TY - JOUR A1 - Abbaspour-Gilandeh, Yousef A1 - Molaee, Amir A1 - Sabzi, Sajad A1 - Nabipour, Narjes A1 - Shamshirband, Shahaboddin A1 - Mosavi, Amir T1 - A Combined Method of Image Processing and Artificial Neural Network for the Identification of 13 Iranian Rice Cultivars JF - agronomy N2 - Due to the importance of identifying crop cultivars, the advancement of accurate assessment of cultivars is considered essential. The existing methods for identifying rice cultivars are mainly time-consuming, costly, and destructive. Therefore, the development of novel methods is highly beneficial. The aim of the present research is to classify common rice cultivars in Iran based on color, morphologic, and texture properties using artificial intelligence (AI) methods. In doing so, digital images of 13 rice cultivars in Iran in three forms of paddy, brown, and white are analyzed through pre-processing and segmentation of using MATLAB. Ninety-two specificities, including 60 color, 14 morphologic, and 18 texture properties, were identified for each rice cultivar. In the next step, the normal distribution of data was evaluated, and the possibility of observing a significant difference between all specificities of cultivars was studied using variance analysis. In addition, the least significant difference (LSD) test was performed to obtain a more accurate comparison between cultivars. To reduce data dimensions and focus on the most effective components, principal component analysis (PCA) was employed. Accordingly, the accuracy of rice cultivar separations was calculated for paddy, brown rice, and white rice using discriminant analysis (DA), which was 89.2%, 87.7%, and 83.1%, respectively. To identify and classify the desired cultivars, a multilayered perceptron neural network was implemented based on the most effective components. The results showed 100% accuracy of the network in identifying and classifying all mentioned rice cultivars. Hence, it is concluded that the integrated method of image processing and pattern recognition methods, such as statistical classification and artificial neural networks, can be used for identifying and classification of rice cultivars. KW - Maschinelles Lernen KW - Machine learning KW - food informatics KW - big data KW - artificial neural networks KW - artificial intelligence KW - image processing KW - rice Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20200123-40695 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/1/117 VL - 2020 IS - Volume 10, Issue 1, 117 PB - MDPI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ahmadi, Mohammad Hossein A1 - Baghban, Alireza A1 - Sadeghzadeh, Milad A1 - Zamen, Mohammad A1 - Mosavi, Amir A1 - Shamshirband, Shahaboddin A1 - Kumar, Ravinder A1 - Mohammadi-Khanaposhtani, Mohammad T1 - Evaluation of electrical efficiency of photovoltaic thermal solar collector JF - Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics N2 - In this study, machine learning methods of artificial neural networks (ANNs), least squares support vector machines (LSSVM), and neuro-fuzzy are used for advancing prediction models for thermal performance of a photovoltaic-thermal solar collector (PV/T). In the proposed models, the inlet temperature, flow rate, heat, solar radiation, and the sun heat have been considered as the input variables. Data set has been extracted through experimental measurements from a novel solar collector system. Different analyses are performed to examine the credibility of the introduced models and evaluate their performances. The proposed LSSVM model outperformed the ANFIS and ANNs models. LSSVM model is reported suitable when the laboratory measurements are costly and time-consuming, or achieving such values requires sophisticated interpretations. KW - Fotovoltaik KW - Erneuerbare Energien KW - Solar KW - Deep learning KW - Machine learning KW - Renewable energy KW - neural networks (NNs) KW - adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) KW - least square support vector machine (LSSVM) KW - photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) KW - hybrid machine learning model KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2020 Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20200304-41049 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19942060.2020.1734094 VL - 2020 IS - volume 14, issue 1 SP - 545 EP - 565 PB - Taylor & Francis ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Amirinasab, Mehdi A1 - Shamshirband, Shahaboddin A1 - Chronopoulos, Anthony Theodore A1 - Mosavi, Amir A1 - Nabipour, Narjes T1 - Energy‐Efficient Method for Wireless Sensor Networks Low‐Power Radio Operation in Internet of Things JF - electronics N2 - The radio operation in wireless sensor networks (WSN) in Internet of Things (IoT)applications is the most common source for power consumption. Consequently, recognizing and controlling the factors affecting radio operation can be valuable for managing the node power consumption. Among essential factors affecting radio operation, the time spent for checking the radio is of utmost importance for monitoring power consumption. It can lead to false WakeUp or idle listening in radio duty cycles and ContikiMAC. ContikiMAC is a low‐power radio duty‐cycle protocol in Contiki OS used in WakeUp mode, as a clear channel assessment (CCA) for checking radio status periodically. This paper presents a detailed analysis of radio WakeUp time factors of ContikiMAC. Furthermore, we propose a lightweight CCA (LW‐CCA) as an extension to ContikiMAC to reduce the Radio Duty‐Cycles in false WakeUps and idle listening though using dynamic received signal strength indicator (RSSI) status check time. The simulation results in the Cooja simulator show that LW‐CCA reduces about 8% energy consumption in nodes while maintaining up to 99% of the packet delivery rate (PDR). KW - Internet der Dinge KW - Internet of things KW - wireless sensor networks KW - ContikiMAC KW - energy efficiency KW - duty-cycles KW - clear channel assessments KW - fog computing KW - smart sensors KW - signal processing KW - received signal strength indicator KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2020 KW - RSSI Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20200213-40954 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/2/320 VL - 2020 IS - volume 9, issue 2, 320 PB - MDPI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Band, Shahab S. A1 - Janizadeh, Saeid A1 - Chandra Pal, Subodh A1 - Chowdhuri, Indrajit A1 - Siabi, Zhaleh A1 - Norouzi, Akbar A1 - Melesse, Assefa M. A1 - Shokri, Manouchehr A1 - Mosavi, Amir Hosein T1 - Comparative Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Models for Accurate Estimation of Groundwater Nitrate Concentration JF - Sensors N2 - Prediction of the groundwater nitrate concentration is of utmost importance for pollution control and water resource management. This research aims to model the spatial groundwater nitrate concentration in the Marvdasht watershed, Iran, based on several artificial intelligence methods of support vector machine (SVM), Cubist, random forest (RF), and Bayesian artificial neural network (Baysia-ANN) machine learning models. For this purpose, 11 independent variables affecting groundwater nitrate changes include elevation, slope, plan curvature, profile curvature, rainfall, piezometric depth, distance from the river, distance from residential, Sodium (Na), Potassium (K), and topographic wetness index (TWI) in the study area were prepared. Nitrate levels were also measured in 67 wells and used as a dependent variable for modeling. Data were divided into two categories of training (70%) and testing (30%) for modeling. The evaluation criteria coefficient of determination (R2), mean absolute error (MAE), root mean square error (RMSE), and Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE) were used to evaluate the performance of the models used. The results of modeling the susceptibility of groundwater nitrate concentration showed that the RF (R2 = 0.89, RMSE = 4.24, NSE = 0.87) model is better than the other Cubist (R2 = 0.87, RMSE = 5.18, NSE = 0.81), SVM (R2 = 0.74, RMSE = 6.07, NSE = 0.74), Bayesian-ANN (R2 = 0.79, RMSE = 5.91, NSE = 0.75) models. The results of groundwater nitrate concentration zoning in the study area showed that the northern parts of the case study have the highest amount of nitrate, which is higher in these agricultural areas than in other areas. The most important cause of nitrate pollution in these areas is agriculture activities and the use of groundwater to irrigate these crops and the wells close to agricultural areas, which has led to the indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers by irrigation or rainwater of these fertilizers is washed and penetrates groundwater and pollutes the aquifer. KW - Grundwasser KW - Nitratbelastung KW - Künstliche Intelligenz KW - ground water contamination KW - machine learning KW - big data KW - hydrological model KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2020 Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20210122-43364 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/20/5763 VL - 2020 IS - Volume 20, issue 20, article 5763 SP - 1 EP - 23 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Band, Shahab S. A1 - Janizadeh, Saeid A1 - Chandra Pal, Subodh A1 - Saha, Asish A1 - Chakrabortty, Rabbin A1 - Shokri, Manouchehr A1 - Mosavi, Amir Hosein T1 - Novel Ensemble Approach of Deep Learning Neural Network (DLNN) Model and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) Algorithm for Prediction of Gully Erosion Susceptibility JF - Sensors N2 - This study aims to evaluate a new approach in modeling gully erosion susceptibility (GES) based on a deep learning neural network (DLNN) model and an ensemble particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm with DLNN (PSO-DLNN), comparing these approaches with common artificial neural network (ANN) and support vector machine (SVM) models in Shirahan watershed, Iran. For this purpose, 13 independent variables affecting GES in the study area, namely, altitude, slope, aspect, plan curvature, profile curvature, drainage density, distance from a river, land use, soil, lithology, rainfall, stream power index (SPI), and topographic wetness index (TWI), were prepared. A total of 132 gully erosion locations were identified during field visits. To implement the proposed model, the dataset was divided into the two categories of training (70%) and testing (30%). The results indicate that the area under the curve (AUC) value from receiver operating characteristic (ROC) considering the testing datasets of PSO-DLNN is 0.89, which indicates superb accuracy. The rest of the models are associated with optimal accuracy and have similar results to the PSO-DLNN model; the AUC values from ROC of DLNN, SVM, and ANN for the testing datasets are 0.87, 0.85, and 0.84, respectively. The efficiency of the proposed model in terms of prediction of GES was increased. Therefore, it can be concluded that the DLNN model and its ensemble with the PSO algorithm can be used as a novel and practical method to predict gully erosion susceptibility, which can help planners and managers to manage and reduce the risk of this phenomenon. KW - Geoinformatik KW - Maschinelles Lernen KW - gully erosion susceptibility KW - deep learning neural network KW - partical swarm optimization KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2020 Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20210122-43341 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/19/5609 VL - 2020 IS - Volume 20, issue 19, article 5609 SP - 1 EP - 27 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Band, Shahab S. A1 - Janizadeh, Saeid A1 - Saha, Sunil A1 - Mukherjee, Kaustuv A1 - Khosrobeigi Bozchaloei, Saeid A1 - Cerdà, Artemi A1 - Shokri, Manouchehr A1 - Mosavi, Amir Hosein T1 - Evaluating the Efficiency of Different Regression, Decision Tree, and Bayesian Machine Learning Algorithms in Spatial Piping Erosion Susceptibility Using ALOS/PALSAR Data JF - Land N2 - Piping erosion is one form of water erosion that leads to significant changes in the landscape and environmental degradation. In the present study, we evaluated piping erosion modeling in the Zarandieh watershed of Markazi province in Iran based on random forest (RF), support vector machine (SVM), and Bayesian generalized linear models (Bayesian GLM) machine learning algorithms. For this goal, due to the importance of various geo-environmental and soil properties in the evolution and creation of piping erosion, 18 variables were considered for modeling the piping erosion susceptibility in the Zarandieh watershed. A total of 152 points of piping erosion were recognized in the study area that were divided into training (70%) and validation (30%) for modeling. The area under curve (AUC) was used to assess the effeciency of the RF, SVM, and Bayesian GLM. Piping erosion susceptibility results indicated that all three RF, SVM, and Bayesian GLM models had high efficiency in the testing step, such as the AUC shown with values of 0.9 for RF, 0.88 for SVM, and 0.87 for Bayesian GLM. Altitude, pH, and bulk density were the variables that had the greatest influence on the piping erosion susceptibility in the Zarandieh watershed. This result indicates that geo-environmental and soil chemical variables are accountable for the expansion of piping erosion in the Zarandieh watershed. KW - Maschinelles Lernen KW - Bayes-Verfahren KW - Naturkatastrophe KW - random forest KW - support vector machine KW - geoinformatics KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2020 Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20210122-43424 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/9/10/346 VL - 2020 IS - volume 9, issue 10, article 346 SP - 1 EP - 22 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dehghani, Majid A1 - Salehi, Somayeh A1 - Mosavi, Amir A1 - Nabipour, Narjes A1 - Shamshirband, Shahaboddin A1 - Ghamisi, Pedram T1 - Spatial Analysis of Seasonal Precipitation over Iran: Co-Variation with Climate Indices JF - ISPRS, International Journal of Geo-Information N2 - Temporary changes in precipitation may lead to sustained and severe drought or massive floods in different parts of the world. Knowing the variation in precipitation can effectively help the water resources decision-makers in water resources management. Large-scale circulation drivers have a considerable impact on precipitation in different parts of the world. In this research, the impact of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on seasonal precipitation over Iran was investigated. For this purpose, 103 synoptic stations with at least 30 years of data were utilized. The Spearman correlation coefficient between the indices in the previous 12 months with seasonal precipitation was calculated, and the meaningful correlations were extracted. Then, the month in which each of these indices has the highest correlation with seasonal precipitation was determined. Finally, the overall amount of increase or decrease in seasonal precipitation due to each of these indices was calculated. Results indicate the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), NAO, and PDO have the most impact on seasonal precipitation, respectively. Additionally, these indices have the highest impact on the precipitation in winter, autumn, spring, and summer, respectively. SOI has a diverse impact on winter precipitation compared to the PDO and NAO, while in the other seasons, each index has its special impact on seasonal precipitation. Generally, all indices in different phases may decrease the seasonal precipitation up to 100%. However, the seasonal precipitation may increase more than 100% in different seasons due to the impact of these indices. The results of this study can be used effectively in water resources management and especially in dam operation. KW - Maschinelles Lernen KW - Machine learning KW - spatiotemporal database KW - spatial analysis KW - seasonal precipitation KW - spearman correlation coefficient Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20200128-40740 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/9/2/73 VL - 2020 IS - Volume 9, Issue 2, 73 PB - MDPI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Faizollahzadeh Ardabili, Sina A1 - Najafi, Bahman A1 - Alizamir, Meysam A1 - Mosavi, Amir A1 - Shamshirband, Shahaboddin A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Using SVM-RSM and ELM-RSM Approaches for Optimizing the Production Process of Methyl and Ethyl Esters JF - Energies N2 - The production of a desired product needs an effective use of the experimental model. The present study proposes an extreme learning machine (ELM) and a support vector machine (SVM) integrated with the response surface methodology (RSM) to solve the complexity in optimization and prediction of the ethyl ester and methyl ester production process. The novel hybrid models of ELM-RSM and ELM-SVM are further used as a case study to estimate the yield of methyl and ethyl esters through a trans-esterification process from waste cooking oil (WCO) based on American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards. The results of the prediction phase were also compared with artificial neural networks (ANNs) and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS), which were recently developed by the second author of this study. Based on the results, an ELM with a correlation coefficient of 0.9815 and 0.9863 for methyl and ethyl esters, respectively, had a high estimation capability compared with that for SVM, ANNs, and ANFIS. Accordingly, the maximum production yield was obtained in the case of using ELM-RSM of 96.86% for ethyl ester at a temperature of 68.48 °C, a catalyst value of 1.15 wt. %, mixing intensity of 650.07 rpm, and an alcohol to oil molar ratio (A/O) of 5.77; for methyl ester, the production yield was 98.46% at a temperature of 67.62 °C, a catalyst value of 1.1 wt. %, mixing intensity of 709.42 rpm, and an A/O of 6.09. Therefore, ELM-RSM increased the production yield by 3.6% for ethyl ester and 3.1% for methyl ester, compared with those for the experimental data. KW - Biodiesel KW - Optimierung KW - extreme learning machine KW - machine learning KW - response surface methodology KW - support vector machine KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2018 Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20181025-38170 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/11/2889 IS - 11, 2889 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Faroughi, Maryam A1 - Karimimoshaver, Mehrdad A1 - Aram, Farshid A1 - Solgi, Ebrahim A1 - Mosavi, Amir A1 - Nabipour, Narjes A1 - Chau, Kwok-Wing T1 - Computational modeling of land surface temperature using remote sensing data to investigate the spatial arrangement of buildings and energy consumption relationship JF - Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics N2 - The effect of urban form on energy consumption has been the subject of various studies around the world. Having examined the effect of buildings on energy consumption, these studies indicate that the physical form of a city has a notable impact on the amount of energy consumed in its spaces. The present study identified the variables that affected energy consumption in residential buildings and analyzed their effects on energy consumption in four neighborhoods in Tehran: Apadana, Bimeh, Ekbatan-phase I, and Ekbatan-phase II. After extracting the variables, their effects are estimated with statistical methods, and the results are compared with the land surface temperature (LST) remote sensing data derived from Landsat 8 satellite images taken in the winter of 2019. The results showed that physical variables, such as the size of buildings, population density, vegetation cover, texture concentration, and surface color, have the greatest impacts on energy usage. For the Apadana neighborhood, the factors with the most potent effect on energy consumption were found to be the size of buildings and the population density. However, for other neighborhoods, in addition to these two factors, a third factor was also recognized to have a significant effect on energy consumption. This third factor for the Bimeh, Ekbatan-I, and Ekbatan-II neighborhoods was the type of buildings, texture concentration, and orientation of buildings, respectively. KW - Fernerkung KW - Intelligente Stadt KW - Oberflächentemperatur KW - remote sensing KW - smart cities KW - Land surface temperature KW - energy consumption KW - residential buildings KW - urban morphology KW - urban sustainability Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20200110-40585 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19942060.2019.1707711 VL - 2020 IS - Volume 14, No. 1 SP - 254 EP - 270 PB - Taylor & Francis ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fathi, Sadegh A1 - Sajadzadeh, Hassan A1 - Mohammadi Sheshkal, Faezeh A1 - Aram, Farshid A1 - Pinter, Gergo A1 - Felde, Imre A1 - Mosavi, Amir T1 - The Role of Urban Morphology Design on Enhancing Physical Activity and Public Health JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health N2 - Along with environmental pollution, urban planning has been connected to public health. The research indicates that the quality of built environments plays an important role in reducing mental disorders and overall health. The structure and shape of the city are considered as one of the factors influencing happiness and health in urban communities and the type of the daily activities of citizens. The aim of this study was to promote physical activity in the main structure of the city via urban design in a way that the main form and morphology of the city can encourage citizens to move around and have physical activity within the city. Functional, physical, cultural-social, and perceptual-visual features are regarded as the most important and effective criteria in increasing physical activities in urban spaces, based on literature review. The environmental quality of urban spaces and their role in the physical activities of citizens in urban spaces were assessed by using the questionnaire tool and analytical network process (ANP) of structural equation modeling. Further, the space syntax method was utilized to evaluate the role of the spatial integration of urban spaces on improving physical activities. Based on the results, consideration of functional diversity, spatial flexibility and integration, security, and the aesthetic and visual quality of urban spaces plays an important role in improving the physical health of citizens in urban spaces. Further, more physical activities, including motivation for walking and the sense of public health and happiness, were observed in the streets having higher linkage and space syntax indexes with their surrounding texture. KW - Morphologie KW - Gesundheitswesen KW - Intelligente Stadt KW - Nachhaltigkeit KW - Gesundheitsinformationssystem KW - urban morphology KW - public health KW - physical activities KW - health KW - public space KW - urban health KW - smart cities KW - sustainability Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20200402-41225 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/7/2359 VL - 2020 IS - Volume 17, Issue 7, 2359 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER -