in this study, a model for estimating the nfs thermal conductivity by using a gmdh-pnn has been investigated. nfs thermal conductivity was modeled as a function of the nanoparticle size, temperature, nanoparticle volume fraction and the thermal conductivity of the base fluid and nanoparticles. for this purpose, the developed network contains 8 layers with 2 inputs in each layer and also trainin...

This paper presents a comparative study of the hybrid models, neural networks and nonparametric regression models in time series forecasting. The components of these hybrid models are consisting of the nonparametric regression and artificial neural networks models. Smoothing spline, regression spline and additive regression models are considered as the nonparametric regression components. Furth...

A comparison of corporate failure models in Australia: Hybrid neural networks, logit models and discriminant analysis. A comparison of corporate failure models in Australia: Hybrid neural networks, logit models and discriminant analysis. Abstract This study investigated whether two artificial neural networks (ANNs), multilayer perceptron (MLP) and hybrid networks using statistical and ANN appro...

Concrete is the second most consumed material after water and the most widely used construction material in the world. The compressive strength of concrete is one of its most important mechanical properties, which highly depends on its mix design. The present study uses the intelligent methods with instance-based learning ability to predict the compressive strength of concrete. To achieve this ...

Two multiscale (hybrid) stochastic reaction-diffusion models of actin dynamics in a filopodium are investigated. Both hybrid algorithms combine compartment-based and molecular-based stochastic reaction-diffusion models. The first hybrid model is based on the models previously developed in the literature. The second hybrid model is based on the application of a recently developed two-regime meth...