scholarly journals Improving gridded snow water equivalent products in British Columbia, Canada: multi-source data fusion by neural network models

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 891-905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Snauffer ◽  
William W. Hsieh ◽  
Alex J. Cannon ◽  
Markus A. Schnorbus
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Snow Water Equivalent ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Hydrologic Model ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Vegetation Density ◽  
Infiltration Capacity ◽  
Neural Network Models ◽  
Snow Water

Abstract. Estimates of surface snow water equivalent (SWE) in mixed alpine environments with seasonal melts are particularly difficult in areas of high vegetation density, topographic relief, and snow accumulations. These three confounding factors dominate much of the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada. An artificial neural network (ANN) was created using as predictors six gridded SWE products previously evaluated for BC. Relevant spatiotemporal covariates were also included as predictors, and observations from manual snow surveys at stations located throughout BC were used as target data. Mean absolute errors (MAEs) and interannual correlations for April surveys were found using cross-validation. The ANN using the three best-performing SWE products (ANN3) had the lowest mean station MAE across the province. ANN3 outperformed each product as well as product means and multiple linear regression (MLR) models in all of BC's five physiographic regions except for the BC Plains. Subsequent comparisons with predictions generated by the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) hydrologic model found ANN3 to better estimate SWE over the VIC domain and within most regions. The superior performance of ANN3 over the individual products, product means, MLR, and VIC was found to be statistically significant across the province.

scholarly journals Improving gridded snow water equivalent products in British Columbia, Canada: multi-source data fusion by neural network models

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Snauffer ◽  
William Hsieh ◽  
Alex Cannon ◽  
Markus Schnorbus
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Snow Water Equivalent ◽  
Hydrologic Model ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Vegetation Density ◽  
Infiltration Capacity ◽  
Neural Network Models ◽  
Snow Water ◽  
Physiographic Regions

Abstract. Estimates of surface snow water equivalent (SWE) in alpine regions with seasonal melts are particularly difficult in areas of high vegetation density, topographic relief and snow accumulations. These three confounding factors dominate much of the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada. An artificial neural network (ANN) was created using as predictors six gridded SWE products previously evaluated for BC: ERA-Interim/Land, GLDAS-2, MERRA, MERRA-Land, GlobSnow and ERA-Interim. Relevant spatiotemporal covariates including survey date, year, latitude, longitude, elevation and grid cell elevation differences were also included as predictors, and observations from manual snow surveys at stations located throughout BC were used as target data. Mean absolute errors (MAEs) and correlations for April surveys were found using cross validation. The ANN using the three best performing SWE products (ANN3) had the lowest mean station MAE across the entire province, improving on the performance of individual products by an average of 53 %. Mean station MAEs and April survey correlations were also found for each of BC’s five physiographic regions. ANN3 outperformed each product as well as product means and multiple linear regression (MLR) models in all regions except for the BC Plains, which has relatively few stations and much lower accumulations than other regions. Subsequent comparisons of the ANN results with predictions generated by the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) hydrologic model found ANN3 to be superior over the entire VIC domain and within most physiographic regions. The superior performance of the ANN over individual products, product means, MLR and VIC was found to be statistically significant across the province.

scholarly journals A Novel CapsNet based Image Reconstruction and Regression Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Akey Sungheetha ◽  
Dr. Rajesh Sharma R
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Neural Network Models ◽  
Innovative Method ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Retrieval Efficiency ◽  
High Level ◽  
Better Than

In the field of image processing, all types of computation models are almost evolved to solve the issues through encoded neurons. However, compared with decoding orientation and regression analysis, still the doors are open due to its complexity. At present technologies uses two steps such as, decoding the intermediate terms and reconstruction using decoded information. The performance in terms of regression analysis is lagging due to the decoded intermediate terms. Conventional neural network models perform better in feature classification and representation, though the performance is reduced while handling high level features. Considering these issues in image classification and regression, the proposed model is designed with capsule network as an innovative method which is suitable to handle high level features. The experimental results of the proposed model are compared with conventional neural network models such as BPNN and CNN to validate the superior performance. The proposed model achieves better retrieval efficiency of 95.4% which is much better than other neural network models.

scholarly journals An Empirical Study on Deep Neural Network Models for Chinese Dialogue Generation

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1756
Author(s):  
Zhe Li ◽  
Mieradilijiang Maimaiti ◽  
Jiabao Sheng ◽  
Zunwang Ke ◽  
Wushour Silamu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Deep Neural Network ◽  
Question Answering ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Neural Network Models ◽  
Wide Range

The task of dialogue generation has attracted increasing attention due to its diverse downstream applications, such as question-answering systems and chatbots. Recently, the deep neural network (DNN)-based dialogue generation models have achieved superior performance against conventional models utilizing statistical machine learning methods. However, despite that an enormous number of state-of-the-art DNN-based models have been proposed, there lacks detailed empirical comparative analysis for them on the open Chinese corpus. As a result, relevant researchers and engineers might find it hard to get an intuitive understanding of the current research progress. To address this challenge, we conducted an empirical study for state-of-the-art DNN-based dialogue generation models in various Chinese corpora. Specifically, extensive experiments were performed on several well-known single-turn and multi-turn dialogue corpora, including KdConv, Weibo, and Douban, to evaluate a wide range of dialogue generation models that are based on the symmetrical architecture of Seq2Seq, RNNSearch, transformer, generative adversarial nets, and reinforcement learning respectively. Moreover, we paid special attention to the prevalent pre-trained model for the quality of dialogue generation. Their performances were evaluated by four widely-used metrics in this area: BLEU, pseudo, distinct, and rouge. Finally, we report a case study to show example responses generated by these models separately.

scholarly journals Attribution of the Observed Spring Snowpack Decline in British Columbia to Anthropogenic Climate Change

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 4113-4130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Najafi ◽  
Francis Zwiers ◽  
Nathan Gillett
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Snow Water Equivalent ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Coupled Model ◽  
General Circulation Models ◽  
Hydrologic Model ◽  
Infiltration Capacity ◽  
Detection And Attribution ◽  
Attribution Analysis

Abstract A detection and attribution analysis on the multidecadal trend in snow water equivalent (SWE) has been conducted in four river basins located in British Columbia (BC). Monthly output from a suite of 10 general circulation models (GCMs) that participated in phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) is used, including 40 climate simulations with anthropogenic and natural forcing combined (ALL), 40 simulations with natural forcing alone (NAT), and approximately 4200 yr of preindustrial control simulations (CTL). This output was downscaled to ° spatial resolution and daily temporal resolution to drive the Variable Infiltration Capacity hydrologic model (VIC). Observed (manual snow survey) and VIC-reconstructed SWE, which exhibit declines across BC, are projected onto the multimodel ensemble means of the VIC-simulated SWE based on the responses to different forcings using an optimal fingerprinting approach. Results of the detection and attribution analysis shows that these declines are attributable to the anthropogenic forcing, which is dominated by the effect of increases in greenhouse gas concentration, and that they are not caused by natural forcing due to volcanic activity and solar variability combined. Anthropogenic influence is detected in three of the four basins (Fraser, Columbia, and Campbell Rivers) based on the VIC-reconstructed SWE, and in all basins based on the manual snow survey records. The simulations underestimate the observed snowpack trends in the Columbia River basin, which has the highest mean elevation. Attribution is supported by the detection of human influence on the cold-season temperatures that drive the snowpack reductions. These results are robust to the use of different observed datasets and to the treatment of low-frequency variability effects.

Method of complex copper-zinc ore typification using neural network models

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 140-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.N. Aleksandrova ◽  
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E.K. Ushakov ◽  
A.V. Orlova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Neural Network Models ◽  
Copper Zinc ◽  
Complex Copper

Digital twin of equipment as a basis for the consumer in digital production

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Tool Wear ◽  
Chip Formation ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Machining Accuracy ◽  
Neural Network Models ◽  
Digital Twin ◽  
The Neural Network ◽  
Digital Production ◽  
Cyberphysical System

The neural network models series used in the development of an aggregated digital twin of equipment as a cyber-physical system are presented. The twins of machining accuracy, chip formation and tool wear are examined in detail. On their basis, systems for stabilization of the chip formation process during cutting and diagnose of the cutting too wear are developed. Keywords cyberphysical system; neural network model of equipment; big data, digital twin of the chip formation; digital twin of the tool wear; digital twin of nanostructured coating choice

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