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This paper reports work done to improve the modeling of complex processes when only small experimental data sets are available. Neural networks are used to capture the nonlinear underlying phenomena contained in the data set and to partly eliminate the burden of having to specify completely the structure of the model. Two different types of neural networks were used for the application of Pulpi...

The least squares adjustment (LSA) method is studied as an optimisation problem and shown to be equivalent to the undamped Gauss-Newton (GN) optimisation method. Three problem-independent damping modifications of the GN method are presented: the line-search method of Armijo (GNA); the LevenbergMarquardt algorithm (LM); and Levenberg-Marquardt with Powell dogleg (LMP). Furthermore, an additional...

In this article, we explore the effectiveness of different numerical techniques in the training of backpropaqgation neural networks (BPNN) which are fed with wavelet-transformed data to capture useful information on various time scales. The purpose is to predict S&P500 future prices using BPNN trained with conjugate gradient (Fletcher-Reeves update, Polak-Ribiére update, Powell-Beale restart), ...

Single-task and dual-task versions of verbal and spatial serial order memory tasks were administered to 120 students tested for working memory capacity with four previously validated measures. In the dual-task versions, similarity between the memory material and the material of the secondary processing task was varied. With verbal material, three additional words had to be read aloud in the ret...

Performance of four types of functionally different artificial neural network (ANN) models, namely Feed forward neural network, Elman type recurrent neural network, Input delay neural network and Radial basis function network and fourteen types of algorithms, namely Batch gradient descent (traingd), Batch gradient descent with momentum (traingdm), Adaptive learning rate (traingda), Adaptive lea...

Data mining is based on data files which usually contain errors in the form of missing values. This paper focuses on a methodological framework for the development of an automated data imputation model based on artificial neural networks. Fifteen real and simulated data sets are exposed to a perturbation experiment, based on the random generation of missing values. These data set sizes range fr...

The objective of this paper is to compare the performance of different Artificial Neural Network (ANN) training algorithms regarding the prediction of the hourly load demand of the next day in intercontinental Greek power system. These techniques are: (a) stochastic training process and (b) batch process with (i) constant learning rate, (ii) decreasing functions of learning rate and momentum te...

Cognitive load theory (CLT) can provide guidelines to assist in the presentation of information in a manner that encourages learner activities that optimise intellectual performance. It is based on a cognitive architecture that consists of a limited working memory, with partly independent processing units for visual and audio information, which interacts with an unlimited long-term memory. Acco...