scholarly journals Statistical and Electrical Features Evaluation for Electrical Appliances Energy Disaggregation

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Schirmer ◽  
Iosif Mporas

In this paper we evaluate several well-known and widely used machine learning algorithms for regression in the energy disaggregation task. Specifically, the Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring approach was considered and the K-Nearest-Neighbours, Support Vector Machines, Deep Neural Networks and Random Forest algorithms were evaluated across five datasets using seven different sets of statistical and electrical features. The experimental results demonstrated the importance of selecting both appropriate features and regression algorithms. Analysis on device level showed that linear devices can be disaggregated using statistical features, while for non-linear devices the use of electrical features significantly improves the disaggregation accuracy, as non-linear appliances have non-sinusoidal current draw and thus cannot be well parametrized only by their active power consumption. The best performance in terms of energy disaggregation accuracy was achieved by the Random Forest regression algorithm.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingyu Huang ◽  
Yang Yu ◽  
Yaoyi Zhang ◽  
Bo Pang ◽  
Yafeng Wang ◽  
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In the current nuclear reactor system analysis codes, the interfacial area concentration and void fraction are mainly obtained through empirical relations based on different flow regime maps. In the present research, the data-driven method has been proposed, using four machine learning algorithms (lasso regression, support vector regression, random forest regression and back propagation neural network) in the field of artificial intelligence to predict some important two-phase flow parameters in rectangular channels, and evaluate the performance of different models through multiple metrics. The random forest regression algorithm was found to have the strongest ability to learn from the experimental data in this study. Test results show that the prediction errors of the random forest regression model for interfacial area concentrations and void fractions are all less than 20%, which means the target parameters have been forecasted with good accuracy.


2022 ◽  
Vol 2161 (1) ◽  
pp. 012053
Author(s):  
B P Ashwini ◽  
R Sumathi ◽  
H S Sudhira

Abstract Congested roads are a global problem, and increased usage of private vehicles is one of the main reasons for congestion. Public transit modes of travel are a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative for private vehicle usage, but attracting commuters towards public transit mode is a mammoth task. Commuters expect the public transit service to be reliable, and to provide a reliable service it is necessary to fine-tune the transit operations and provide well-timed necessary information to commuters. In this context, the public transit travel time is predicted in Tumakuru, a tier-2 city of Karnataka, India. As this is one of the initial studies in the city, the performance comparison of eight Machines Learning models including four linear namely, Linear Regression, Ridge Regression, Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator Regression, and Support Vector Regression; and four non-linear models namely, k-Nearest Neighbors, Regression Trees, Random Forest Regression, and Gradient Boosting Regression Trees is conducted to identify a suitable model for travel time predictions. The data logs of one month (November 2020) of the Tumakuru city service, provided by Tumakuru Smart City Limited are used for the study. The time-of-the-day (trip start time), day-of-the-week, and direction of travel are used for the prediction. Travel time for both upstream and downstream are predicted, and the results are evaluated based on the performance metrics. The results suggest that the performance of non-linear models is superior to linear models for predicting travel times, and Random Forest Regression was found to be a better model as compared to other models.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 41-51
Author(s):  
Shaimaa Mahmoud ◽  
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Mahmoud Hussein ◽  
Arabi Keshk

Opinion mining in social networks data is considered as one of most important research areas because a large number of users interact with different topics on it. This paper discusses the problem of predicting future products rate according to users’ comments. Researchers interacted with this problem by using machine learning algorithms (e.g. Logistic Regression, Random Forest Regression, Support Vector Regression, Simple Linear Regression, Multiple Linear Regression, Polynomial Regression and Decision Tree). However, the accuracy of these techniques still needs to be improved. In this study, we introduce an approach for predicting future products rate using LR, RFR, and SVR. Our data set consists of tweets and its rate from 1:5. The main goal of our approach is improving the prediction accuracy about existing techniques. SVR can predict future product rate with a Mean Squared Error (MSE) of 0.4122, Linear Regression model predict with a Mean Squared Error of 0.4986 and Random Forest Regression can predict with a Mean Squared Error of 0.4770. This is better than the existing approaches accuracy.


Author(s):  
Inssaf El Guabassi ◽  
Zakaria Bousalem ◽  
Rim Marah ◽  
Aimad Qazdar

<p>In the 21st century, University educations are becoming a key pillar of social and economic life. It plays a major role not only in the educational process but also in the ensuring of two important things which are a prosperous career and financial security. However, predicting university admission can be especially difficult because the students are not aware of admission requirements. For that reason, the main purpose of this research work is to provide a recommender system for early predicting university admission based on four Machine Learning algorithms namely Linear Regression, Decision Tree, Support Vector Regression, and Random Forest Regression. The experimental results showed that the Random Forest Regression is the most suitable Machine Learning algorithm for predicting university admission. Also, the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is the most important parameter that influences the chance of admission.</p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na’eem Hoosen Agjee ◽  
Onisimo Mutanga ◽  
Kabir Peerbhay ◽  
Riyad Ismail

Hyperspectral datasets contain spectral noise, the presence of which adversely affects the classifier performance to generalize accurately. Despite machine learning algorithms being regarded as robust classifiers that generalize well under unfavourable noisy conditions, the extent of this is poorly understood. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of simulated spectral noise (10%, 20%, and 30%) on random forest (RF) and oblique random forest (oRF) classification performance using two node-splitting models (ridge regression (RR) and support vector machines (SVM)) to discriminate healthy and low infested water hyacinth plants. Results from this study showed that RF was slightly influenced by simulated noise with classification accuracies decreasing for week one and week two with the addition of 30% noise. In comparison to RF, oRF-RR and oRF-SVM yielded higher test accuracies (oRF-RR: 5.36%–7.15%; oRF-SVM: 3.58%–5.36%) and test kappa coefficients (oRF-RR: 10.72%–14.29%; oRF-SVM: 7.15%–10.72%). Notably, oRF-RR test accuracies and kappa coefficients remained consistent irrespective of simulated noise level for week one and week two while similar results were achieved for week three using oRF-SVM. Overall, this study has demonstrated that oRF-RR can be regarded a robust classification algorithm that is not influenced by noisy spectral conditions.


Forecasting ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-420
Author(s):  
Julien Chevallier ◽  
Dominique Guégan ◽  
Stéphane Goutte

This paper focuses on forecasting the price of Bitcoin, motivated by its market growth and the recent interest of market participants and academics. We deploy six machine learning algorithms (e.g., Artificial Neural Network, Support Vector Machine, Random Forest, k-Nearest Neighbours, AdaBoost, Ridge regression), without deciding a priori which one is the ‘best’ model. The main contribution is to use these data analytics techniques with great caution in the parameterization, instead of classical parametric modelings (AR), to disentangle the non-stationary behavior of the data. As soon as Bitcoin is also used for diversification in portfolios, we need to investigate its interactions with stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, and commodities. We identify that other cryptocurrencies convey enough information to explain the daily variation of Bitcoin’s spot and futures prices. Forecasting results point to the segmentation of Bitcoin concerning alternative assets. Finally, trading strategies are implemented.


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akshaykumar Naregalkar ◽  
Subbulekshmi Durairaj

Abstract A continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) servo and the regulatory control problem are challenging because of their highly non-linear nature, frequent changes in operating points, and frequent disturbances. System identification is one of the important steps in the CSTR model-based control design. In earlier work, a non-linear system model comprises a linear subsystem followed by static nonlinearities and represented with Laguerre filters followed by the LSSVM (least squares support vector machines). This model structure solves linear dynamics first and then associated nonlinearities. Unlike earlier works, the proposed LSSVM-L (least squares support vector machines and Laguerre filters) Hammerstein model structure solves the nonlinearities associated with the non-linear system first and then linear dynamics. Thus, the proposed Hammerstein’s model structure deals with the nonlinearities before affecting the entire system, decreasing the model complexity and providing a simple model structure. This new Hammerstein model is stable, precise, and simple to implement and provides the CSTR model with a good model fit%. Simulation studies illustrate the benefit and effectiveness of the proposed LSSVM-L Hammerstein model and its efficacy as a non-linear model predictive controller for the servo and regulatory control problem.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinmay P. Swami ◽  
Nicholas Lenhard ◽  
Jiyeon Kang

AbstractProsthetic arms can significantly increase the upper limb function of individuals with upper limb loss, however despite the development of various multi-DoF prosthetic arms the rate of prosthesis abandonment is still high. One of the major challenges is to design a multi-DoF controller that has high precision, robustness, and intuitiveness for daily use. The present study demonstrates a novel framework for developing a controller leveraging machine learning algorithms and movement synergies to implement natural control of a 2-DoF prosthetic wrist for activities of daily living (ADL). The data was collected during ADL tasks of ten individuals with a wrist brace emulating the absence of wrist function. Using this data, the neural network classifies the movement and then random forest regression computes the desired velocity of the prosthetic wrist. The models were trained/tested with ADLs where their robustness was tested using cross-validation and holdout data sets. The proposed framework demonstrated high accuracy (F-1 score of 99% for the classifier and Pearson’s correlation of 0.98 for the regression). Additionally, the interpretable nature of random forest regression was used to verify the targeted movement synergies. The present work provides a novel and effective framework to develop an intuitive control for multi-DoF prosthetic devices.


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