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Multiple Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier based on ensemble learning approaches could be enhanced from the view point of accuracy, but the performance of these classifiers closely depends on the initial condition of the partitioning method used in the design. Furthermore, these classifiers are more easily affected by noise and outliers. In this study, a novel fuzzy quasi-linear SVM classifier realized with the aid of a composite kernel function and Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) clustering is proposed. The objective of this approach is to reduce the effect of noise and outliers and also handle the overfitting problem through the synergistic effect of the two methods: First, Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) is used to partition the training dataset into several subsets as a preprocessing phase of the proposed classifier. Second, the composite kernel based on multiple linear kernel expression is considered to avoid overfitting problem. In more detail, each training data is assigned to the corresponding membership degree. Some data which are potential noise or outliers are assigned with lower membership degrees and thus yield a small contribution to the composite kernel function. Then, the composite kernel function for multiple local SVMs is constructed according to the distribution of training data. The designed fuzzy quasi-linear SVM classifier is tested with both artificial and UCI data sets. It is also applied for sorting the problem of black plastic wastes being handled in the practice in order to verify the effective as well as efficient classification improvement. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method shows the elevated classification performance when compared to performance produced by the methods studied previously. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: In this study, we design polynomial-based radial basis function neural networks (P-RBF NNs) based on a fuzzy inference mechanism. The essential design parameters (including learning rate, momentum coefficient and fuzzification coefficient of the underlying clustering method) are optimized by means of the particle swarm optimization. The proposed P-RBF NNs dwell upon structural findings about training data that are expressed in terms of a partition matrix resulting from fuzzy clustering in this case being the fuzzy C-means (FCM). The network is of functional nature as the weights between the hidden layer and the output are some polynomials. The use of the polynomial weights becomes essential in capturing the nonlinear nature of data encountered in regression or classification problems. From the perspective of linguistic interpretation, the proposed network can be expressed as a collection of “if–then” fuzzy rules. The architecture of the networks discussed here embraces three functional modules reflecting the three phases of input–output mapping realized in rule-based architectures, namely condition formation, conclusion creation, and aggregation. The proposed classifier is applied to some synthetic and machine learning datasets, and its results are compared with those reported in the previous studies. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This study is concerned with the concept of Ensemble Fuzzy Radial Basis Function Neural Networks (EFRBFNN) endowed with clustering techniques, polynomial-based LSE/WLSE learning as well as their optimization implemented by Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization (MOPSO). The network architecture of the proposed EFRBFNN classifier is considered three types of clustering techniques and four forms of regression polynomials. The proposed classifier can not only fully capture the local distribution (feature) information contained in the data, but also choose effective network architecture for improving classification performance and compactness. Three classes of clustering techniques (such as iterative self-organizing data analysis techniques algorithm (ISODATA), affinity propagation (AP), and extended K-means) are considered to effectively produce membership degrees based on feature information extraction suitable to fit data characteristics. Least Square Error Estimation (LSE) and Weighted Least Square Error Estimation (WLSE)-based learning with four types of regression polynomials are considered to estimate to coefficients of polynomials. MOPSO is exploited for choosing the effective architecture among different clustering techniques, polynomials, and polynomial-based learning with multi-objective parametric optimization. MOPSO helps achieve a sound compromise between the preferred classification performance and the compactness realized with the aid of four objective functions such as a) classification accuracy (CA), b) complexity of clustering, c) complexity of polynomial and d) sum of squared coefficients (SSC). The improvement and effectiveness of the proposed network architecture are quantified on a basis of the comprehensive experimental results and also a comparative analysis is offered to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed classifier. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]