Visual assessment of bayed beach stability with computer software

The parabolic bay shape model is the only morphological model that has the mechanism for the evaluating beach stability and predicting shoreline changes arising from structures built on a curved beach. However, application of this parabolic model has been largely in manual form, by tracing the calculated bay shape on a map or aerial photograph after hand calculation. To overcome this drawback, a software package called model for equilibrium planform of bay beaches (MEPBAY) written in Object Pascal language is proposed to facilitate the model application. MEPBAY calculates the idealized shoreline planform of a headland-bay beach in static equilibrium based on the parabolic model. It then presents the results graphically on a screen display overlaying the image of the existing beach. It thus allows the stability of a headland-bay beach to be assessed visually by comparing the existing shoreline periphery with the static equilibrium planform. The software offers a friendly environment from simple input to instant visualization of the results. MEPBAY not only helps students understand the morphological process, but also provides engineers with a valuable tool for practical applications on shoreline protection and coastal management.     

非均匀多采样率非线性系统的模糊辨识

针对非均匀多采样率非线性系统辨识问题, 提出一种基于模糊模型的辨识方法. 首先, 分析了非线性系统在输入信号非均匀周期刷新, 输出信号周期采样的情况下, 非线性系统可以通过提升技术, 利用多个局部的线性模型加权组合来描述; 然后, 提出一个基于GK模糊聚类和递推最小二乘的模糊辨识算法; 最后, 针对化工pH 中和过程非线性系统, 采用非均匀采样数据建立其模糊模型, 以验证所提出方法的有效性.

     

Input features' impact on fuzzy decision processes

Many real-world applications have very high dimensionality and require very complex decision borders. In this case, the number of fuzzy rules can proliferate, and the easy interpretability of fuzzy models can progressively disappear. An important part of the model interpretation lies on the evaluation of the effectiveness of the input features on the decision process. In this paper, we present a method that quantifies the discriminative power of the input features in a fuzzy model. The separability among all the rules of the fuzzy model produces a measure of the information available in the system. Such measure of information is calculated to characterize the system before and after each input feature is used for classification. The resulting information gain quantifies the discriminative power of that input feature. The comparison among the information gains of the different input features can yield better insights into the selected fuzzy classification strategy, even for very high dimensional cases, and can lead to a possible reduction of the input space dimension. Several artificial and real-world data analysis scenarios are reported as examples in order to illustrate the characteristics and potentialities of the proposed method.     

消费者偏好预测的深度学习神经网络模型

通过对于人类大脑活动的研究来分析消费者对广告和产品的反应的神经营销正在受到新的关注。针对基于脑电波（EEG）的神经营销，提出了一种基于深度学习神经网络的消费者对产品的偏好预测方法。首先，为了提取消费者EEG的特征，采用短时傅里叶变换（STFT）与双调和样条插值，从多通道脑电信号中得到了5个不同频带的EEG形图视频；然后，提出了一种结合5个三维卷积神经网络（3D CNN）与多层长短期记忆（LSTM）神经网络的预测模型，用于从脑电地形图视频预测到消费者的偏好。与卷积神经网络（CNN）模型和LSTM神经网络模型相比，消费者依赖模型的平均准确度分别提高了15.05个百分点和19.44个百分点，消费者独立模型的平均准确度分别提高了16.34个百分点和17.88个百分点。理论分析与实验结果表明，所提出的消费者偏好预测系统可以以低成本提供有效的营销策略开发和营销管理。     

Nonlinear system identification of large-scale smart pavement systems

This paper proposes a novel model for predicting complex behavior of smart pavements under a variety of environmental conditions. The mathematical model is developed through an adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). To evaluate the effectiveness of the ANFIS model, the temperature fluctuations at different locations in smart pavement systems equipped with pipe network systems under solar radiations is investigated. To develop the smart pavement ANFIS model, various sets of input and output field experimental data are collected from large-scale experimental test beds. The solar radiation and the inlet water flow are used as input signals for training complex behavior of the smart pavement ANFIS model, while the temperature fluctuation of the smart pavement system is used for the output signal. The trained model is validated using 20 different data sets that are not used for the training process. It is demonstrated from the simulation that the ANFIS identification approach is effective in modeling complex behavior of the pavement–fluid system under a variety of environmental conditions. Comparison with high fidelity data proves the viability of the proposed approach in pavement health monitoring setting, as well as automatic control systems.     

基于GWO-BP方法的加速度计动态模型研究

针对高g值加速度计动态模型问题,基于Hopkinson杆的校准系统所测的输入输出数据建立系统模型,提出了GWO-BP神经网络动态建模方法。利用灰狼种群算法优化BP神经网络建立的加速度计动态模型,对模拟输入输出信号进行仿真。最后,利用Hopkinson杆标定系统对加速度计的输入输出进行实测。结果表明,相比于BP神经网络算法,该算法经过优化改进后,求解精度提高了43.6%,证明了该方法的可行性。     

Hierarchical hybrid fuzzy-neural networks for approximation with mixed input variables

Real-world systems usually involve both continuous and discrete input variables. However, in existing learning algorithms of both neural networks and fuzzy systems, these mixed variables are usually treated as continuous without taking into account the special features of discrete variables. It is inefficient to represent each discrete input variable having only a few fixed values by one input neuron with full connection to the hidden layer. This paper proposes a novel hierarchical hybrid fuzzy neural network to represent systems with mixed input variables. The proposed model consists of two levels: the lower level are fuzzy sub-systems each of which aggregates several discrete input variables into an intermediate variable as its output; the higher level is a neural network whose input variables consist of continuous input variables and intermediate variables. For systems or function approximations with mixed variables, it is shown that the proposed hierarchical hybrid fuzzy neural networks outperform standard neural networks in accuracy with fewer parameters, and both provide greater transparency and preserve the universal approximation property (i.e., they can approximate any function with mixed input variables to any degree of accuracy).     

Automatic detection of electroencephalographic changes using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system employing Lyapunov exponents

This paper describes the application of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) model for automatic detection of electroencephalographic changes. Decision making was performed in two stages: feature extraction by computation of Lyapunov exponents and classification by the ANFIS trained with the backpropagation gradient descent method in combination with the least squares method. Five types of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals were classified by five ANFIS classifiers. To improve diagnostic accuracy, the sixth ANFIS classifier (combining ANFIS) was trained using the outputs of the five ANFIS classifiers as input data. The proposed ANFIS model combined the neural network adaptive capabilities and the fuzzy logic qualitative approach. Some conclusions concerning the saliency of features on classification of the EEG signals were obtained through analysis of the ANFIS. The performance of the ANFIS model was evaluated in terms of training performance and classification accuracies and the results confirmed that the proposed ANFIS model has potential in classifying the EEG signals.     

Retraction and Generalized Extension of Computing With Words

Fuzzy automata, whose input alphabet is a set of numbers or symbols, are a formal model of computing with values. Motivated by Zadeh's paradigm of computing with words rather than numbers, Ying proposed a kind of fuzzy automata, whose input alphabet consists of all fuzzy subsets of a set of symbols, as a formal model of computing with all words. In this paper, we introduce a somewhat general formal model of computing with (some special) words. The new features of the model are that the input alphabet only comprises some (not necessarily all) fuzzy subsets of a set of symbols and the fuzzy transition function can be specified arbitrarily. By employing the methodology of fuzzy control, we establish a retraction principle from computing with words to computing with values for handling crisp inputs and a generalized extension principle from computing with words to computing with all words for handling fuzzy inputs. These principles show that computing with values and computing with all words can be respectively implemented by computing with words. Some algebraic properties of retractions and generalized extensions are addressed as well.     

A wavelet-based autoregressive fuzzy model for forecasting algal blooms

This paper proposes fuzzy models for forecasting the complex behavior of algal blooms. The models are developed through the integration of autoregressive models, the Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model, and discrete wavelet transform algorithms. The premise parts of the proposed models are determined using the subtractive clustering technique and the consequent parts are optimized using weighted least squares. To train and validate the proposed fuzzy models, a large number of data sets were collected from Daecheong reservoir in Geum River in the Republic of Korea. The data include both water quality and hydrological variables. Total nitrogen, total phosphorous, dissolved oxygen, chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand, pH, air temperature, water temperature and outflow water were evaluated as input signals while chlorophyll-a was used as an output. It is demonstrated from the simulation that the proposed fuzzy models are effective in forecasting algal blooms.     

Estimation of the dynamic spinal forces using a recurrent fuzzy neural network.

Estimation of the dynamic spinal forces from kinematics data is very complicated because it involves the handling of the relationship between kinematic variables and electromyography (EMG) signals, as well as the relationship between EMG signals and the forces. A recurrent fuzzy neural network (RFNN) model is proposed to establish the kinematics-EMG-force relationship and model the dynamics of muscular activities. The EMG signals are used as an intermediate output and are fed back to the input layer. Since EMG is a direct reflection of muscular activities, the feedback of this model has a physical meaning. It expresses the dynamics of muscular activities in a straightforward way and takes advantage from the recurrent property. The trained model can then have the forces predicted directly from kinematic variables while bypassing the costly procedure of measuring EMG signals and avoiding the use of a biomechanics model. A learning algorithm is derived for the RFNN model.     

A Combined Adaptive Law for Fuzzy Iterative Learning Control of Nonlinear Systems With Varying Control Tasks

To deal with the iterative control of uncertain nonlinear systems with varying control tasks, nonzero initial resetting state errors, and nonrepeatable mismatched input disturbance, a new adaptive fuzzy iterative learning controller is proposed in this paper. The main structure of this learning controller is constructed by a fuzzy learning component and a robust learning component. For the fuzzy learning component, a fuzzy system used as an approximator is designed to compensate for the plant nonlinearity. For the robust learning component, a sliding-mode-like strategy is applied to overcome the nonlinear input gain, input disturbance, and fuzzy approximation error. Both designs are based on a time-varying boundary layer which is introduced not only to solve the problem of initial state errors but also to eliminate the possible undesirable chattering behavior. A new adaptive law combining time- and iteration-domain adaptation is derived to search for suitable values of control parameters and then guarantee the closed-loop stability and error convergence. This adaptive algorithm is designed without using projection or deadzone mechanism. With a suitable choice of the weighting gain, the memory size for the storage of parameter profiles can be greatly reduced. It is shown that all the adjustable parameters as well as internal signals remain bounded for all iterations. Moreover, the norm of tracking state error vector will asymptotically converge to a tunable residual set even when the desired tracking trajectory is varying between successive iterations.     

基于模糊VSM和RBF网络的文本分类方法

针对文本自动分类问题,提出了一种基于模糊向量空间模型和径向基函数网络的分类方法.网络由输入层、隐层和输出层组成.输入层完成分类样本的输入,隐层提取输入样本所隐含的模式特征,将分类结果在输出层表现出来.该方法在特征提取时充分考虑了特征项在文档中的位置信息,构造出模糊特征向量,使自动分类更接近手工分类方法.以中国期刊网全文数据库部分文档数据为例验证了该方法的有效性.     

Nonlinear modeling for bar bond stress using dynamical self-adjusted harmony search optimization

Design code provisions for reinforced concrete are often based on empirical relations resulting from simple statistical treatments of experimental data. Hence, they may provide inaccurate results for predicting complex structural behavior. In the present study, novel nonlinear regression for prediction of the reinforcing bar development length is developed using dynamical self-adjusted harmony search optimization. The nonlinear mathematical relations are regressed using 534 results of simple pullout tests on short unit bar lengths. A novel bi-nonlinear expression is proposed, and its predictive capability outperformed that of design code formulas such as the ACI 318-14, ACI 408R-03, and Eurocode 2 along with other existing empirical models. A parametric study was conducted to explore the sensitivity of the proposed models to influential input parameters. It was found that the new model offers a powerful predictive tool for reinforcing bar bond strength which differs from that of existing models that assume unrealistic uniform bond stress along the rebar. This flexible and data-intensive model could be further scrutinized for consideration in future design code revisions and enhancements.

     

Constraint-Based Fuzzy Models for an Environment with Heterogeneous Information-Granules

A novel framework for fuzzy modeling and model-based control design is described. Based on the theory of fuzzy constraint processing, the fuzzy model can be viewed as a generalized Takagi-Sugeno （TS） fuzzy model with fuzzy functional consequences. It uses multivariate antecedent membership functions obtained by granular-prototype fuzzy clustering methods and consequent fuzzy equations obtained by fuzzy regression techniques. Constrained optimization is used to estimate the consequent parameters, where the constraints are based on control-relevant a priori knowledge about the modeled process. The fuzzy-constraint-based approach provides the following features. 1） The knowledge base of a constraint-based fuzzy model can incorporate information with various types of fuzzy predicates. Consequently, it is easy to provide a fusion of different types of knowledge. The knowledge can be from data-driven approaches and/or from controlrelevant physical models. 2） A corresponding inference mechanism for the proposed model can deal with heterogeneous information granules. 3） Both numerical and linguistic inputs can be accepted for predicting new outputs. The proposed techniques are demonstrated by means of two examples： a nonlinear function-fitting problem and the well-known Box-Jenkins gas furnace process. The first example shows that the proposed model uses fewer fuzzy predicates achieving similar results with the traditional rule-based approach, while the second shows the performance can be significantly improved when the control-relevant constraints are considered.     

An onboard automatic change detection system for disaster monitoring

This paper presents a new approach to disaster monitoring using an automatic change detection system onboard small satellites that features image tiling and fuzzy inference. Unlike other onboard change detection systems for satellites, the proposed system performs change detection on an image tile level rather than on a pixel-by-pixel basis. This image tiling approach allows for more robust change detection performance in the presence of misregistration errors. An important block in the automatic change detection system is the fuzzy inference engine, which generates control signals that trigger different onboard tasks such as image compression, issuing of warning alerts, transmission and rescheduling. The proposed scheme uses not only spectral information as the input data but also cloud cover information to improve the change detection results. Experimental results on accuracy of change detection and flood detection using satellite images are presented.     

Fuzzy logic system based prediction effort: A case study on the effects of tire parameters on contact area and contact pressure

Various methodologies of artificial intelligence have been recently used for estimating performance parameters of soil working machines and off-road vehicles. Due to nonlinear and stochastic features of soil–wheel interactions, application of knowledge-based Mamdani max–min fuzzy expert system for estimation of contact area and contact pressure is described in this paper. Fuzzy logic model was constructed by use of the experience of contact area and contact pressure utilizing data obtained from series of experimentations in soil bin facility and a single-wheel tester. Two paramount tire parameters: wheel load and tire inflation pressure are the input variables for our model, each has five membership functions. As a fundamental aspect of the fuzzy logic based prediction systems, a set of fuzzy if-then rules were used in accordance with fuzzy logic principles. 25 linguistic if-then rules were included to develop a complicated highly intelligent predicting model based on Centroid method at defuzzification stage. The model performance was assessed on the basis of several statistical quality criteria. Mean relative error lower than 10%, satisfactory scattering around unity-slope line (T), and high coefficient of determination, R², were obtained by the fuzzy logic model proposed in this study.     

基于Guided Filter的地形图中线要素提取算法

针对彩色扫描地形图中线要素与背景要素难以分离,现有线要素提取算法提取的结果中存在边界不准确的问题,提出基于Guided Filter的地形图中线要素提取算法。利用基于能量密度和Shear变换相结合的线要素提取算法对线要素进行粗提取;引入Guided Filter,以源地形图图像作为Guided Filter的引导图像,以粗提取的线要素图像作为Guided Filter的输入图像,经过滤波处理获得的线要素信息更为显著;利用OTSU算法得到最终的线要素信息。实验结果表明：相对于现有的线要素提取算法,提出的算法能够更为准确地提取出地形图中的线要素,并具有更好的噪声抑制能力。     

输入受限四旋翼飞行器的模糊自适应动态面轨迹跟踪控制

针对输入受限条件下四旋翼飞行器的轨迹跟踪控制问题,考虑系统存在模型动态不确定和未知外界干扰的情况,提出一种模糊自适应动态面轨迹跟踪控制方法.该方法设计干扰观测器估计位置模型中复合扰动项,利用模糊系统逼近姿态模型中不确定项和外界干扰,并引入双曲正切函数和辅助系统处理输入受限问题,结合反演法和动态面技术设计轨迹跟踪控制器,以降低控制算法的复杂性,最后选取李雅普诺夫函数证明闭环系统所有信号一致最终有界.应用大疆M100飞行器模型进行仿真验证,结果表明所设计的控制器能够有效处理模型动态不确定和未知外界干扰问题,避免飞行器工作过程中因输入饱和导致执行器失效现象,精确地完成轨迹跟踪控制任务.     

基于脑网络和TSK模糊系统的癫痫脑电识别

脑电检测是癫痫疾病诊断的重要手段,但基于脑电信号特征的人工标记方法,对癫痫发作状态识别的准确度较低。将脑功能网络与TSK模糊系统相结合,提出一种癫痫脑电信号识别的新方法。通过分析多通道脑电信号之间的同步性,构建癫痫患者的脑功能网络,采用复杂网络方法提取特征参数;以脑网络参数为输入特征建立TSK模糊系统模型,通过监督式学习训练分类器,用于识别癫痫发作期的脑电波形。实验结果证明了该方法的有效性,模糊分类器对癫痫发作状态识别的准确度达到98.36%,99.48%敏感度和97.24%特异度。该方法将复杂网络与机器学习算法相融合,为通过脑电检测识别癫痫疾病状态提供了新方法,具有重要的应用价值。