scholarly journals Developing Hybrid Machine Learning Models for Estimating the Unconfined Compressive Strength of Jet Grouting Composite: A Comparative Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuantian Sun ◽  
Guichen Li ◽  
Junfei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Unconfined Compressive Strength ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Back Propagation Neural Network ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
K Nearest Neighbors ◽  
Jet Grouting

Coal-grout composites were fabricated in this study using the jet grouting (JG) technique to enhance coal mass in underground conditions. To evaluate the mechanical properties of the created coal-grout composite, its unconfined compressive strength (UCS) needed to be tested. A mathematical model is required to elucidate the unknown nonlinear relationship between the UCS and the influencing variables. In this study, six computational intelligence techniques using machine learning (ML) algorithms were used to develop the mathematical models, which includes back-propagation neural network (BPNN), random forest (RF), decision tree (DT), support vector machine (SVM), k-nearest neighbors (KNN), and logistic regression (LR). In addition, the hyper-parameters in these typical algorithms (e.g., the hidden layers in BPNN, the gamma in SVM, and the number of neighbor samples in KNN) were tuned by the recently developed beetle antennae search algorithm (BAS). To prepare the dataset for these ML models, three types of cementitious grout and three types of chemical grout were mixed with coal powders extracted from the Guobei coalmine, Anhui Province, China to create coal-grout composites. In total, 405 coal-grout specimens in total were extracted and tested. Several variables such as grout types, coal-grout ratio, and curing time were chosen as input parameters, while UCS was the output of these models. The results show that coal-chemical grout composites had higher strength in the short-term, while the coal-cementitious grout composites could achieve stable and high strength in the long term. BPNN, DT, and SVM outperform the others in terms of predicting the UCS of the coal-grout composites. The outstanding performance of the optimum ML algorithms for strength prediction facilitates JG parameter design in practice and could be the benchmark for the wider application of ML methods in JG engineering for coal improvement.

scholarly journals Improving AdaBoost Classifier to Predict Enterprise Performance after COVID-19

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 2215
Author(s):  
Jung-Kai Tsai ◽  
Chih-Hsing Hung
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
Classification Problem ◽  
Back Propagation Neural Network ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Enterprise Performance ◽  
Classification Problems ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Multi Class Classification

Because COVID-19 occurred in 2019, the behavioxr of humans has been changed and it will influence the business model of enterprise. Enterprise cannot predict its development according to past knowledge and experiment; so, it needs a new machine learning framework to predict enterprise performance. The goal of this research is to modify AdaBoost to reasonably predict the enterprise performance. In order to justify the usefulness of the proposed model, enterprise data will be collected and the proposed model can be used to predict the enterprise performance after COVID-19. The test data correct rate of the proposed model will be compared with some of the traditional machine learning models. Compared with the traditional AdaBoost, back propagation neural network (BPNN), regression classifier, support vector machine (SVM) and support vector regression (SVR), the proposed method possesses the better classification ability (average correct rate of the proposed method is 88.04%) in handling two classification problems. Compared with traditional AdaBoost, one-against-all SVM, one-against-one SVM, one-against-all SVR and one-against-one SVR, the classification ability of the proposed method is also relatively better for coping with the multi-class classification problem. Finally, some conclusions and future research will be discussed at the end.

scholarly journals Big Data Analysis of Facebook Users Personality Reconition using Map Reduce Back Propagation Neural Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Solomon Akinboro ◽  
Isaac K. Ogundoyin ◽  
Ayobami T. Olusesi
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
Threshold Value ◽  
Back Propagation Neural Network ◽  
Classification Model ◽  
Map Reduce ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Computationally Efficient ◽  
Personality Recognition

Machine learning has been an effective tool to connect networks of enormous information for predicting personality. Identification of personality-related indicators encrypted in Facebook profiles and activities are of special concern in most research efforts. This research modeled user personality based on set of features extracted from the Facebook data using Map-Reduce Back Propagation Neural Network (MRBPNN). The performance of the MRBPNN classification model was evaluated in terms of five basic personality dimensions: Extraversion (EXT), Agreeableness (AGR), Conscientiousness (CON), Neuroticism (NEU), and Openness to Experience (OPN) using True positive, False Positive, accuracy, precision and F-measure as metrics at the threshold value of 0.32. The experimental results reveal that MRBPNN model has accuracy of 91.40%, 93.89%, 91.33%, 90.43% and 89.13% CON, OPN, EXT, NEU and AGR respectively for personality recognition which is more computationally efficient than Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN) and Support Vector Machine (SVM). Therefore, personality recognition based on MRBPNN would produce a reliable prediction system for various personality traits with data having a very large instance.  Keywords— Machine learning, Facebook, MRBPNN, Personality Recognition, Neuroticism, Agreeableness.

scholarly journals The Classification of Noise-Afflicted Remotely Sensed Data Using Three Machine-Learning Techniques: Effect of Different Levels and Types of Noise on Accuracy

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sornkitja Boonprong ◽  
Chunxiang Cao ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Xiliang Ni ◽  
Min Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
Speckle Noise ◽  
Remotely Sensed ◽  
Back Propagation Neural Network ◽  
Supervised Machine Learning ◽  
Machine Learning Techniques ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Remotely Sensed Data

Remotely sensed data are often adversely affected by many types of noise, which influences the classification result. Supervised machine-learning (ML) classifiers such as random forest (RF), support vector machine (SVM), and back-propagation neural network (BPNN) are broadly reported to improve robustness against noise. However, only a few comparative studies that may help investigate this robustness have been reported. An important contribution, going beyond previous studies, is that we perform the analyses by employing the most well-known and broadly implemented packages of the three classifiers and control their settings to represent users’ actual applications. This facilitates an understanding of the extent to which the noise types and levels in remotely sensed data impact classification accuracy using ML classifiers. By using those implementations, we classified the land cover data from a satellite image that was separately afflicted by seven-level zero-mean Gaussian, salt–pepper, and speckle noise. The modeling data and features were strictly controlled. Finally, we discussed how each noise type affects the accuracy obtained from each classifier and the robustness of the classifiers to noise in the data. This may enhance our understanding of the relationship between noises, the supervised ML classifiers, and remotely sensed data.

scholarly journals Machine Learning Application to Eco-Friendly Concrete Design for Decarbonisation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13663
Author(s):  
Abigail Lavercombe ◽  
Xu Huang ◽  
Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Cementitious Materials ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Gradient Boosting ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Prediction Ability ◽  
Cement Replacement ◽  
The Impact

Cement replacement materials can not only benefit the workability of the concrete but can also improve its compressive strength. Reducing the cement content of concrete can also lower CO2 emissions to mitigate the impact of the construction industry on the environment and improve energy consumption. This paper aims to predict the compressive strength (CS) and embodied carbon (EC) of cement replacement concrete using machine learning (ML) algorithms, i.e., deep neural network (DNN), support vector regression (SVR), gradient boosting regression (GBR), random forest (RF), k-nearest neighbors (kNN), and decision tree regression (DTR). Not only is producing an optimal ML model helpful for predicting accurate results, but it also saves time, energy, and costs, compared to conducting experiments. Firstly, 367 pieces of experimental datasets from the open literature were collected, in which cement was replaced with any of the cementitious materials. Secondly, the datasets were imported into the ML models, whose parameters were tuned by the grid search algorithm (GSA). Then, the prediction performance, the coefficient of determination (R2), the prediction accuracy, and the root mean square error (RMSE) were employed to indicate the prediction ability of the ML models. The results demonstrate that the GBR models perform the best prediction of the CS and EC. The R2 of the GBR models for predicting the CS and EC are 0.946 and 0.999, respectively. Thus, it can be concluded that the GBR models have promising abilities for design assistance in cement replacement concrete. Finally, a sensitivity analysis (SA) was conducted in this paper to analyse the effects of the inputs on the CS and EC of the cement replacement concrete. Pulverised fuel ash (PFA), blast-furnace slag (GGBS), Expanded perlite (EP), and Silica fume (SF) were noticed to affect the CS and EC of cement replacement concrete significantly.

scholarly journals Use of Machine Learning to Investigate the Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (Q-CHAT) towards Early Autism Screening

Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 574
Author(s):  
Gennaro Tartarisco ◽  
Giovanni Cicceri ◽  
Davide Di Pietro ◽  
Elisa Leonardi ◽  
Stefania Aiello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Behavioral Science ◽  
Autistic Traits ◽  
Classification Performance ◽  
Recursive Feature Elimination ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
K Nearest Neighbors ◽  
Autism Screening

In the past two decades, several screening instruments were developed to detect toddlers who may be autistic both in clinical and unselected samples. Among others, the Quantitative CHecklist for Autism in Toddlers (Q-CHAT) is a quantitative and normally distributed measure of autistic traits that demonstrates good psychometric properties in different settings and cultures. Recently, machine learning (ML) has been applied to behavioral science to improve the classification performance of autism screening and diagnostic tools, but mainly in children, adolescents, and adults. In this study, we used ML to investigate the accuracy and reliability of the Q-CHAT in discriminating young autistic children from those without. Five different ML algorithms (random forest (RF), naïve Bayes (NB), support vector machine (SVM), logistic regression (LR), and K-nearest neighbors (KNN)) were applied to investigate the complete set of Q-CHAT items. Our results showed that ML achieved an overall accuracy of 90%, and the SVM was the most effective, being able to classify autism with 95% accuracy. Furthermore, using the SVM–recursive feature elimination (RFE) approach, we selected a subset of 14 items ensuring 91% accuracy, while 83% accuracy was obtained from the 3 best discriminating items in common to ours and the previously reported Q-CHAT-10. This evidence confirms the high performance and cross-cultural validity of the Q-CHAT, and supports the application of ML to create shorter and faster versions of the instrument, maintaining high classification accuracy, to be used as a quick, easy, and high-performance tool in primary-care settings.

scholarly journals Statistical Law and Predictive Analysis of Compressive Strength of Cemented Sand and Gravel

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 291-298
Author(s):  
Shoukai Chen ◽  
Yongqiwen Fu ◽  
Lei Guo ◽  
Shifeng Yang ◽  
Yajing Bie
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
Back Propagation Neural Network ◽  
Predictive Analysis ◽  
Distribution Law ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Cemented Sand ◽  
Mix Proportion ◽  
Kolmogorov Smirnov ◽  
Sand And Gravel

AbstractA data set of cemented sand and gravel (CSG) mix proportion and 28-day compressive strength was established, with outliers determined and removed based on the Boxplot. Then, the distribution law of compressive strength of CSG was analyzed using the skewness kurtosis and single-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests. And with the help of Python software, a model based on Back Propagation neural network was built to predict the compressive strength of CSG according to its mix proportion. The results showed that the compressive strength follows the normal distribution law, the expected value and variance were 5.471 MPa and 3.962 MPa respectively, and the average relative error was 7.16%, indicating the predictability of compressive strength of CSG and its correlation with the mix proportion.

scholarly journals Identification of Pilots’ Fatigue Status Based on Electrocardiogram Signals

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 3003
Author(s):  
Ting Pan ◽  
Haibo Wang ◽  
Haiqing Si ◽  
Yao Li ◽  
Lei Shang
Keyword(s):  
Back Propagation ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Back Propagation Neural Network ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
State Identification ◽  
Feature Parameter ◽  
The Time Domain ◽  
Pilot Fatigue ◽  
Identification Model

Fatigue is an important factor affecting modern flight safety. It can easily lead to a decline in pilots’ operational ability, misjudgments, and flight illusions. Moreover, it can even trigger serious flight accidents. In this paper, a wearable wireless physiological device was used to obtain pilots’ electrocardiogram (ECG) data in a simulated flight experiment, and 1440 effective samples were determined. The Friedman test was adopted to select the characteristic indexes that reflect the fatigue state of the pilot from the time domain, frequency domain, and non-linear characteristics of the effective samples. Furthermore, the variation rules of the characteristic indexes were analyzed. Principal component analysis (PCA) was utilized to extract the features of the selected feature indexes, and the feature parameter set representing the fatigue state of the pilot was established. For the study on pilots’ fatigue state identification, the feature parameter set was used as the input of the learning vector quantization (LVQ) algorithm to train the pilots’ fatigue state identification model. Results show that the recognition accuracy of the LVQ model reached 81.94%, which is 12.84% and 9.02% higher than that of traditional back propagation neural network (BPNN) and support vector machine (SVM) model, respectively. The identification model based on the LVQ established in this paper is suitable for identifying pilots’ fatigue states. This is of great practical significance to reduce flight accidents caused by pilot fatigue, thus providing a theoretical foundation for pilot fatigue risk management and the development of intelligent aircraft autopilot systems.

scholarly journals Prediction of Healing Performance of Autogenous Healing Concrete Using Machine Learning

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4068
Author(s):  
Xu Huang ◽  
Mirna Wasouf ◽  
Jessada Sresakoolchai ◽  
Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Prediction Performance ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Gradient Boosting ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Artificial Neural Network Ann

Cracks typically develop in concrete due to shrinkage, loading actions, and weather conditions; and may occur anytime in its life span. Autogenous healing concrete is a type of self-healing concrete that can automatically heal cracks based on physical or chemical reactions in concrete matrix. It is imperative to investigate the healing performance that autogenous healing concrete possesses, to assess the extent of the cracking and to predict the extent of healing. In the research of self-healing concrete, testing the healing performance of concrete in a laboratory is costly, and a mass of instances may be needed to explore reliable concrete design. This study is thus the world’s first to establish six types of machine learning algorithms, which are capable of predicting the healing performance (HP) of self-healing concrete. These algorithms involve an artificial neural network (ANN), a k-nearest neighbours (kNN), a gradient boosting regression (GBR), a decision tree regression (DTR), a support vector regression (SVR) and a random forest (RF). Parameters of these algorithms are tuned utilising grid search algorithm (GSA) and genetic algorithm (GA). The prediction performance indicated by coefficient of determination (R2) and root mean square error (RMSE) measures of these algorithms are evaluated on the basis of 1417 data sets from the open literature. The results show that GSA-GBR performs higher prediction performance (R2GSA-GBR = 0.958) and stronger robustness (RMSEGSA-GBR = 0.202) than the other five types of algorithms employed to predict the healing performance of autogenous healing concrete. Therefore, reliable prediction accuracy of the healing performance and efficient assistance on the design of autogenous healing concrete can be achieved.

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