Penalized total least squares method for dealing with systematic errors in partial EIV model and its precision estimation

When the total least squares(TLS)solution is used to solve the parameters in the errors-in-variables(EIV)model,the obtained parameter estimations will be unreliable in the observations containing systematic errors.To solve this problem,we propose to add the nonparametric part(systematic errors)to the partial EIV model,and build the partial EIV model to weaken the influence of systematic errors.Then,having rewritten the model as a nonlinear model,we derive the formula of parameter estimations based on the penalized total least squares criterion.Furthermore,based on the second-order approximation method of precision estimation,we derive the second-order bias and covariance of parameter estimations and calculate the mean square error(MSE).Aiming at the selection of the smoothing factor,we propose to use the U curve method.The experiments show that the proposed method can mitigate the influence of systematic errors to a certain extent compared with the traditional method and get more reliable parameter estimations and its precision information,which validates the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.

Application of neural network model coupling with the partial least-squares method for forecasting watre yield of mine

Scientific forecasting water yield of mine is of great significance to the safety production of mine and the colligated using of water resources. The paper established the forecasting model for water yield of mine, combining neural network with the partial least square method. Dealt with independent variables by the partial least square method, it can not only solve the relationship between independent variables but also reduce the input dimensions in neural network model, and then use the neural network which can solve the non-linear problem better. The result of an example shows that the prediction has higher precision in forecasting and fitting.

Factors influencing the internet banking adoption decision in North Cyprus: an evidence from the partial least square approach of the structural equation modeling

Purpose:This paper aims to examine how the adoption decision of the internet banking in North Cyprus would be affected based on the following dimensions;the technology features,the personal characteristics,the social environment and the expected risk.Design/methodology/approach:A self-administered survey was conducted with 291 participants responded to it.The partial least square approach of the structural equation modeling(PLS-SEM)is employed to investigate the direct effects of the proposed factors on the adoption decision.Additionally,the mediation test is used to examine indirect effects.Findings:Results showed that even though the participants appreciated the benefits of the online banking as the perceived usefulness factor exerts the greatest direct effect,they would rather use clear and easy-to-use websites,adding to that their assessments of the usefulness of these services are significantly influenced by the surrounding people’s views and prior experience.This is demonstrated by the total effects of the perceived ease of use and the subjective norm factors,which are greater than the direct effect of the perceived usefulness factor since both of these factors have significant direct and indirect effects mediated by the perceived usefulness factor.The negative impact of the perceived risk factor is weak compared to the previous factors.While the personal innovativeness factor showed the weakest effect among the proposed factors.

Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Path Modelling Determined Predictors of Students Reported Human Cadaver Dissection Activity

Human cadaver dissection remains a core and preferred method of anatomical instruction at most low- and middle-income health professional training institutions. Dissection, which is both traumatic and stressful, sets the tone of the students’ responses to later and or similar stressful learning opportunities like the post-mortems or care for terminally ill patients. Partial least squares structural equation modelling was used to determine the effect of the students’: personality, perception of the learning environment, learning approach, and effect of the environment on the student, on undergraduate health professional student’s activity in the human cadaver dissection room. This was a secondary analysis of previously collected data from a cross sectional survey of undergraduate health professional students. We found that personality type and perception of the environment had a positive effect on dissection room activity. Approach to learning and being affected by the dissection room experience (impact), had a negative effect on dissection room activity. All the above effects on dissection room activity were not significant. This study showed that personality, perception of the learning environment, learning approach and effect of the environment on the student, had effects on undergraduate health professional student’s activity in the human cadaver dissection room. The modelled effects are opportunities for educational interventions aimed at increasing student activity in the dissection room.

A multivariate partial least squares approach to joint association analysis for multiple correlated traits

Many complex traits are highly correlated rather than independent. By taking the correlation structure of multiple traits into account, joint association analyses can achieve both higher statistical power and more accurate estimation. To develop a statistical approach to joint association analysis that includes allele detection and genetic effect estimation, we combined multivariate partial least squares regression with variable selection strategies and selected the optimal model using the Bayesian Information Criterion(BIC). We then performed extensive simulations under varying heritabilities and sample sizes to compare the performance achieved using our method with those obtained by single-trait multilocus methods. Joint association analysis has measurable advantages over single-trait methods, as it exhibits superior gene detection power, especially for pleiotropic genes. Sample size, heritability,polymorphic information content(PIC), and magnitude of gene effects influence the statistical power, accuracy and precision of effect estimation by the joint association analysis.

Chaotic time series multi-step direct prediction with partial least squares regression

Considering chaotic time series multi-step prediction, multi-step direct prediction model based on partial least squares （PLS） is proposed in this article, where PLS, the method for predicting a set of dependent variables forming a large set of predictors, is used to model the dynamic evolution between the space points and the corresponding future points. The model can eliminate error accumulation with the common single-step local model algorithm~ and refrain from the high multi-collinearity problem in the reconstructed state space with the increase of embedding dimension. Simulation predictions are done on the Mackey-Glass chaotic time series with the model. The satisfying prediction accuracy is obtained and the model efficiency verified. In the experiments, the number of extracted components in PLS is set with cross-validation procedure.

Partial EIV模型的解法

提出了一种求解partial errors-in-variables(partial EIV)模型的思路。通过对partial EIV模型的部分元素进行移项,重组成新形式下的平差函数模型,两次运用间接平差原理分别求解平差参数与系数矩阵中的随机元素,把总体最小二乘平差问题转化为最小二乘平差问题,并通过适当变换提高了新解法的收敛速度。最后分别采用实测数据和模拟数据进行验证,求解了本文算法与已有算法的估值结果。算例结果表明,本文算法能取得与已有算法相同的结果,是切实可行的。

Partial EIV模型的非负最小二乘方差分量估计

Partial Errors-in-Variables(Partial EIV)模型是EIV模型的扩展形式,权阵构造简单,当系数矩阵中存在非随机元素和随机元素时,Partial EIV模型的适用性更强。针对Partial EIV模型中随机模型不准确的情况,将系数矩阵和观测向量分别作为一类数据,本文在该模型的基础上,使用最小二乘方差分量估计方法,推导相关计算公式及迭代算法,分别估计出相应的方差分量估值。并对出现的负方差使用非负最小二乘理论,增加约束条件,对随机模型进行修正,得到更加合理的参数估值。试实验结果表明,本文的方法与其他方差分量估计方法等价。

坐标转换Partial-EIV总体最小二乘方法

在测量数据处理过程中,针对系数矩阵中同时存在随机元素和固定元素的情况,Xu等通过将随机元素分离使EIV模型推广到Partial-EIV模型,并给出基于Partial-EIV模型的总体最小二乘(TLS)算法。文中介绍该算法,并将其应用在平面及空间的坐标转换中,通过与最小二乘(LS)、总体最小二乘(TLS)及加权总体最小二乘(WTLS)方法的比较和分析,验证该算法有效性。

一种相关观测的Partial EIV模型求解方法

Partial errors-in-variables(Partial-EIV)模型作为EIV模型的扩展形式,其构造方式更有规律,解算方法更为简便,能有效应用于实际情况。针对已有Partial EIV模型方法未考虑观测向量和系数矩阵存在相关性这一情况,通过提取观测向量和系数矩阵组成的增广矩阵中非重复出现的随机元素,构建更具一般适用性的Partial EIV模型,在该模型的基础上,将特殊假定条件扩展到不限定观测数据相关性的一般情况,详细推导了观测向量和系数矩阵元素相关且不等精度情况下的加权总体最小二乘方法,通过算例试验,并与目前已有的解决EIV模型相关观测情况下的方法进行了比较分析,研究表明本文方法可以提高计算效率,更具一般性,特别是对于观测向量和系数矩阵中存在常数元素和重复元素的情况。

一种基于Partial EIV模型的圆曲线拟合解法

针对圆曲线拟合问题,以圆曲线的参数方程为基础建立圆曲线拟合的EIV模型,根据系数矩阵的特点将模型转化为更合理的Partial EIV模型,通过公式变形为最小二乘形式,采用两步迭代法求解模型参数,保证系数矩阵中相同元素的改正数一致,常数元素的改正数为零。算例数据结果表明,所提算法的可行性、拟合精度相对较优。

基于Partial-EIV模型的TLS姿态估计方法

推导了基于乘性姿态角误差的观测方程,顾及其系数矩阵也含有误差的特点提出一种利用整体最小二乘原理估计姿态参数的新思路。该问题的系数矩阵中同时存在随机元素和固定元素且存在结构性特征,故引入Partial-EIV模型,设计了一种符合其系数矩阵结构特点的新模型。最后通过两组仿真实验将其与已有姿态估计方法进行对比,得出结论:基于Partial-EIV模型的整体最小二乘解法解算精度高于常规最小二乘法;其解算效果与基于乘性姿态角误差的最小二乘法基本一致。表明本文提出的方法正确有效。

不等式约束Partial EIV模型的WHP拟牛顿修正解法及其精度评定的SUT法

提出一种确定不等式约束PartialEIV模型解及精度评定的新方法,在总体最小二乘准则下,将附有不等式约束的PartialEIV模型转换为标准最优化问题。采取WHP拟牛顿修正的SQP方法求解,并利用SUT法对参数估值进行精度评定,可以减小迭代次数、提高收敛速度,且精度评定方法简单有效。

基于Partial EIV模型的三维坐标转换参数求解方法

针对三维坐标转换参数求解的问题,首先根据三维坐标转换模型中系数矩阵既含有随机元素又含有非随机元素的特点,把三维坐标转换模型转换成非线性Partial EIV模型,最后线性化成类似于最小二乘间接平差形式,采用迭代的方法求解转换参数,并推导精度评定公式。最后,通过算例数据进行验证,结果表明基于Partial EIV的三维坐标转换模型总体最小二乘方法的正确性、高效性。

Evaluation model for freeway incident management system

In order to evaluate the general situation and find special problems of the freeway incident management system, an evaluation model is proposed. First, the expert appraisal approach is used to select the primary evaluation index. As a result, 81 indices and the hierarchical structures of the index such as the object layer, the sub-object layer, the criterion layer and the index layer are determined. Then, based on the fuzzy characteristics of each index layer, the analytical hierarchy process（AHP）and the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation are applied to generate the weight and the satisfaction of the index and the criterion layers. When analyzing the relationship between the sub-object layer and the object layer, it is easy to find that the number of sub-objects is too large and sub-objects are significantly redundant. The partial least square （PLS） is proposed to solve the problems. Finally, an application example, whose result has already been accepted and employed as the indication of a new project in improving incident management, is introduced and the result verifies the feasibility and efficiency of the model.

部分线性变系数分位数模型的贝叶斯P-样条估计

部分线性变系数模型是一类重要的半参数回归模型,针对该模型的参数估计问题,本文利用贝叶斯P-样条方法近似非参数部分的未知光滑函数,进而利用非对称拉普拉斯分布实现贝叶斯分位数回归,推导出所有未知参数的条件后验分布,通过Gibbs抽样和Metropolis-Hastings算法获得参数的估计值。通过数值模拟对贝叶斯P-样条方法与B-样条方法的估计效果进行比较分析,结果显示在均方误差和标准差准则下,贝叶斯P-样条方法在不同分位点上的估计效果更优。

Multi-loop Internal Model Controller Design Based on a Dynamic PLS Framework

In this paper,a multi-loop internal model control(IMC) scheme in conjunction with feed-forward strategy based on the dynamic partial least squares(DyPLS) framework is proposed.Unlike the traditional methods to decouple multi-input multi-output(MIMO) systems,the DyPLS framework automatically decomposes the MIMO process into a multi-loop system in the PLS subspace in the modeling stage.The dynamic filters with identical structure are used to build the dynamic PLS model,which retains the orthogonality among the latent variables.To address the model mismatch problem,an off-line least squares method is applied to obtain a set of optimal filter parameters in each latent space.Without losing the merits of model-based control,a simple and easy-tuned IMC structure is readily carried over to the dynamic PLS control framework.In addition,by projecting the measurable disturbance into the latent subspace,a multi-loop feed-forward control is yielded to achieve better performance for disturbance rejection.Simulation results of a distillation column are used to further demonstrate this new strategy outperforms conventional control schemes in servo behavior and disturbance rejection.

MIMO Soft-sensor Model of Nutrient Content for Compound Fertil- izer Based on Hybrid Modeling Technique

In compound fertilizer production, several quality variables need to be monitored and controlled simultaneously. It is very diifficult to measure these variables on-line by existing instruments and sensors. So, soft-sensor technique becomes an indispensable method to implement real-time quality control. In this article, a new model of multi-inputs multi-outputs （MIMO） soft-sensor, which is constructed based on hybrid modeling technique, is proposed for these interactional variables. Data-driven modeling method and simplified first principle modelingmethod are combined in this model. Data-driven modeling method based on limited memory partial least squares（LM-PLS） al.gorithm is used to build soft-senor models for some secondary variables.then, the simplified first principle model is used to compute three primary variables on line. The proposed model has been used in practicalprocess; the results indicate that the proposed model is precise and efficient, and it is possible to realize on line quality control for compound fertilizer process.

Multi-loop adaptive internal model control based on a dynamic partial least squares model

A multi-loop adaptive internal model control (IMC) strategy based on a dynamic partial least squares (PLS) frame-work is proposed to account for plant model errors caused by slow aging,drift in operational conditions,or environmental changes.Since PLS decomposition structure enables multi-loop controller design within latent spaces,a multivariable adaptive control scheme can be converted easily into several independent univariable control loops in the PLS space.In each latent subspace,once the model error exceeds a specific threshold,online adaptation rules are implemented separately to correct the plant model mismatch via a recursive least squares (RLS) algorithm.Because the IMC extracts the inverse of the minimum part of the internal model as its structure,the IMC controller is self-tuned by explicitly updating the parameters,which are parts of the internal model.Both parameter convergence and system stability are briefly analyzed,and proved to be effective.Finally,the proposed control scheme is tested and evaluated using a widely-used benchmark of a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system with pure delay.

Multi-loop Constrained Iterative Model Predictive Control Using ARX -PLS Decoupling Structure

A multi-loop constrained model predictive control scheme based on autoregressive exogenous-partial least squares(ARX-PLS) framework is proposed to tackle the high dimension, coupled and constraints problems in industry processes due to safety limitation, environmental regulations, consumer specifications and physical restriction. ARX-PLS decoupling character enables to turn the multivariable model predictive control(MPC) controller design in original space into the multi-loop single input single output(SISO) MPC controllers design in latent space.An idea of iterative method is applied to decouple the constraints latent variables in PLS framework and recursive least square is introduced to identify ARX-PLS model. This algorithm is applied to a non-square simulation system and a stirred reactor for ethylene polymerizations comparing with adaptive internal model control(IMC) method based on ARX-PLS framework. Its application has shown that this method outperforms adaptive IMC method based on ARX-PLS framework to some extent.