of the city has been continuously expanding,industrial enterprises have been increasing,the discharge of multiple pollutants has reached the top of the world,and the environmental problems become more and more serious.The air pollution problem is particularly prominent.Air quality has become a daily concern for people.In order to control air pollution,it is necessary to grasp the air quality situation in an all-round way.It is necessary to evaluate air quality.Accurate results of air quality evaluation can help people know more about air quality.In this paper,refers to previous research results and different evaluation methods,combined with artificial neural network,fuzzy theory,genetic algorithm,GA-BP hybrid algorithm based on fuzzy theory is proposed to evaluate air quality.At the same time,for the problem that the two-grade standard of air quality annual evaluation is not suitable for practical application,the four-grade standard for annual air quality evaluation has been proposed,and its practicality has been verified through experiments.By setting contrast experiments and comparing the air quality evaluation model based on standard BP algorithm,it is proved that the fuzzy GA-BP evaluation model is better than the standard BP model,both in efficiency and accuracy.
