• Computers and Concrete
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.151-168
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• 2024

This research aimed to appraise the effectiveness of four optimization approaches - cuckoo optimization algorithm (COA), multi-verse optimization (MVO), particle swarm optimization (PSO), and teaching-learning-based optimization (TLBO) - that were enhanced with an artificial neural network (ANN) in predicting the bearing capacity of shallow foundations located on cohesionless soils. The study utilized a database of 97 laboratory experiments, with 68 experiments for training data sets and 29 for testing data sets. The ANN algorithms were optimized by adjusting various variables, such as population size and number of neurons in each hidden layer, through trial-and-error techniques. Input parameters used for analysis included width, depth, geometry, unit weight, and angle of shearing resistance. After performing sensitivity analysis, it was determined that the optimized architecture for the ANN structure was 5×5×1. The study found that all four models demonstrated exceptional prediction performance: COA-MLP, MVO-MLP, PSO-MLP, and TLBO-MLP. It is worth noting that the MVO-MLP model exhibited superior accuracy in generating network outputs for predicting measured values compared to the other models. The training data sets showed R² and RMSE values of (0.07184 and 0.9819), (0.04536 and 0.9928), (0.09194 and 0.9702), and (0.04714 and 0.9923) for COA-MLP, MVO-MLP, PSO-MLP, and TLBO-MLP methods respectively. Similarly, the testing data sets produced R² and RMSE values of (0.08126 and 0.07218), (0.07218 and 0.9814), (0.10827 and 0.95764), and (0.09886 and 0.96481) for COA-MLP, MVO-MLP, PSO-MLP, and TLBO-MLP methods respectively.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.297-310
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• 2018

A simple and efficient numerical optimization approach for the lightweight optimal design of composite laminated beams is presented in this paper. The proposed procedure is a combination between the finite element method (FEM) and a global optimization algorithm developed recently, namely Jaya. In the present procedure, the advantages of FEM and Jaya are exploited, where FEM is used to analyze the behavior of beam, and Jaya is modified and applied to solve formed optimization problems. In the optimization problems, the objective aims to minimize the overall weight of beam; and fiber volume fractions, thicknesses and fiber orientation angles of layers are selected as design variables. The constraints include the restriction on the first fundamental frequency and the boundaries of design variables. Several numerical examples with different design scenarios are executed. The influence of the design variable types and the boundary conditions of beam on the optimal results is investigated. Moreover, the performance of Jaya is compared with that of the well-known methods, viz. differential evolution (DE), genetic algorithm (GA), and particle swarm optimization (PSO). The obtained results reveal that the proposed approach is efficient and provides better solutions than those acquired by the compared methods.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.624-631
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• 2018

위성 탑재체 합성 개구면 레이다(synthetic aperture radar: SAR) 시스템에서는 다양한 SAR 성능 변수의 제약조건을 충족하기 위해 안테나의 요구되는 특성을 분석하여야 한다. 본 논문에서는 결함 안테나 소자 존재 시 위성 SAR 안테나 빔 패턴을 최적화함으로써 SAR 시스템 성능변수를 최적화를 수행한다. SAR 시스템 성능변수 제약조건에 맞는 마스크 패턴을 설계한 후, 입자 군집 최적화(particle swarm optimization: PSO) 기법을 통해 마스크 패턴에 들어맞는 안테나 패턴 최적화 재합성을 수행한다. 시뮬레이션에서는 실제 위성 SAR 시스템 성능변수를 기반으로 안테나 빔 패턴 재합성을 수행하여 제안한 알고리즘의 성능을 확인한다.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.1062-1068
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 두 개의 순차적인 inverse synthetic aperture radar(ISAR) 영상들을 활용하여 표적의 회전 속도(Rotation Velocity: RV) 추정을 통한 수직 거리 스케일링(cross-range scaling: CRS)을 수행한다. 순차적으로 형성된 두 개의 ISAR 영상들에 각각 scale invariant feature transform(SIFT)를 적용함으로써 관측각도의 변화에 강인한 산란원(scatterer)들을 추출한다. 추출된 산란원과 각 영상 내 표적의 회전 중심(Rotation Center: RC) 사이의 거리가 같다는 점을 이용하여 비용함수(cost function)를 설정한 후, 전역 탐색 기법(exhaustive search method)과 결합된 particle swarm optimization(PSO)의 최적화를 통해 표적의 RV를 RC 정보 없이 추정한다. 시뮬레이션에서는 시나리오 기반으로 기동하는 표적에 대한 ISAR 영상 형성 후, 제안된 기법을 통해 RC의 정보 없이 RV를 추정함으로써 ISAR 영상의 CRS가 성공적으로 수행됨을 보여준다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제23권12호
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• pp.154-161
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• 2009

연료전지 발전 시스템은 비선형성을 내포한 다수의 제어 루로들로 구성된 매우 복잡한 형태의 시스템이다. 연료전지 발전 시스템의 제어를 위하여 연료전지의 스텍 모델이 개발되고 있으며 연료전지 발전 시스템의 간략화된 프로세스 흐름도도 제시되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 모델을 사용하여 연료전지 발전 시스템을 지능적으로 제어할 수 있는 I-SRG(Intelligent Setpoint Reference Governor)를 개발한다. I-SRG는 시스템의 제약조건과 성능목표에 대한 최적의 운전 설정치를 산출하고 각 제어 루프의 앞먹임 제어입력을 생성한다. I-SRG는 PSO(Particle Swarm Optimization) 알고리즘을 최적화 기법에 사용하고 신경회로망으로 구현되어진다. MCFC 발전 시스템의 전력 프로파일에 대한 추종 제어의 모의실험을 수행하여 제안된 I-SRG의 유용성을 보인다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2014

This paper presents a method to reduce the stray loss of core Tie-Plate of distribution power transformer. The method combines a 3-dimensional FEM with PSO(Particle Swarm Optimization) algorithm to determine the shape of the Tie-Plate that minimizes eddy current and flux-leakage losses. To verify the method a 24MVA distribution(cast-resin) transformer was simulated using one objective function and two design variables with some constraints. The final optimized Tie-Plate has nine($3{\times}3$) slots of 10mm width, 15mm thickness and 25mm distance. After four iterations, the Tie-Plate loss was reduced to about 21 % of the original.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제65권9호
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• pp.1531-1540
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose vehicle license plate recognition system based on Radial Basis Function Neural Networks (RBFNNs) with the use of local binarization functions and canny edge algorithm. In order to detect the area of license plate and also recognize license plate numbers, binary images are generated by using local binarization methods, which consider local brightness, and canny edge detection. The generated binary images provide information related to the size and the position of license plate. Additionally, image warping is used to compensate the distortion of images obtained from the side. After extracting license plate numbers, the dimensionality of number images is reduced through Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and is used as input variables to RBFNNs. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm is used to optimize a number of essential parameters needed to improve the accuracy of RBFNNs. Those optimized parameters include the number of clusters and the fuzzification coefficient used in the FCM algorithm, and the orders of polynomial of networks. Image data sets are obtained by changing the distance between stationary vehicle and camera and then used to evaluate the performance of the proposed system.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.3544-3564
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• 2022

With the development of the NB-IoT (Narrow band Internet of Things) and smart cities, coupled with the emergence of smart smoke sensors, new requirements and issues have been introduced to study on the deployment of sensors in large spaces. Previous research mainly focuses on the optimization of wireless sensors in some monitoring environments, including three-dimensional terrain or underwater space. There are relatively few studies on the optimization deployment problem of smart smoke sensors, and leaving large spaces with obstacles such as libraries out of consideration. This paper mainly studies the deployment issue of smart smoke sensors in large spaces by considering the fire probability of fire areas and the obstacles in a monitoring area. To cope with the problems of coverage blind areas and coverage redundancy when sensors are deployed randomly in large spaces, we proposed an optimized deployment strategy of smart smoke sensors based on the PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) algorithm. The deployment problem is transformed into a multi-objective optimization problem with many constraints of fire probability and barriers, while minimizing the deployment cost and maximizing the coverage accuracy. In this regard, we describe the structure model in large space and a coverage model firstly, then a mathematical model containing two objective functions is established. Finally, a deployment strategy based on PSO algorithm is designed, and the performance of the deployment strategy is verified by a number of simulation experiments. The obtained experimental and numerical results demonstrates that our proposed strategy can obtain better performance than uniform deployment strategies in terms of all the objectives concerned, further demonstrates the effectiveness of our strategy. Additionally, the strategy we proposed also provides theoretical guidance and a practical basis for fire emergency management and other departments to better deploy smart smoke sensors in a large space.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.228-236
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• 2011

The ${\Delta}\;V_{10}$ or 10-Hz flicker index, as a common method of measurement of voltage flicker severity in power systems, requires a high computational cost and a large amount of memory. In this paper, for measuring the ${\Delta}\;V_{10}$ index, a new method based on the Adaline (adaptive linear neuron) system, the FFT (fast Fourier transform), and the PSO (particle swarm optimization) algorithm is proposed. In this method, for reducing the sampling frequency, calculations are carried out on the envelope of a power system voltage that contains a flicker component. Extracting the envelope of the voltage is implemented by the Adaline system. In addition, in order to increase the accuracy in computing the flicker components, the PSO algorithm is used for reducing the spectral leakage error in the FFT calculations. Therefore, the proposed method has a lower computational cost in FFT computation due to the use of a smaller sampling window. It also requires less memory since it uses the envelope of the power system voltage. Moreover, it shows more accuracy because the PSO algorithm is used in the determination of the flicker frequency and the corresponding amplitude. The sensitivity of the proposed method with respect to the main frequency drift is very low. The proposed algorithm is evaluated by simulations. The validity of the simulations is proven by the implementation of the algorithm with an ARM microcontroller-based digital system. Finally, its function is evaluated with real-time measurements.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.355-363
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• 2018

In the following paper, a socio-political heuristic search approach, named the imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) has been used to improve the efficiency of the multi-layer perceptron artificial neural network (ANN) for predicting the compressive strength of concrete. 173 concrete samples have been investigated. For this purpose the values of slump flow, the weight of aggregate and cement, the maximum size of aggregate and the water-cement ratio have been used as the inputs. The compressive strength of concrete has been used as the output in the hybrid ICA-ANN model. Results have been compared with the multiple-linear regression model (MLR), the genetic algorithm (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO). The results indicate the superiority and high accuracy of the hybrid ICA-ANN model in predicting the compressive strength of concrete when compared to the other methods.