In this paper, we investigate the robustness of Feed Forward Neural Network (FFNN) ensemble models applied to quarterly time series forecasting tasks, by comparing their prediction ability with that of Seasonal Auto-regressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) models. We obtained adequate SARIMA models which required statistical knowledge and considerable effort. On the other hand, FFNN ensemb...

A feed forward neural network (FFNN) has been trained to discriminate between power transformer magnetizing inrush and fault currents. The training algorithm used was back-propagation, assuming initially a sigmoid transfer function for the network’s processing units (“neurons”). Once the network was trained the units’ transfer function was changed to hard limiters with thresholds equal to the b...

This article presents an approach for data association in single camera, multi-object tracking scenarios using feed-forward neural networks (FFNN). The challenges of data association are object occlusions and changing features which are used to describe objects during the process. The presented algorithm within this article can be applied to any kind of object which has to be tracked, e.g. pers...

In the dynamic global economy, the accuracy in forecasting the foreign currency exchange rates is of crucial importance for any future investment. The use of computational intelligence based techniques for forecasting has been proved extremely successful in recent times. The aim of this study is to identify a neural network model which has ability to predict the US Dollar against Sri Lankan Rup...

In India and across the globe, liver disease is a serious area of concern in medicine. Therefore, it becomes essential to use classification algorithms for assessing the disease in order to improve the efficiency of medical diagnosis which eventually leads to appropriate and timely treatment. The study accordingly implemented various classification algorithms including linear discriminant analy...

This paper presents novel technique for recognizing faces. The proposed method uses hybrid feature extraction techniques such as Chi square and entropy are combined together. Feed forward and self-organizing neural network are used for classification. We evaluate proposed method using FACE94 and ORL database and achieved better performance. Keywords-Biometric; Chi square test; Entropy; FFNN; SOM.

Automatic license plate recognition system is an image processing technology used to identify vehicles by their license plates. Such systems require the recognition of characters from the plate image. Artificial neural networks are commonly used to perform character recognition due to their high noise tolerance. Feed-Forward Neural Network (FFNN) can be used to recognize the characters from ima...

Feature extraction methods and subsequent neural network performances are explored in this paper. Object recognition method ‘regionprops’ and moment invariants are used to extract basic characteristics from acquired bloodstain images. The extracted features are in return fed into a neural network for the purpose of pattern recognition. The blood drop in the image is first detected using sobel e...

Agricultural sector area plays major role in Indian economy. This paper shows research comparison in between MLP Feed Forward Neural Network, Generalized Regression Neural Network and Radial-Basis Function Neural Network in the field of Wheat yield prediction using Z-score Normalization method. The outcome represents that GRNN present better prediction results as compared to FFNN and RBNN. Eigh...