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An adaptive neural network-fuzzy linear regression approach for improved car ownership estimation and forecasting in complex and uncertain environments: The case of Iran

Azadeh, A ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2011.651887
  3. Abstract:
  4. This paper applies a novel adaptive approach consisting of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Fuzzy Linear Regression (FLR) to improve car ownership forecasting in complex, ambiguous, and uncertain environments. This integrated approach is applied to forecast car ownership in Iran from 1930 to 2007. In this study, the level of car ownership is viewed as the result of demographic, politico-social, and urban structure factors including average family size, total population density, urban population density, urbanization rate, gross national product per capita, gasoline price, and total road length. To capture the potential complexity, uncertainty, and linearity relation between the car ownership function and its determinants, ANN and FLR (including eight well-known FLR) approaches are applied to the collected data. Next, the preferred ANN is selected based on sensitivity analysis results for the test data while the preferred FLR is identified with regard to ANOVA and MAPE results. The results obtained from the performance comparison demonstrate the considerable superiority of the preferred ANN over the preferred FLR regarding the nonlinear and complex nature of the car ownership function in Iran. This is the first study that presents an ANN-FLR approach for car ownership forecasting capable of handling complexity and non-linearity, uncertainty, pre-processing, and post-processing
  5. Keywords:
  6. Artificial neural network (ANN) ; Complexity ; Fuzzy linear regression (FLR) ; Iran ; Uncertainty ; Car ownership ; Fuzzy linear regression ; Linear regression ; Neural networks ; Optimization ; Population distribution ; Population dynamics ; Population statistics ; Sensitivity analysis ; Forecasting ; Artificial neural network ; Estimation method ; Forecasting method ; Fuzzy mathematics ; Regression analysis ; Uncertainty analysis ; Variance analysis
  7. Source: Transportation Planning and Technology ; Volume 35, Issue 2 , 2012 , Pages 221-240 ; 03081060 (ISSN)
  8. URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03081060.2011.651887