WSVR-based fuzzy neural network with annealing robust algorithm for system identification

This paper proposes a fuzzy neural network (FNN) based on wavelet support vector regression (WSVR) approach for system identification, in which an annealing robust learning algorithm (ARLA) is adopted to adjust the parameters of the WSVR-based FNN (WSVR-FNN). In the WSVR-FNN, first, the WSVR method with a wavelet kernel function is used to determine the number of fuzzy rules and the initial parameters of FNN. After initialization, the adjustment for the parameters of FNNs is performed by the ARLA. Combining the self-learning ability of neural networks, the compact support of wavelet functions, the adaptive ability of fuzzy logic, and the robust learning capability of ARLA, the proposed FNN has the superiority among the several existed FNNs. To demonstrate the performance of the WSVR-FNN, two nonlinear dynamic plants and a chaotic system taken from the extant literature are considered to illustrate the system identification. From the simulation results, it shows that the proposed WSVR-FNN has the superiority over several presented FNNs even the number of training parameters is considerably small. (C) 2012 The Franklin Institute. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.