Summary. Individuals in an insect colony need to identify one another according to caste. Nothing is known about the sensory process
allowing nestmates to discriminate minute variations in the cuticular hydrocarbon mixture. The purpose of this study was to
attempt to model caste odors discrimination in four species of Reticulitermes termites for the first time by a non-linear mathematical approach using an "artificial neural network" (ANN). Several rounds
of testing were carried out using 1 – the whole hydrocarbon mixtures 2 – mixtures containing the hydrocarbons selected by
principal component analysis (PCA) as the most implicated in caste discrimination. Discrimination between worker and soldier
castes was tested in all four species. For two species we tested discrimination of four castes (workers, soldiers, nymphs,
neotenics). To test cuticular pattern similarity in two sibling species (R. santonensis and R. flavipes), we performed two experiments using one species for training and the other for query. Using whole hydrocarbons mixtures,
worker/soldier discrimination was always successful in all species. Network performance decreased with the number of hydrocarbons
used as inputs. Four-caste discrimination was less successful. In the experiment with the sibling species, the ANN was able
to distinguish soldiers but not workers. The results of this study suggest that non-linear mathematical analysis is a good
tool for classification of castes based on cuticular hydrocarbon mixture. In addition this study confirms that hydrocarbon
mixtures observed are real chemical entities and constitute a true chemical signature or odor. Whole mixtures are not always
necessary for discrimination.
Received 23 July 1998; accepted 9 October 1998. 相似文献
A laboratory scale test was conducted in a combined membrane process (CMP) with a capacity of 2.91 m3/d for 240 d to
treat the mixed wastewater of humidity condensate, hygiene wastewater and urine in submarine cabin during prolonged voyage.
Removal performance of chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia nitrogen (NH4
+-N), turbidity and anionic surfactants (LAS)
was investigated under di erent conditions. It was observed that the e uent COD, NH4
+-N, turbidity and LAS flocculated in ranges of
0.19–0.85 mg/L, 0.03–0.18 mg/L, 0.0–0.15 NTU and 0.0–0.05 mg/L, respectively in spite of considerable fluctuation in corresponding
influent of 2120–5350 mg/L, 79.5–129.3 mg/L, 110–181.1NTU and 4.9–5.4 mg/L. The e uent quality of the CMP could meet the
requirements of mechanical water and hygiene water according to the class I water quality standards in China (GB3838-2002). The
removal rates of COD, NH4
+-N, turbidity and LAS removed in the MBR were more than 90%, which indicated that biodegradation
is indispensable and plays a major role in the wastewater treatment and reuse. A model, built on the back propagation neural network
(BPNN) theory, was developed for the simulation of CMP and produced high reliability. The average error of COD and NH4
+-N was
5.14% and 6.20%, respectively, and the root mean squared error of turbidity and LAS was 2.76% and 1.41%, respectively. The results
indicated that the model well fitted the laboratory data, and was able to simulate the removal of COD, NH4
+-N, turbidity and LAS. It
also suggested that the model proposed could reflect and manage the operation of CMP for the treatment of the mixed wastewaters in
submarine. 相似文献
Objective: Currently, in Turkey, fault rates in traffic accidents are determined according to the initiative of accident experts (no speed analyses of vehicles just considering accident type) and there are no specific quantitative instructions on fault rates related to procession of accidents which just represents the type of collision (side impact, head to head, rear end, etc.) in No. 2918 Turkish Highway Traffic Act (THTA 1983). The aim of this study is to introduce a scientific and systematic approach for determination of fault rates in most frequent property damage–only (PDO) traffic accidents in Turkey.
Methods: In this study, data (police reports, skid marks, deformation, crush depth, etc.) collected from the most frequent and controversial accident types (4 sample vehicle–vehicle scenarios) that consist of PDO were inserted into a reconstruction software called vCrash. Sample real-world scenarios were simulated on the software to generate different vehicle deformations that also correspond to energy-equivalent speed data just before the crash. These values were used to train a multilayer feedforward artificial neural network (MFANN), function fitting neural network (FITNET, a specialized version of MFANN), and generalized regression neural network (GRNN) models within 10-fold cross-validation to predict fault rates without using software. The performance of the artificial neural network (ANN) prediction models was evaluated using mean square error (MSE) and multiple correlation coefficient (R).
Results: It was shown that the MFANN model performed better for predicting fault rates (i.e., lower MSE and higher R) than FITNET and GRNN models for accident scenarios 1, 2, and 3, whereas FITNET performed the best for scenario 4. The FITNET model showed the second best results for prediction for the first 3 scenarios. Because there is no training phase in GRNN, the GRNN model produced results much faster than MFANN and FITNET models. However, the GRNN model had the worst prediction results. The R values for prediction of fault rates were close to 1 for all folds and scenarios.
Conclusions: This study focuses on exhibiting new aspects and scientific approaches for determining fault rates of involvement in most frequent PDO accidents occurring in Turkey by discussing some deficiencies in THTA and without regard to initiative and/or experience of experts. This study yields judicious decisions to be made especially on forensic investigations and events involving insurance companies. Referring to this approach, injury/fatal and/or pedestrian-related accidents may be analyzed as future work by developing new scientific models. 相似文献