scholarly journals A Bayesian Neural Network-Based Method to Calibrate Microscopic Traffic Simulators

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Qinqin Chen ◽  
Anning Ni ◽  
Chunqin Zhang ◽  
Jinghui Wang ◽  
Guangnian Xiao ◽  
...  

Calibrating the microsimulation model is essential to enhance its ability to capture reality. The paper proposes a Bayesian neural network (BNN)-based method to calibrate parameters of microscopic traffic simulators, which reduces repeated running of simulations in the calibration and thus significantly improves the calibration efficiency. We use BNN with probability distributions on the weights to quickly predict the simulation results according to the inputs of the parameters to be calibrated. Based on the BNN model with the best performance, heuristic algorithms (HAs) are performed to seek the optimal values of the parameters to be calibrated with the minimum difference between the predicted results of BNN and the field-measured values. Three HAs are considered, including genetic algorithm (GA), evolutionary strategy (ES), and bat algorithm (BA). A TransModeler case of highway links in Shanghai, China, indicates the validity of the proposed calibration method in terms of error and efficiency. The results demonstrate that the BNN model is able to accurately predict the simulation and adequately capture the uncertainty of the simulation. We also find that the BNN-BA model produces the best calibration efficiency, while the BNN-ES model offers the best performance in calibration accuracy.

2010 ◽  
Vol 29-32 ◽  
pp. 2692-2697
Author(s):  
Jiu Long Xiong ◽  
Jun Ying Xia ◽  
Xian Quan Xu ◽  
Zhen Tian

Camera calibration establishes the relationship between 2D coordinates in the image and 3D coordinates in the 3D world. BP neural network can model non-linear relationship, and therefore was used for calibrating camera by avoiding the non-linear factors of the camera in this paper. The calibration results are compared with the results of Tsai’s two stage method. The comparison show that calibration method based BP neural network improved the calibration accuracy.


2021 ◽  
pp. 100079
Author(s):  
Vincent Fortuin ◽  
Adrià Garriga-Alonso ◽  
Mark van der Wilk ◽  
Laurence Aitchison

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Yuxiang Wang ◽  
Zhangwei Chen ◽  
Hongfei Zu ◽  
Xiang Zhang ◽  
Chentao Mao ◽  
...  

The positioning accuracy of a robot is of great significance in advanced robotic manufacturing systems. This paper proposes a novel calibration method for improving robot positioning accuracy. First of all, geometric parameters are identified on the basis of the product of exponentials (POE) formula. The errors of the reduction ratio and the coupling ratio are identified at the same time. Then, joint stiffness identification is carried out by adding a load to the end-effector. Finally, residual errors caused by nongeometric parameters are compensated by a multilayer perceptron neural network (MLPNN) based on beetle swarm optimization algorithm. The calibration is implemented on a SIASUN SR210D robot manipulator. Results show that the proposed method possesses better performance in terms of faster convergence and higher precision.


2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (06) ◽  
pp. 1089-1108 ◽  
Author(s):  
NAMEER N. EL. EMAM ◽  
RASHEED ABDUL SHAHEED

A method based on neural network with Back-Propagation Algorithm (BPA) and Adaptive Smoothing Errors (ASE), and a Genetic Algorithm (GA) employing a new concept named Adaptive Relaxation (GAAR) is presented in this paper to construct learning system that can find an Adaptive Mesh points (AM) in fluid problems. AM based on reallocation scheme is implemented on different types of two steps channels by using a three layer neural network with GA. Results of numerical experiments using Finite Element Method (FEM) are discussed. Such discussion is intended to validate the process and to demonstrate the performance of the proposed learning system on three types of two steps channels. It appears that training is fast enough and accurate due to the optimal values of weights by using a few numbers of patterns. Results confirm that the presented neural network with the proposed GA consistently finds better solutions than the conventional neural network.


Author(s):  
GERALDO BRAZ JUNIOR ◽  
LEONARDO DE OLIVEIRA MARTINS ◽  
ARISTÓFANES CORREA SILVA ◽  
ANSELMO CARDOSO PAIVA

Female breast cancer is a major cause of deaths in occidental countries. Computer-aided Detection (CAD) systems can aid radiologists to increase diagnostic accuracy. In this work, we present a comparison between two classifiers applied to the separation of normal and abnormal breast tissues from mammograms. The purpose of the comparison is to select the best prediction technique to be part of a CAD system. Each region of interest is classified through a Support Vector Machine (SVM) and a Bayesian Neural Network (BNN) as normal or abnormal region. SVM is a machine-learning method, based on the principle of structural risk minimization, which shows good performance when applied to data outside the training set. A Bayesian Neural Network is a classifier that joins traditional neural networks theory and Bayesian inference. We use a set of measures obtained by the application of the semivariogram, semimadogram, covariogram, and correlogram functions to the characterization of breast tissue as normal or abnormal. The results show that SVM presents best performance for the classification of breast tissues in mammographic images. The tests indicate that SVM has more generalization power than the BNN classifier. BNN has a sensibility of 76.19% and a specificity of 79.31%, while SVM presents a sensibility of 74.07% and a specificity of 98.77%. The accuracy rate for tests is 78.70% and 92.59% for BNN and SVM, respectively.


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