Massive missing data reconstruction in ocean buoys with evolutionary product unit neural networks

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Year:
2016
Type of Publication:
Article
Keywords:
Significant wave height, Missing values reconstruction, Product unit neural networks, Evolutionary algorithm
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Journal:
Ocean Engineering
Volume:
117
Pages:
292 - 301
Month:
May
ISSN:
0029-8018
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JCR(2016): 1.894 Position: 2/14 (Q1) Category: ENGINEERING, MARINE
Abstract:
Abstract In this paper we tackle the problem of massive missing data reconstruction in ocean buoys, with an evolutionary product unit neural network (EPUNN). When considering a large number of buoys to reconstruct missing data, it is sometimes difficult to find a common period of completeness (without missing data on it) in the data to form a proper training and test set. In this paper we solve this issue by using partial reconstruction, which are then used as inputs of the EPUNN, with linear models. Missing data reconstruction in several phases or steps is then proposed. In this work we also show the potential of \{EPUNN\} to obtain simple, interpretable models in spite of the non-linear characteristic of the neural network, much simpler than the commonly used sigmoid-based neural systems. In the experimental section of the paper we show the performance of the proposed approach in a real case of massive missing data reconstruction in 6 wave-rider buoys at the Gulf of Alaska.
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JCR(2016): 1.894 Position: 2/14 (Q1) Category: ENGINEERING, MARINE
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