神经网络在次级河流回水区叶绿素a浓度预测中的应用

以长江次级河流之一的临江河为研究对象，探讨神经网络应用于次级河流回水区叶绿素a浓度短期预测的可行性。利用主成分分析法（PCA）选取对叶绿素a浓度影响较大的指标，在这些指标数据的基础上建立RBF神经网络模型。网络训练和测试的结果表明，模型模拟精度较高，说明RBF神经网络模型可以用于次级河流回水区叶绿素a浓度的短期预测。通过对临江河回水区叶绿素a影响因子的分析，表明控制水体中磷含量应是临江河回水区富营养化防治的重点。     

基于多级神经网络模型的厌氧氨氧化系统参数预测

厌氧氨氧化菌生长条件复杂、影响因素多,其工艺系统运行控制复杂,为解决上述问题,研究构建了1个多级神经网络预测模型,以提高SBBR单级自养脱氮厌氧氨氧化系统出水总氮去除率预测精度,并确定了系统工程应用的关键控制参数。一级神经网络模型通过灰色关联度分析,对影响出水总氮去除率的关键性指标进行预测;二级神经网络模型基于一级模型增加数据维度,并通过改进粒子群算法优化网络、借鉴遗传算法变异的思想扩大搜索范围,提高了出水总氮去除率的预测精度。多级神经网络模型预测结果表明,其总氮去除率平均相对误差为0.54%,相对误差为5.76%,均方根误差为1.132 1,预测数据基本上与实际值相符;与其他预测模型相比较,该模型表现出较优的预测精度。进一步分析发现,通过控制工艺系统的曝气量调节出水亚氮浓度,是保证工艺反应的稳定和实现厌氧氨氧化工艺工程应用的有效控制方式。     

基于灰色模型和模糊神经网络的综合水质预测模型研究

水质状态变化趋势预测研究对水资源管理和维护具有重要的现实意义。提出了一种将灰色模型和模糊神经网络相结合的水质预测模型。首先基于改进的灰色模型预测出水体中各理化因子在未来一段时间内的指标变化,然后采用T-S模糊神经网络对各单因子的预测值进行数据融合,构建水质变化综合趋势预测模型,预测出下一时间段的水质整体状态指标。实验表明,这种方式用来预测湖泊水质变化趋势具有可行性;与BP网络模型相比,基于T-S模糊神经网络系统的模型具有预测精度高、模型系统稳定等优越性。     

基于BP和RBF神经网络的外加碳源量模型研究

碳源作为反硝化过程的电子供体,是影响生物脱氮过程的重要因素,低碳氮比污水需外加碳源以保证反硝化反应的顺利进行。为了优化控制碳源投加量,对实验室搭建的CAST工艺污水处理装置的进水条件和外加碳源量的非线性关系分别进行了基于BP和RBF神经网络的模型研究,并对外加碳源量进行了预测。结果表明,两种网络模型均能有效预测外加碳源量,RBF神经网络模型在训练速度和逼近能力方面优于BP神经网络模型,但在预测性能方面BP神经网络模型则有更高的预测精度。     

基于主成分分析法的现有水质评价体系改进探讨

针对中国现行的单因子评价法存在水体过保护问题,在系统分析765个国控河流断面水质状况的基础之上,提出利用主成分分析法(PCA)首先识别河流主要污染指标、再以单因子评价法对主要指标进行水质评价的联合应用方法。将单因子评价法、PCA-单因子评价法的评价结果进行比较,两种方法对河流主要污染指标的识别较一致;将PCA和单因子评价法联合应用于水质评价,能更真实、客观地反映河流水质状况,有利于作出科学管理决策。     

基于智能优化算法的河流水质模型参数的优化简

为探索河流水质模型参数新的求解方法，根据有限的实测数据，分别应用免疫进化优化算法和免疫进化优选的捕食搜索算法，对河流水质模型计算公式中的多参数进行优化。将优化得到的计算公式用于国内外若干河流的河段中DO浓度值的拟合，并与实测结果进行了比较。结果表明，将免疫进化优化算法或免疫进化优选的捕食搜索算法优化得到的水质模型参数精度不仅较高，而且相对稳定，从而为河流水质模型参数的优化提供了一种新方法。     

基于智能优化算法的河流水质模型参数的优化

为探索河流水质模型参数新的求解方法，根据有限的实测数据，分别应用免疫进化优化算法和免疫进化优选的捕食搜索算法，对河流水质模型计算公式中的多参数进行优化。将优化得到的计算公式用于国内外若干河流的河段中DO浓度值的拟合，并与实测结果进行了比较。结果表明，将免疫进化优化算法或免疫进化优选的捕食搜索算法优化得到的水质模型参数精度不仅较高，而且相对稳定，从而为河流水质模型参数的优化提供了一种新方法。     

大辽河主要污染源重金属特征及污染评价

为了解大辽河水环境中重金属污染来源及其污染程度,对大辽河上游来水以及主要排污口的表层水体和表层沉积物主要重金属(Cr、Co、Cd、Mn、Zn、Ni、Cu、Pb、As)浓度进行了研究,并分别采用综合污染指数评价法和地累积指数评价法对表层水体和表层沉积物污染程度进行了评价。结果表明,大辽河上游来水中Cr、Cd、Zn、Cu、As、Pb元素浓度均低于《地表水环境质量标准》(GB 3838—2002)Ⅰ类标准规定的限值;太子河中Cr、Co、Ni、Cu、Zn、Cd、Pb元素浓度较高,海城河Mn、As元素浓度较高;主要排污口水体中Cr、Cu、As、Cd、Pb元素浓度均低于GB 3838—2002的Ⅰ类标准规定的限值,其中纱厂潮沟、港监潮沟排污口水体重金属浓度较高。大辽河沉积物重金属浓度表现出自上游向下游递减的特征,西潮沟、港监潮沟排污口沉积物重金属浓度高于其他排污口。综合污染指数评价法表明,大辽河水质情况较好,太子河存在较高的潜在污染风险;而地累积指数评价法表明,大辽河主要汇入河流和主要污染源沉积物重金属污染程度大多为清洁,只有西潮沟排污口沉积物中As处于轻度污染,需要引起注意。     

多种神经网络在华北西部区域城市空气质量预测中的应用

据华北西部区域4个主要城市2003—2012年API日报数据和相应时段的地面气象要素数据,利用4种(BP、Elman、T-S模糊、小波)神经网络构建预测模型并预测相应城市大气环境质量。研究结果显示,4种模型在可靠性、预测精度方面均可满足应用要求可用于实际预测;具有动态反馈能力的Elman神经网络的预测精度以及泛用性要优于具静态馈能力的其他3种网络模型,说明动态神经网络更适用于城市大气环境质量预测。4种神经网络的决策权重大小及其排序虽各不相同,但体现出相似规律性,日最低气温、日均气压、前日API对输出数据的影响较大,说明逆温现象引发的持续性、区域性污染是该地区主要环境问题。     

广东省道路交通噪声预测统计模型

为了建立符合广东省的道路交通噪声预测模型,在国内学者相关研究成果的基础上,对FHWA模型进行了深入分析,并根据道路交通噪声预测模型原理,引入等效车流量等概念建立了理论噪声预测统计模型。在此基础上,对广东省市政路和高速路的交通噪声实测数据进行多元线性回归分析,确定广东省交通噪声预测统计模型。经验证,在广东省交通噪声预测评价中该模型预测精度非常高。该研究思路与方法值得在全国各地区处理交通噪声环境问题的工作中加以推广与应用。     

Support vector machine―an alternative to artificial neuron network for water quality forecasting in an agricultural nonpoint source polluted river?

Water quality forecasting in agricultural drainage river basins is difficult because of the complicated nonpoint source (NPS) pollution transport processes and river self-purification processes involved in highly nonlinear problems. Artificial neural network (ANN) and support vector model (SVM) were developed to predict total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) concentrations for any location of the river polluted by agricultural NPS pollution in eastern China. River flow, water temperature, flow travel time, rainfall, dissolved oxygen, and upstream TN or TP concentrations were selected as initial inputs of the two models. Monthly, bimonthly, and trimonthly datasets were selected to train the two models, respectively, and the same monthly dataset which had not been used for training was chosen to test the models in order to compare their generalization performance. Trial and error analysis and genetic algorisms (GA) were employed to optimize the parameters of ANN and SVM models, respectively. The results indicated that the proposed SVM models performed better generalization ability due to avoiding the occurrence of overtraining and optimizing fewer parameters based on structural risk minimization (SRM) principle. Furthermore, both TN and TP SVM models trained by trimonthly datasets achieved greater forecasting accuracy than corresponding ANN models. Thus, SVM models will be a powerful alternative method because it is an efficient and economic tool to accurately predict water quality with low risk. The sensitivity analyses of two models indicated that decreasing upstream input concentrations during the dry season and NPS emission along the reach during average or flood season should be an effective way to improve Changle River water quality. If the necessary water quality and hydrology data and even trimonthly data are available, the SVM methodology developed here can easily be applied to other NPS-polluted rivers.     

空气中PM_(10)浓度的BP神经网络预报研究

建立了某市PM10浓度预报的分段BP神经网络模型，经验证，所建立的BP预报模型，预测精度比较高，PM10日平均浓度误差大多在-0．010～0．010mg／m^3范围内，相对误差在-20％～20％，表明BP神经网络对PM10的浓度预报是一种有效的工具。     

Prediction of dissolved oxygen concentration in hypoxic river systems using support vector machine: a case study of Wen-Rui Tang River,China

Accurate quantification of dissolved oxygen (DO) is critically important for managing water resources and controlling pollution. Artificial intelligence (AI) models have been successfully applied for modeling DO content in aquatic ecosystems with limited data. However, the efficacy of these AI models in predicting DO levels in the hypoxic river systems having multiple pollution sources and complicated pollutants behaviors is unclear. Given this dilemma, we developed a promising AI model, known as support vector machine (SVM), to predict the DO concentration in a hypoxic river in southeastern China. Four different calibration models, specifically, multiple linear regression, back propagation neural network, general regression neural network, and SVM, were established, and their prediction accuracy was systemically investigated and compared. A total of 11 hydro-chemical variables were used as model inputs. These variables were measured bimonthly at eight sampling sites along the rural-suburban-urban portion of Wen-Rui Tang River from 2004 to 2008. The performances of the established models were assessed through the mean square error (MSE), determination coefficient (R ²), and Nash-Sutcliffe (NS) model efficiency. The results indicated that the SVM model was superior to other models in predicting DO concentration in Wen-Rui Tang River. For SVM, the MSE, R ², and NS values for the testing subset were 0.9416 mg/L, 0.8646, and 0.8763, respectively. Sensitivity analysis showed that ammonium-nitrogen was the most significant input variable of the proposal SVM model. Overall, these results demonstrated that the proposed SVM model can efficiently predict water quality, especially for highly impaired and hypoxic river systems.     

Forecasting summertime surface-level ozone concentrations in the Lower Fraser Valley of British Columbia: an ensemble neural network approach

Empirical models for predicting daily maximum hourly average ozone concentrations were developed for 10 monitoring stations in the Lower Fraser Valley (LFV) of British Columbia. According to data from 1991 to 1996, ensemble neural network models increased explained variance an average of 7% over multiple linear regression models using the same input variables. Without modification, all models performed poorly on days when the observed peak ozone concentration exceeded 82 parts per billion, the National Ambient Air Quality Objective. When numbers of extreme events in training data were increased using a histogram equalization process, models were able to forecast exceedances with improved accuracy. Modified generalized additive model (GAM) plots and associated measures of input variable importance and interaction were generated for a subset of the trained models and used to investigate relationships between input variables and ozone levels. The neural network models displayed a high degree of interaction among inputs, and it is likely the ability of these model types to account for interactions, rather than the nonlinearity of individual input variables, that explains their improved forecast skill. Inspection of GAM-style plots indicated that the relative importance of input variables in the ensemble neural network models varied with geographic location within the LFV. Four distinct groups of stations were identified, and rankings of inputs within the groups were generally consistent with physical intuition and results of prior studies.     

利用复介电常数和BPAT神经网络进行环境监测的可行性研究

土壤中的污染物成分复杂，其含量与复介电常数之间具有很强的非线性关系。以土壤样品复介电常数的实部、虚部分别作为输入，以其含水率、体密度和所含6种已知离子的浓度分别作为输出，建立BP人工神经网络。把吉泰兰地区的土壤样品数据分为训练样本集和检验样本集，网络训练后，其学习效果显示模型的性能很好，检验样本的预测结果也与实测值较好吻合，说明利用复介电常数和BP人工神经网络进行环境监测是一种好的方法。     

Forecasting hourly PM<Subscript>10</Subscript> concentration in Cyprus through artificial neural networks and multiple regression models: implications to local environmental management

In the present work, two types of artificial neural network (NN) models using the multilayer perceptron (MLP) and the radial basis function (RBF) techniques, as well as a model based on principal component regression analysis (PCRA), are employed to forecast hourly PM₁₀ concentrations in four urban areas (Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia and Paphos) in Cyprus. The model development is based on a variety of meteorological and pollutant parameters corresponding to the 2-year period between July 2006 and June 2008, and the model evaluation is achieved through the use of a series of well-established evaluation instruments and methodologies. The evaluation reveals that the MLP NN models display the best forecasting performance with R ² values ranging between 0.65 and 0.76, whereas the RBF NNs and the PCRA models reveal a rather weak performance with R ² values between 0.37-0.43 and 0.33-0.38, respectively. The derived MLP models are also used to forecast Saharan dust episodes with remarkable success (probability of detection ranging between 0.68 and 0.71). On the whole, the analysis shows that the models introduced here could provide local authorities with reliable and precise predictions and alarms about air quality if used on an operational basis.     

Forecasts using neural network versus Box-Jenkins methodology for ambient air quality monitoring data

This study explores ambient air quality forecasts using the conventional time-series approach and a neural network. Sulfur dioxide and ozone monitoring data collected from two background stations and an industrial station are used. Various learning methods and varied numbers of hidden layer processing units of the neural network model are tested. Results obtained from the time-series and neural network models are discussed and compared on the basis of their performance for 1-step-ahead and 24-step-ahead forecasts. Although both models perform well for 1-step-ahead prediction, some neural network results reveal a slightly better forecast without manually adjusting model parameters, according to the results. For a 24-step-ahead forecast, most neural network results are as good as or superior to those of the time-series model. With the advantages of self-learning, self-adaptation, and parallel processing, the neural network approach is a promising technique for developing an automated short-term ambient air quality forecast system.     

Forecasting Daily Source Air Quality Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Radial Basis Function Networks

Abstract

It is vital to forecast gas and particle matter concentrations and emission rates (GPCER) from livestock production facilities to assess the impact of airborne pollutants on human health, ecological environment, and global warming. Modeling source air quality is a complex process because of abundant nonlinear interactions between GPCER and other factors. The objective of this study was to introduce statistical methods and radial basis function (RBF) neural network to predict daily source air quality in Iowa swine deep-pit finishing buildings. The results show that four variables (outdoor and indoor temperature, animal units, and ventilation rates) were identified as relative important model inputs using statistical methods. It can be further demonstrated that only two factors, the environment factor and the animal factor, were capable of explaining more than 94% of the total variability after performing principal component analysis. The introduction of fewer uncorrelated variables to the neural network would result in the reduction of the model structure complexity, minimize computation cost, and eliminate model overfitting problems. The obtained results of RBF network prediction were in good agreement with the actual measurements, with values of the correlation coefficient between 0.741 and 0.995 and very low values of systemic performance indexes for all the models. The good results indicated the RBF network could be trained to model these highly nonlinear relationships. Thus, the RBF neural network technology combined with multivariate statistical methods is a promising tool for air pollutant emissions modeling.     

Prediction of ozone concentrations in Oporto city with statistical approaches

The performance of three statistical methods: time-series, multiple linear regression and feedforward artificial neural networks models were compared to predict the daily mean ozone concentrations. The study here reported was based on data from one urban site with traffic influences and one rural background site. The studies were performed for the year 2002 and the respective four trimesters separately. In the multiple linear regression and feedforward artificial neural network models, the concentrations of ozone, the concentrations of its precursors (nitrogen oxides) and some meteorological variables for one and two days before the prediction day were used as predictors. For the application of these models in the validation step, the inputs of ozone concentration for one and two days before were replaced by the ozone concentrations predicted by the models. The results showed that time-series modelling was not profitable. In the development step, similar performances were obtained with multiple linear regression and feedforward artificial neural network. Better performance indexes were achieved with feedforward artificial neural network models in validation step. Concluding, feedforward artificial neural network models were more efficient to predict ozone concentrations.