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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering)  2010, Vol. 11 Issue (11): 841-848    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A0900664
Chemical and Environmental Engineering     
Memetic algorithms-based neural network learning for basic oxygen furnace endpoint prediction
Peng Chen, Yong-zai Lu
Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China, Department of Automation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Abstract  Based on the critical position of the endpoint quality prediction for basic oxygen furnaces (BOFs) in steelmaking, and the latest results in computational intelligence (CI), this paper deals with the development of a novel memetic algorithm (MA) for neural network (NN) learning. Included in this is the integration of extremal optimization (EO) and Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) gradient search, and its application in BOF endpoint quality prediction. The fundamental analysis reveals that the proposed EO-LM algorithm may provide superior performance in generalization, computation efficiency, and avoid local minima, compared to traditional NN learning methods. Experimental results with production-scale BOF data show that the proposed method can effectively improve the NN model for BOF endpoint quality prediction.

Key wordsMemetic algorithm (MA)      Neural network (NN) learning      Back propagation (BP)      Extremal optimization (EO)      Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) gradient search      Basic oxygen furnace (BOF)     
Received: 31 October 2009      Published: 08 November 2010
CLC:  TP183  
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Peng Chen, Yong-zai Lu. Memetic algorithms-based neural network learning for basic oxygen furnace endpoint prediction. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 2010, 11(11): 841-848.

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