Neural networks application in managing the energy efficiency of industrial enterprise

The article is devoted to the creation of a method for using of neural networks approach in solving problems of energy efficiency management at the industrial enterprise. The method allows to obtain an approximate expected value of the energy intensity of production, depending on the values of the main factors affecting it. The multilayer perceptron was chosen as the type of neural network, synthesis of which was carried out by using the genetic algorithm. When sampling for the synthesis of a neural network, we used the results that were obtained by means of a priori ranking, correlation and regression analysis based on the statistical data of industrial enterprises in machine-building profile. The recommendations of the use of the method and the application of its results in the practical implementation at the industrial enterprise are given. Calculations based on the aforementioned method ensured a high precision of prediction of energy intensity values for industrial enterprises that were included in the sample during the synthesis of the neural network, and an acceptable error while testing on industrial enterprises from a test sample.

Studying the dynamics of nonlinear interaction between enterprise populations

The article highlights the results of a study of the dynamic evolutionary processes of trophic relations between populations of enterprises. A model based on differential equations is constructed, which describes the economic system and takes into account the dynamics of the specific income of competing populations of enterprises in relations of protocooperation, nonlinearity of growth and competition. This model can be used to analyze the dynamics of transient processes in various life cycle scenarios and predict the synergistic effect of mergers and acquisitions. A bifurcation analysis of possible scenarios of dynamic modes of merger and acquisition processes using the neural network system of pattern recognition was carried out. To this end, a Kohonen self-organizing map has been constructed, which recognizes phase portraits of bifurcation diagrams of enterprises life cycle into five separate classes in accordance with the scenarios of their development. As a result of the experimental study, characteristic modes of the evolution of economic systems were revealed, and also conclusions were made on the mechanisms of influence of the external environment and internal structure on the regime of evolution of populations of enterprises.