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Predictive modeling of die filling of the pharmaceutical granules using the flexible neural tree
In this work, a computational intelligence (CI) technique named flexible neural tree (FNT) was developed to predict die filling performance of pharmaceutical granules and to identify significant die filling process variables. FNT resembles feedforward neural network, which creates a tree-like structure by using genetic programming. To improve accuracy, FNT parameters were optimized by using differential evolution algorithm. The performance of the FNT-based CI model was evaluated and compared with other CI techniques: multilayer perceptron, Gaussian process regression, and reduced error pruning tree. The accuracy of the CI model was evaluated experimentally using die filling as a case study. The die filling experiments were performed using a model shoe system and three different grades of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) powders (MCC PH 101, MCC PH 102, and MCC DG). The feed powders were roll-compacted and milled into granules. The granules were then sieved into samples of various size classes. The mass of granules deposited into the die at different shoe speeds was measured. From these experiments, a dataset consisting true density, mean diameter (d50), granule size, and shoe speed as the inputs and the deposited mass as the output was generated. Cross-validation (CV) methods such as 10FCV and 5x2FCV were applied to develop and to validate the predictive models. It was found that the FNT-based CI model (for both CV methods) performed much better than other CI models. Additionally, it was observed that process variables such as the granule size and the shoe speed had a higher impact on the predictability than that of the powder property such as d50. Furthermore, validation of model prediction with experimental data showed that the die filling behavior of coarse granules could be better predicted than that of fine granules
Modeling of Social Transitions Using Intelligent Systems
In this study, we reproduce two new hybrid intelligent systems, involve three
prominent intelligent computing and approximate reasoning methods: Self
Organizing feature Map (SOM), Neruo-Fuzzy Inference System and Rough Set Theory
(RST),called SONFIS and SORST. We show how our algorithms can be construed as a
linkage of government-society interactions, where government catches various
states of behaviors: solid (absolute) or flexible. So, transition of society,
by changing of connectivity parameters (noise) from order to disorder is
inferred
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Developing Point of Learning : an innovative approach to enhancing professional learning
In this paper we:
* expand upon some of the issues with current approaches used in the development and assessment of professional practice,
* outline the current emphasis upon a life of learning and why we need a new approach to assessment that enhances the development of professional practice,
* introduce and provide a brief overview of Point of Learning (PoL) – a new approach that builds upon our growing understanding of learning and takes advantage of the power of digital technology,
* explain how PoL overcomes problems with existing approaches,
* develop the theoretical underpinning for this new approach and
* present the overarching structure in which this new model can be developed. This is illustrated with an example from the schools sector – though it is important to remember that PoL is applicable to any professional development context
Examples of Artificial Perceptions in Optical Character Recognition and Iris Recognition
This paper assumes the hypothesis that human learning is perception based,
and consequently, the learning process and perceptions should not be
represented and investigated independently or modeled in different simulation
spaces. In order to keep the analogy between the artificial and human learning,
the former is assumed here as being based on the artificial perception. Hence,
instead of choosing to apply or develop a Computational Theory of (human)
Perceptions, we choose to mirror the human perceptions in a numeric
(computational) space as artificial perceptions and to analyze the
interdependence between artificial learning and artificial perception in the
same numeric space, using one of the simplest tools of Artificial Intelligence
and Soft Computing, namely the perceptrons. As practical applications, we
choose to work around two examples: Optical Character Recognition and Iris
Recognition. In both cases a simple Turing test shows that artificial
perceptions of the difference between two characters and between two irides are
fuzzy, whereas the corresponding human perceptions are, in fact, crisp.Comment: 5th Int. Conf. on Soft Computing and Applications (Szeged, HU), 22-24
Aug 201
Mining top-k granular association rules for recommendation
Recommender systems are important for e-commerce companies as well as
researchers. Recently, granular association rules have been proposed for
cold-start recommendation. However, existing approaches reserve only globally
strong rules; therefore some users may receive no recommendation at all. In
this paper, we propose to mine the top-k granular association rules for each
user. First we define three measures of granular association rules. These are
the source coverage which measures the user granule size, the target coverage
which measures the item granule size, and the confidence which measures the
strength of the association. With the confidence measure, rules can be ranked
according to their strength. Then we propose algorithms for training the
recommender and suggesting items to each user. Experimental are undertaken on a
publicly available data set MovieLens. Results indicate that the appropriate
setting of granule can avoid over-fitting and at the same time, help obtaining
high recommending accuracy.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Advances in Granular Computing and
Advances in Rough Sets, 2013. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with
arXiv:1305.137
A near-IR line of Mn I as a diagnostic tool of the average magnetic energy in the solar photosphere
We report on spectropolarimetric observations of a near-IR line of Mn I
located at 15262.702 A whose intensity and polarization profiles are very
sensitive to the presence of hyperfine structure. A theoretical investigation
of the magnetic sensitivity of this line to the magnetic field uncovers several
interesting properties. The most important one is that the presence of strong
Paschen-Back perturbations due to the hyperfine structure produces an intensity
line profile whose shape changes according to the absolute value of the
magnetic field strength. A line ratio technique is developed from the intrinsic
variations of the line profile. This line ratio technique is applied to
spectropolarimetric observations of the quiet solar photosphere in order to
explore the probability distribution function of the magnetic field strength.
Particular attention is given to the quietest area of the observed field of
view, which was encircled by an enhanced network region. A detailed theoretical
investigation shows that the inferred distribution yields information on the
average magnetic field strength and the spatial scale at which the magnetic
field is organized. A first estimation gives ~250 G for the mean field strength
and a tentative value of ~0.45" for the spatial scale at which the observed
magnetic field is horizontally organized.Comment: 42 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical
Journal. Figures 1 and 9 are in JPG forma
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