Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) have been used to perform classification for Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR). In this paper, we propose a new neural network, the Contenders' Network (CN) which requires little initial knowledge of the classification problem and lesser neurons than other ANNS

Here, we examine the capability of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in sensitivity analysis of the parameters of efficiency analysis model, namely data envelopment analysis (DEA). We are mainly interested to observe the required change of a group of parameters when another group goes under a managerial change, maintaining the score of the efficiency. In other words, this methodology provides a...

In this paper, a new approach of modeling for Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) models based on the concepts of fuzzy regression is proposed. For this purpose, we reformulated ANN model as a fuzzy nonlinear regression model while it has advantages of both fuzzy regression and ANN models. Hence, it can be applied to uncertain, ambiguous, or complex environments due to its flexibility for forecas...

Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are non-linear computational tools suitable to a great host of practical application due to their flexibility and adaptability. However, their application to the resolution of chemometric problems is relatively recent (early ‘90s). In this communication, different artificial neural networks architectures are presented and their application to different kinds of...

The purpose of the work described in this paper is to investigate the use of autoregressive (AR) model by using maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) also interpretation and performance of this method to extract classifiable features from human electroencephalogram (EEG) by using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). ANNs are evaluated for accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity on classification of ...

Pyrolysis-mass spectrometry and artificial neural networks (ANNs) were used in combination to provide quantitative analyses of mixtures of casamino acids in glycogen, as representatives of complex proteins and carbohydrates. We studied fully interconnected feedforward networks, whose weights were modified using various types of back-propagation algorithms, and which exploited a sigmoidal activa...

This study presents a new procedure based on Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for identification of double cracks in Functionally Graded Beams (FGBs). A cantilever beam is modeled using Finite Element Method (FEM) for analyzing a double-cracked FGB and evaluation of its first four natural frequencies for different cracks depths and locations. The obtained FEM results are verified against availab...

Over the last few years, artificial neural networks (ANNs) have been used successfully for modeling almost all aspects of geotechnical engineering problems. Whilst ANNs provide a great deal of promise, they suffer from a number of shortcomings such as knowledge extraction, extrapolation and uncertainty. This paper presents a state-of-the-art examination of ANNs in geotechnical engineering and p...

For continuous monitoring of river water quality , this study assesses the potential of using artificial neural networks (ANNs) for modeling the event-based suspended sediments concentration (SSC) in Jiasian diversion weir in southern Taiwan. The hourly data collected include the water discharge, turbidity and SSC during the storm events. The feed forward backpropagation network (BP), generaliz...

Neural networks are an artificial intelligence method for modeling complex non-linear functions. Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) have been widely applied to the domain of prediction problems. Considerable research effort has gone into ANNs for modeling financial time series. This paper attempts to provide an overview of recent research in this area, emphasizing the issues that are particularl...