Interval-valued data prediction via regularized artificial neural network

Zebin Yang, Dennis K.J. Lin, Aijun Zhang

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Abstract

The prediction of interval-valued data is a challenging task as the predicted lower bounds of intervals should not cross over the corresponding upper bounds. In this paper, a regularized artificial neural network (RANN) is proposed to address this difficult problem. It provides a flexible trade-off between prediction accuracy and interval crossing. Compared to existing hard-constrained methods, the RANN has the advantage that it does not necessarily reduce the prediction accuracy while preventing interval crossing. Extensive experiments are conducted based on both simulation and real-life datasets, with comparison to multiple traditional models, including the linear constrained center and range method, the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator-based interval-valued regression, the nonlinear interval kernel regression, the interval multi-layer perceptron and the multi-output support vector regression. Experimental results show that the proposed RANN model is an effective tool for interval-valued data prediction tasks with high prediction accuracy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)336-345
Number of pages10
JournalNeurocomputing
Volume331
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 28 2019

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Artificial Intelligence

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