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Title: Hybrid expert system - neural network - Fuzzy Logic methodology for transient identification

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10107971
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  1. Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering

A methodology is presented that demonstrates the potential of pretrained artificial neural networks (ANN`s) as generators of membership functions for the purpose of transient identification in Nuclear Power Plants (NPP). In order to provide timely concise and task-specific information about the many aspects of the transient and to determine the state of the system based on the interpretation of potentially noisy data, a model-referenced approach is utilized, where pretrained ANNs provide the model. Membership functions -- that condense information about a transient in a form convenient for a rule-based identification system -- are produced through ANN`S. The results demonstrate the extremely good noise-tolerance of ANN`s and suggest a new method for transient identification within the framework of Fuzzy Logic.

Research Organization:
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG07-88ER12824
OSTI ID:
10107971
Report Number(s):
CONF-9109447-2; ON: DE93003567
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2. government neural network applications workshop,Huntsville, AL (United States),10-12 Sep 1991; Other Information: PBD: [1991]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English