Parametric and nonparametric regression models in study of the length of hydraulic jump after a multi-segment sharp-crested V-notch weir

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 809-818
Author(s):  
Hamid Saadatnejadgharahassanlou ◽  
Rasoul Ilkhanipour Zeynali ◽  
Babak Vaheddoost ◽  
Amin Gharehbaghi

Abstract A multi-segment sharp-crested V-notch weir (SCVW) was used both theoretically and experimentally in this study to evaluate the length of the hydraulic jump at the downstream of the weir. For this aim, a SCVW with three triangular segments at different tail-water depths (tailgate angles), and ten different discharges at a steady flow condition were investigated. Then, the most effective parameters on the length of the hydraulic jump are defined and several parametric and nonparametric regression models, namely multi-linear regression (MLR), additive non-linear regression (ANLR), multiplicative non-linear regression (MNLR), and generalized regression neural network (GRNN) models are compared with two semi-empirical regression models from the literature. The results indicate that the GRNN model is the best model among the selected models. These results are also linked to the nature of the hydraulic jump and the turbulent behavior of the phenomenon, which masks the experimental results with outliers.

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 299
Author(s):  
Jaime Pinilla ◽  
Miguel Negrín

The interrupted time series analysis is a quasi-experimental design used to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention. Segmented linear regression models have been the most used models to carry out this analysis. However, they assume a linear trend that may not be appropriate in many situations. In this paper, we show how generalized additive models (GAMs), a non-parametric regression-based method, can be useful to accommodate nonlinear trends. An analysis with simulated data is carried out to assess the performance of both models. Data were simulated from linear and non-linear (quadratic and cubic) functions. The results of this analysis show how GAMs improve on segmented linear regression models when the trend is non-linear, but they also show a good performance when the trend is linear. A real-life application where the impact of the 2012 Spanish cost-sharing reforms on pharmaceutical prescription is also analyzed. Seasonality and an indicator variable for the stockpiling effect are included as explanatory variables. The segmented linear regression model shows good fit of the data. However, the GAM concludes that the hypothesis of linear trend is rejected. The estimated level shift is similar for both models but the cumulative absolute effect on the number of prescriptions is lower in GAM.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Omar Rodríguez-Abreo ◽  
Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz ◽  
L. A. Montoya-Santiyanes ◽  
José Manuel Álvarez-Alvarado

Machinery condition monitoring and failure analysis is an engineering problem to pay attention to among all those being studied. Excessive vibration in a rotating system can damage the system and cannot be ignored. One option to prevent vibrations in a system is through preparation for them with a model. The accuracy of the model depends mainly on the type of model and the fitting that is attained. The non-linear model parameters can be complex to fit. Therefore, artificial intelligence is an option for performing this tuning. Within evolutionary computation, there are many optimization and tuning algorithms, the best known being genetic algorithms, but they contain many specific parameters. That is why algorithms such as the gray wolf optimizer (GWO) are alternatives for this tuning. There is a small number of mechanical applications in which the GWO algorithm has been implemented. Therefore, the GWO algorithm was used to fit non-linear regression models for vibration amplitude measurements in the radial direction in relation to the rotational frequency in a gas microturbine without considering temperature effects. RMSE and R2 were used as evaluation criteria. The results showed good agreement concerning the statistical analysis. The 2nd and 4th-order models, and the Gaussian and sinusoidal models, improved the fit. All models evaluated predicted the data with a high coefficient of determination (85–93%); the RMSE was between 0.19 and 0.22 for the worst proposed model. The proposed methodology can be used to optimize the estimated models with statistical tools.


2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 865-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Aman Ullah ◽  
Muhammad Amin ◽  
Muhammad Ansar Abbas

Author(s):  
K. Antony Arokia Durai Raj ◽  
B. Kanagasabapathi ◽  
Gopichand Agnihothram

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