A Multilayer Perceptron Artificial Neural Network Study of Fatal Road Traffic Crashes

This paper examines the relationship between fatal road traffic accidents and potential predictors using multilayer perceptron artificial neural network (MLANN) models. The initial analysis employed twelve potential predictors, including traffic volume, prevailing weather conditions, roadway characteristics and features, drivers’ age and gender, and number of lanes. Based on the output of the model and the variables’ importance factors, seven significant variables are identified and used for further analysis to improve the performance of models. The model is optimized by systematically changing the parameters, including the number of hidden layers and the activation function of both the hidden and output layers. The performances of the MLANN models are evaluated using the percentage of the achieved accuracy, R-squared, and Sum of Square Error (SSE) functions.

The Role and Place of Artificial Neural Network Architectures Structural Redundancy in the Input Data Prototypes and Generalization Development

Neural Networks (NN) are the functional unit of Deep Learning and are known to mimic the behavior of the human brain to solve complex data-driven problems. Whenever we train our own neural networks, we need to take care of something called the generalization of the neural network. The performance of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) mostly depends upon its generalization capability. In this paper, we propose an innovative approach to enhance the generalization capability of artificial neural networks (ANN) using structural redundancy. A novel perspective on handling input data prototypes and their impact on the development of generalization, which could improve to ANN architectures accuracy and reliability is described.

Feed-Forward Artificial Neural Network Model for Air Pollutant Index Prediction in the Southern Region of Peninsular Malaysia

This paper describes the application of principal component analysis (PCA) and artificial neural network (ANN) to predict the air pollutant index (API) within the seven selected Malaysian air monitoring stations in the southern region of Peninsular Malaysia based on seven years database (2005-2011). Feed-forward ANN was used as a prediction method. The feed-forward ANN analysis demonstrated that the rotated principal component scores (RPCs) were the best input parameters to predict API. From the 4 RPCs, only 10 (CO, O3, PM10, NO2, CH4, NmHC, THC, wind direction, humidity and ambient temp) out of 12 prediction variables were the most significant parameters to predict API. The results proved that the ANN method can be applied successfully as tools for decision making and problem solving for better atmospheric management.

Determination of penetration depth at high velocity impact using finite element method and artificial neural network tools

Determination of ballistic performance of an armor solution is a complicated task and evolved significantly with the application of finite element methods(FEM) in this research field.The traditional armor design studies performed with FEM requires sophisticated procedures and intensive computational effort,therefore simpler and accurate numerical approaches are always worthwhile to decrease armor development time.This study aims to apply a hybrid method using FEM simulation and artificial neural network(ANN) analysis to approximate ballistic limit thickness for armor steels.To achieve this objective,a predictive model based on the artificial neural networks is developed to determine ballistic resistance of high hardness armor steels against 7.62 mm armor piercing ammunition.In this methodology,the FEM simulations are used to create training cases for Multilayer Perceptron(MLP) three layer networks.In order to validate FE simulation methodology,ballistic shot tests on 20 mm thickness target were performed according to standard Stanag 4569.Afterwards,the successfully trained ANN(s) is used to predict the ballistic limit thickness of 500 HB high hardness steel armor.Results show that even with limited number of data,FEM-ANN approach can be used to predict ballistic penetration depth with adequate accuracy.

A BP Artificial Neural Network Model for Earthquake Magnitude Prediction in Himalayas, India

The aim of this study is to evaluate the performance of BP neural network techniques in predicting earthquakes occurring in the region of Himalayan belt (with the use of different types of input data). These parameters are extracted from Himalayan Earthquake catalogue comprised of all minor, major events and their aftershock sequences in the Himalayan basin for the past 128 years from 1887 to 2015. This data warehouse contains event data, event time with seconds, latitude, longitude, depth, standard deviation and magnitude. These field data are converted into eight mathematically computed parameters known as seismicity indicators. These seismicity indicators have been used to train the BP Neural Network for better decision making and predicting the magnitude of the pre-defined future time period. These mathematically computed indicators considered are the clustered based on every events above 2.5 magnitude, total number of events from past years to 2014, frequency-magnitude distribution b-values, Gutenberg-Richter inverse power law curve for the n events, the rate of square root of seismic energy released during the n events, energy released from the event, the mean square deviation about the regression line based on the Gutenberg-Richer inverse power law for the n events, coefficient of variation of mean time and average value of the magnitude for last n events. We propose a three-layer feed forward BP neural network model to identify factors, with the actual occurrence of the earthquake magnitude M and other seven mathematically computed parameters seismicity indicators as input and target vectors in Himalayan basin area. We infer through comparing curve as observed from seismometer in Himalayan Earthquake catalogue comprised of all events above magnitude 2.5 mg, their aftershock sequences in the Himalayan basin of year 2015 and BP neural network predicting earthquakes in 2015. The model yields good prediction result for the earthquakes of magnitude between 4.0 and 6.0.

Hardware Realization of Artificial Neural Network Based Intrusion Detection &Prevention System

In the 21st century with the exponential growth of the Internet, the vulnerability of the network which connects us is on the rise at a very fast pace. Today organizations are spending millions of dollars to protect their sensitive data from different vulnerabilities that they face every day. In this paper, a new methodology towards implementing an Intrusion Detection & Prevention System (IDPS) based on Artificial Neural Network (ANN) onto Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is proposed. This system not only detects different network attacks but also prevents them from being propagated. The parallel structure of an ANN makes it potentially fast for the computation of certain tasks. FPGA platforms are the optimum and best choice for the modern digital systems nowadays. The same feature makes ANN well suited for implementation in FPGA technology. Hardware realization of ANN to a large extent depends on the efficient implementation of a single neuron. However FPGA realization of ANNs with a large number of neurons is still a challenging task. The proposed multilayer ANN based IDPS uses multiple neurons for higher performance and greater accuracy. Simulation of the design in MATLAB SIMULINK 2010b by using Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD) CUP dataset shows a very good performance. Subsequently MATLAB HDL coder was used to generate VHDL code for the proposed design that produced Intellectual Property (IP) cores for Xilinx Targeted Design Platforms. For evaluation purposes the proposed design was synthesized, implemented and tested onto Xilinx Virtex-7 2000T FPGA device.

Simultaneous Identification of Thermophysical Properties of Semitransparent Media Using a Hybrid Model Based on Artificial Neural Network and Evolutionary Algorithm

A hybrid identification model based on multilayer artificial neural networks(ANNs) and particle swarm optimization(PSO) algorithm is developed to improve the simultaneous identification efficiency of thermal conductivity and effective absorption coefficient of semitransparent materials.For the direct model,the spherical harmonic method and the finite volume method are used to solve the coupled conduction-radiation heat transfer problem in an absorbing,emitting,and non-scattering 2D axisymmetric gray medium in the background of laser flash method.For the identification part,firstly,the temperature field and the incident radiation field in different positions are chosen as observables.Then,a traditional identification model based on PSO algorithm is established.Finally,multilayer ANNs are built to fit and replace the direct model in the traditional identification model to speed up the identification process.The results show that compared with the traditional identification model,the time cost of the hybrid identification model is reduced by about 1 000 times.Besides,the hybrid identification model remains a high level of accuracy even with measurement errors.

Face Image Recognition Based on Convolutional Neural Network

With the continuous progress of The Times and the development of technology,the rise of network social media has also brought the“explosive”growth of image data.As one of the main ways of People’s Daily communication,image is widely used as a carrier of communication because of its rich content,intuitive and other advantages.Image recognition based on convolution neural network is the first application in the field of image recognition.A series of algorithm operations such as image eigenvalue extraction,recognition and convolution are used to identify and analyze different images.The rapid development of artificial intelligence makes machine learning more and more important in its research field.Use algorithms to learn each piece of data and predict the outcome.This has become an important key to open the door of artificial intelligence.In machine vision,image recognition is the foundation,but how to associate the low-level information in the image with the high-level image semantics becomes the key problem of image recognition.Predecessors have provided many model algorithms,which have laid a solid foundation for the development of artificial intelligence and image recognition.The multi-level information fusion model based on the VGG16 model is an improvement on the fully connected neural network.Different from full connection network,convolutional neural network does not use full connection method in each layer of neurons of neural network,but USES some nodes for connection.Although this method reduces the computation time,due to the fact that the convolutional neural network model will lose some useful feature information in the process of propagation and calculation,this paper improves the model to be a multi-level information fusion of the convolution calculation method,and further recovers the discarded feature information,so as to improve the recognition rate of the image.VGG divides the network into five groups(mimicking the five layers of AlexNet),yet it USES 3*3 filters and combines them as a convolution sequence.Network deeper DCNN,channel number is bigger.The recognition rate of the model was verified by 0RL Face Database,BioID Face Database and CASIA Face Image Database.

Multilayer ANN indoor location system with area division in WLAN environment

An indoor location system based on multilayer artificial neural network（ANN） with area division is proposed.The characteristics of recorded signal strength（RSS）,or signal to noise ratio（SNR） from each available access points（APs）,are utilized to establish the radio map in the off-line phase.And in the on-line phase,the two or three dimensional coordinates of mobile terminals（MTs） are estimated according to the similarity between the new recorded RSS or SNR and fingerprints pre-stored in radio map.Although the feed-forward ANN with three layers is sufficient to describe any nonlinear mapping relationship between inputs and outputs with finite discontinuous points,the efficient inputs for better training performances are difficult to be determined because of complex and dynamic indoor environment.Then,the discussion of distance relativity for different signal characteristics and optimal strategies for multi-mode phenomenon avoidance is presented.And also,the feasibility and effectiveness of this method are verified based on the experimental comparison with normal ANN without area division,K-nearest neighbor（KNN） and probability methods in typical office environment.

E-mail Spam Classification Using Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm and Neural Networks

Spam has turned into a big predicament these days,due to the increase in the number of spam emails,as the recipient regularly receives piles of emails.Not only is spam wasting users’time and bandwidth.In addition,it limits the storage space of the email box as well as the disk space.Thus,spam detection is a challenge for individuals and organizations alike.To advance spam email detection,this work proposes a new spam detection approach,using the grasshopper optimization algorithm(GOA)in training a multilayer perceptron(MLP)classifier for categorizing emails as ham and spam.Hence,MLP and GOA produce an artificial neural network(ANN)model,referred to(GOAMLP).Two corpora are applied Spam Base and UK-2011Web spam for this approach.Finally,the finding represents evidence that the proposed spam detection approach has achieved a better level in spam detection than the status of the art.

Design optimization of multilayer perceptron neural network by ant colony optimization applied to engine emissions data

A multilayer perceptron(MLP) artificial neural network(ANN) model has been optimized by the multi-objective ant colony optimization(MOACO) algorithm, which uses three objective functions. A sensitivity analysis to choose MOACO parameter values is carried out by calculating hypervolume metric, and the proposed approach adopts the Vlsekriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje(VIKOR) decision method to choose final compromised solution on the Pareto front obtained from MOACO. As a result, we used the MLP-MOACO developed model to estimate the value of engine emissions of NOxin a four stroke, spark ignition(SI) gasoline engine and observed acceptable correlation coefficient(R^2) of 0.99978.

Particle identification using artificial neural networks at BESⅢ

A multilayered perceptrons＇ neural network technique has been applied in the particle identification at BESIII. The networks are trained in each sub-detector level. The NN output of sub-detectors can be sent to a sequential network or be constructed as PDFs for a likelihood. Good muon-ID, electron-ID and hadron-ID are obtained from the networks by using the simulated Monte Carlo samples.

A chemical-reaction-optimization-based neuro-fuzzy hybrid network for stock closing price prediction

Accurate prediction of stock market behavior is a challenging issue for financial forecasting.Artificial neural networks,such as multilayer perceptron have been established as better approximation and classification models for this domain.This study proposes a chemical reaction optimization(CRO)based neuro-fuzzy network model for prediction of stock indices.The input vectors to the model are fuzzified by applying a Gaussian membership function,and each input is associated with a degree of membership to different classes.A multilayer perceptron with one hidden layer is used as the base model and CRO is used to the optimal weights and biases of this model.CRO was chosen because it requires fewer control parameters and has a faster convergence rate.Five statistical parameters are used to evaluate the performance of the model,and the model is validated by forecasting the daily closing indices for five major stock markets.The performance of the proposed model is compared with four state-of-art models that are trained similarly and was found to be superior.We conducted the Deibold-Mariano test to check the statistical significance of the proposed model,and it was found to be significant.This model can be used as a promising tool for financial forecasting.

An Approach to Structural Approximation Analysis by Artificial Neural Networks

This paper theoretically proves that a three-layer neural network can be applied to implementing exactly the function between the stresses and displacements and the design variables of any elastic structure based on the Kolmogorov’s mapping neural network existence theorem. A new approach to the structural approximation analysis with the global characteristic based on artificial neural networks is presented. The computer simulation experiments made by this paper show that the new approach is effective.

Short-term prediction of NO_(2) and NO_(x) concentrations using multilayer perceptron neural network: a case study of Tabriz, Iran

Introduction:Due to the health effects caused by airborne pollutants in urban areas,forecasting of air quality parameters is one of the most important topics of air quality research.During recent years,statistical models based on artificial neural networks(ANNs)have been increasingly applied and evaluated for forecasting of air quality.Methods:The development of ANN and multiple linear regressions(MLRs)has been applied to short-term prediction of the NO_(2) and NO_(x) concentrations as a function of meteorological conditions.The optimum structure of ANN was determined by a trial and error method.We used hourly NO_(x) and NO_(2) concentrations and metrological parameters,automatic monitoring network during October and November 2012 for two monitoring sites(Abrasan and Farmandari sites)in Tabriz,Iran.Results:Designing of the network architecture is based on the approximation theory of Kolmogorov,and the structure of ANN with 30 neurons had the best performance.ANN trained by scaled-conjugate-gradient(trainscg)training algorithm has implemented to model.It also demonstrates that MLP neural networks offer several advantages over linear MLR models.The results show that the correlation coefficient(R2)values are 0.92 and 0/94 for NO_(2) and NO_(x) concentrations,respectively.But in MLR model,R2 values were 0.41 and 0.44 for NO_(2) and NO_(x) concentrations,respectively.Conclusions:This work shows that MLP neural networks can accurately model the relationship between local meteorological data and NO_(2) and NO_(x) concentrations in an urban environment compared to linear models.

基于特征性脂肪酸和甘油三酯指标的油茶籽油掺伪定性鉴别模型对比分析

为解决油茶籽油掺伪其他植物油的定性鉴别问题,在油茶籽油中分别掺入大豆油、花生油、葵花籽油、棉籽油、葡萄籽油、菜籽油、棕榈油和米糠油,设置高和低两种不同掺伪梯度,基于14个特征性脂肪酸和甘油三酯指标,运用Python语言构建并对比分析了二分类决策树模型、多分类决策树模型和多层感知机人工神经网络(MLP-ANN)模型用于油茶籽油掺伪定性鉴别的效果。结果表明:高和低掺伪梯度下,二分类决策树模型对油茶籽油掺伪其他植物油的定性鉴别的准确率均达到0.95以上;多分类决策树模型的精确率和准确率在高掺伪梯度下均达到了0.95,但在低掺伪梯度下仅为0.90;在高和低掺伪梯度下,MLP-ANN模型对油茶籽油掺伪定性鉴别的平均精确率均达到0.98,准确率分别达到0.97和0.98。相比于决策树模型,MLP-ANN模型能很好地实现油茶籽油掺伪定性鉴别。

多层神经网络BP算法的研究

影响多层神经网络ＢＰ算法学习效率的因素不少．但ＢＰ算法中误差函数不能有效地表征样本学习精度是其中主要的因素之一．本文对ＢＰ算法中的误差函数进行了修正．计算机模拟结果表明这种修正有助于提高学习精度和学习效率．

基于人工神经网络的机械设计领域知识表达方法的研究

结合人工神经网络技术开展了机械设计领域经验型知识表达方法的研究，提出了一种基于多层神经网络的知识表达方法，该方法适合于数值型经验知识的表达，并对多层神经网络学习的ＢＰ算法进行了改进。

基于人工神经网络的青藏公路铁路沿线生态系统风险研究

根据青藏公路铁路沿线(50km缓冲区)生态系统特征,选取雪灾、旱灾、崩塌滑坡等7项指标,依托人工神经网络MLP(MultilayerPercetron)模型,构建青藏公路铁路沿线生态风险评价模型。评价结果显示:青藏公路铁路沿线生态系统所跨越的6个自然区的平均生态风险值居前3位的是:柴达木山地荒漠区(4.2585),果洛那曲高寒灌丛草甸区(2.7640)、青东祁连山地草原区(2.7335);沿线10种植被生态系统平均生态风险值居前3位的是:针叶林生态系统(4.3096)、荒漠生态系统(4.1174)和无植被地段(3.6182)。在影响各区、各植被生态系统风险值大小的因素中,自然因素为主要控制因素,人为因素影响相对较弱。依据评价结果,将青藏公路铁路沿线生态系统划分为4个区:柴达木盆地高风险区、西大滩至当雄中度风险区、青东祁连和青南2个轻度风险区。

双层结构土壤模型地网接地电阻的简化计算

为了简化双层结构土壤模型中地网接地电阻的计算,提出了将双层土壤模型等效为均匀土壤模型的计算方法。分析了接地网面积、接地网的长宽比、上层土壤电阻率等参数对等效均匀土壤电阻率的影响后,指出接地网面积、上层土壤的电阻率和厚度以及反射系数等参数均对等效均匀土壤电阻率有重要影响;采用CDEGS软件仿真所得数据建立求解等效均匀土壤电阻率的BP神经网络所得结果与CDEGS软件计算对比表明,该BP神经网络具有较高的准确性和可信度,可为多层土壤结构中接地网的设计提供可靠帮助。