A fuzzy DEA model with undesirable fuzzy outputs and its application to the banking sector in India

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a widely used technique for measuring the relative efficiencies of decision making units (DMUs) with multiple inputs and multiple outputs. However, in real life applications, undesirable outputs may be present in the production process which needs to be minimized. The present study endeavors to propose a DEA model with undesirable outputs and further to extend it in fuzzy environment in view of the fact that input/output data are not always available in exact form in real life problems. We propose a fuzzy DEA model with undesirable fuzzy outputs which can be solved as crisp linear program for each α in (0, 1] using α-cut approach. Further, cross-efficiency technique is applied to increase the discrimination power of the proposed models and to rank the efficient DMUs at every α in (0, 1]. Moreover, for better understanding of the proposed methodology, we present a numerical illustration followed by an application to the banking sector in India. This is the first study which attempts to measure the performance of public sector banks (PuSBs) in India using fuzzy input/output data for the period 2009–2011. The results obtained from the proposed methodology not only depict the impact of undesirable output on the performance of PuSBs but also analyze efficiently the influence of the presence of uncertainty in the data over the efficiency results. The findings show that the efficiency results of many PuSBs vary with the variation in α during the selected period.     

A survey on nature-inspired optimization algorithms with fuzzy logic for dynamic parameter adaptation

Metaheuristic optimization algorithms have become a popular choice for solving complex problems which are otherwise difficult to solve by traditional methods. However, these methods have the problem of the parameter adaptation and many researchers have proposed modifications using fuzzy logic to solve this problem and obtain better results than the original methods. In this study a comprehensive review is made of the optimization techniques in which fuzzy logic is used to dynamically adapt some important parameters in these methods. In this paper, the survey mainly covers the optimization methods of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA), and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), which in the last years have been used with fuzzy logic to improve the performance of the optimization methods.     

Customizable hardware design of fuzzy controllers applied to autonomous car driving

Nowadays, final products often encompass a certain intelligence therein to deal with variation or lack of precision in the sensing input data. This intelligence is usually acquired via the utilization of existing soft techniques, such as artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms and fuzzy control, among others. Thus, it is profitable to have on-the-shelf shell scalable and adaptive hardware designs that implement these soft techniques. This availability allows for an immediate embedding of any of those designs onto final products. This usually entails a reduced time-to-market of the product. Process control is one of the many applications that took advantage of the fuzzy paradigm. In general, controllers are embedded into the controlled device. This paper presents a novel design of a reconfigurable efficient parallel architecture to implement fuzzy controllers on hardware with almost no design effort for final users. The proposed architecture is herein proven suitable for embedding. It is customizable, so it allows the setup and configuration of the controller parameters, and hence its use for any problem application. Two fuzzy controllers that model autonomous car driving are implemented and their cost and performance evaluated.     

模糊学在点火元件优选中的应用

评价了点火元件的综合性能。文中的点火元件优选工作是模糊概念应用在工程中的尝试。综合评价结果与实际相符合。     

Feedback PID-like fuzzy controller for pH regulatory control near the equivalence point

In this research the use of a feedback PID-like fuzzy controller scheme for pH control is presented to deal with instability problems near the equivalence point in neutralization processes. State space analysis of the titration curves and a fuzzy clustering algorithm based on calculating a measure of potential derived from the square distance of the pH data are complementary applied to define the membership structure and the fuzzy sets of the controller. To test the performance of the controller, both simulated and experimental runs were used. The fuzzy controller was tested for compensating step-change perturbations of propionic acidic flow rates, propionic acid concentration, and buffering conditions. Stationary cycling behavior has been observed for large loads of acidic flow rates. It was found that though the rejection time was strongly dependent on the mean residence time of the liquid solutions, the proposed controller keep the neutralization process operating close to the specified set point of pH = 7.     

加权条件熵在异常检测中的应用

通过分析信息熵在异常检测中的应用和条件熵的固有特性, 提出了一种基于条件熵和加权熵理论的异常检测方法。分析网络流量特征, 选取具有内在相关性的网络特征属性, 给出了加权系数矩阵的公式和异常检测的具体实现方法。通过实验验证了该方法的有效性和实用性, 根据不同属性特征在加权条件熵理论中的应用效果, 分析了不同特征属性选择造成检测效果差异的原因。     

高速以太网中实时相似性匹配算法的研究

在高速以太网中, 针对用户行为的特殊性及数据流五元组的特点, 提出了一种自适应相似性匹配算法(ASMA-HN)。该算法充分考虑了数据流五元组的随机性分布特点, 通过一种改进的XOR-SHIFT算法将数据流分类索引, 并提出了同类数据库(SD)及异类数据库(HD)的概念, 基于距离测度分别设计了加权相似性比较函数, 使得特征值能更精准地匹配到符合要求的数据文件, 提高了整体的匹配效率。通过对校园网实际流量的现场测试, 证明该算法具有较高的精准性及可适用性, 且匹配时间较低, 能很好地满足高速网络中相似性匹配业务的需求。     

半参数广义线性模型惩罚似然估计的几个性质

本文在给出了半参数广义线性模型惩罚似然估计及惩罚准似然估计的基础上,得到了下面几个性质:(Ⅰ)极小惩罚似然估计及惩罚准似然估计等价于惩罚加权最小二乘估计;(Ⅱ)估计的收敛性及加速收敛法;(Ⅲ)估计的一种 Bayes 解释。     

使用新混合模糊聚类算法的模糊系统建模方法

为了进一步提高模糊系统建立模型的精度,提出一种新的模糊系统算法ANFIS-HC-QPSO：采用一种混合型模糊聚类算法来对模糊系统的输入空间进行划分,每一个聚类通过高斯函数的拟合产生一个隶属度函数,即完成ANFIS系统的前件参数--隶属度函数参数的初始识别,通过具有量子行为的粒子群算法QPSO与最小二乘法优化前件参数,直至达到停机条件,最终得到ANFIS的前件及后件参数,从而得到满意的模糊系统模型。实验表明,AN-FIS-HC-QPSO算法与传统算法相比,能在只需较少模糊规则的前提下就使模糊系统达到更高的精度。     

Zernike矩结合Sigmoid曲线拟合边缘检测方法

为了改进Zernike矩边缘检测方法对非直线边缘检测精度低的弱点,提出了一种改进的基于Zernike矩方法和Sigmoid拟合法的边缘检测方法。用Zernike矩边缘检测方法检测边缘,然后用Sigmoid拟合方法检测边缘,根据边缘类型对两种方法检测的边缘结果进行加权求和,所得结果为边缘位置。分别利用理想图像和实际工业CT图像进行了实验验证,实验结果表明对非直线边缘的检测,该方法检测精度相对于Zernike矩方法提高了一个数量级。