Forecasting the unit cost of a semiconductor product is an important task to the manufacturer. However, it is not easy to deal with the uncertainty in the unit cost. In order to effectively forecast the semiconductor unit cost, a collaborative and artificial intelligence approach is proposed in this study. In the proposed methodology, a group of domain experts is formed. These domain experts ar...

The effect of initialization of Radial Basis Function (RBF) Neural Network (NN) with prior domain information is determining for generalization ability of the network. It defines the number of hidden units in a hidden layer in advance and minimizes the time of learning. The paper describes how to create RBF NN simulator including prior domain information and how the initialization works on the ...

Prediction of peak loads in Iran up to year 2011 is discussed using the Radial Basis Function Networks (RBFNs). In this study, total system load forecast reflecting the current and future trends is carried out for global grid of Iran. Predictions were done for target years 2007 to 2011 respectively. Unlike short-term load forecasting, long-term load forecasting is mainly affected by economy fac...

Face detection from cluttered images is very challenging due to the diverse variation of face appearance and the complexity of image background. In this paper, we propose a neural network based approach for locating frontal views of human faces in cluttered images. We use a radial basis function network (RBFN) for separation of face and non-face patterns and the complexity of RBFN is reduced by...

In this paper, a novel hybrid Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBF–NN) ensemble model is proposed for rainfall forecasting based on Kernel Partial Least Squares Regression (K–PLSR). In the process of ensemble modeling, the first stage the initial data set is divided into different training sets by used Bagging and Boosting technology. In the second stage, these training sets are input to t...

Image compression is a key technology in the development of various multi-media computer services and telecommunication applications such as video conferencing, interactive education and numerous other areas. Image compression techniques aim at removing (or minimizing) redundancy in data, yet maintains acceptable image reconstruction. In general the images used for compression are of different ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) Mesocyclone Detection Algorithms (MDA) use empirical rules to process velocity data from the Weather Surveillance Radar 1988 Doppler (WSR-88D). In this study Support Vector Machines (SVM) are applied to mesocyclone detection. Comparison with other classification methods like neural networks and radial basis function networks show that SVM are more effective in...

-------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT---------------------------------------------------------------Prediction of rainfall for a region is of utmost importance for planning, design and management of irrigation and drainage systems. This can be achieved by different approaches such as deterministic, conceptual, stochastic and Artificial Neural Network (ANN)....

In this paper, we proposed a method to design a model-following adaptive controller for linear/nonlinear plants. Radial basis function neural networks (RBF-NNs), which are known for their stable learning capability and fast training, are used to identify linear/nonlinear plants. Simulation results show that the proposed method is effective in controlling both linear and nonlinear plants with di...

A method is described for using Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural networks to generate a certainty factor reliability measure along with the network's normal output. The certainty factor approach is then compared with another technique for measuring RBF reliability, Parzen windows. Both methods are implemented into RBF networks, and the results of using each approach are compared. Advantages a...