An Artificial Neural Network(ANN) is a well known universal approximator to model smooth and continuous functions. ANNs operate in two stages: learning and generalization. Learning of a neural network is to approximate the behavior of the training data while generalization is the ability to predict well beyond the training data. In order to have a good learning and generalization ability , a go...

As science and technology advance, industrial manufacturing processes get more complicated. Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN) convergence is comparatively slower for processing nonlinear systems. The system used in this study to evaluate the optimization of BPNN based on LM algorithm proved algorithm’s efficacy through a MATLAB simulation analysis. This paper examined application impact en...

In-situ bioremediation is one of the most economic techniques for groundwater remediation. BIOPLUME III is used to simulate the transport and biodegradation of contaminant. During optimal design of bioremediation system, the simulated BIOPLUME III data for the entire aquifer is usually called several times by optimization algorithm to optimize the system. This is a very time consuming process a...

The Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm is one of the most popular algorithms for the solution of nonlinear least squares problems. Motivated by the problem structure in data assimilation, we consider in this paper the extension of the classical Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm to the scenarios where the linearized least squares subproblems are solved inexactly and/or the gradient model is noisy and acc...

The Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) gradient descent algorithm is used extensively for the training of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) in the literature, despite its limitations, such as susceptibility to the local minima that undermine its robustness. In this paper, a bioinspired algorithm referring to the Bat algorithm was proposed for training the ANN, to deviate from the limitations of the LM. Th...

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), ...

Owing to the highly complicated nature and the escalating cost involved in construction claims, it is highly desirable for the parties to a dispute to know with some certainty how the case would be resolved if it were taken to court. The use of artificial neural networks can be a cost-effective technique to help to predict the outcome of construction claims, on the basis of characteristics of c...

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...