The classification of images, in many cases, is applied to identify an alphanumeric string, a facial expression or any other characteristic. In the case of satellite images is necessary to classify all the pixels of the image. This article describes a supervised classification method for remote sensing images that integrates the importance of attributes in selecting features with the efficiency of artificial neural networks in the classification process, resulting in high accuracy for real images. The method consists of a texture segmentation based on Gabor filtering followed by an image classification itself with an application of a multi layer artificial neural network with a back propagation algorithm. The method was first applied to a synthetic image, like training, and then applied to a satellite image. Some results of experiments are presented in detail and discussed. The application of the method to the synthetic image resulted in the identification of 89.05% of the pixels of the image, while applying to the satellite image resulted in the identification of 85.15% of the pixels. The result for the satellite image can be considered a result of high accuracy.
Neural networks are well suited to predict future results of time series for various data types. This paper proposes a hybrid neural network model to describe the results of the database of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). This hybrid model brings together a self organizing map (SOM) with a multilayer perceptron with back propagation algorithm (MLP-BP). The SOM aims to segment the database into different clusters, where the differences between them are highlighted. The MLP-BP is used to construct a descriptive mathematical model that describes the relationship between the indicators and the closing value of each cluster. The model was developed from a database consisting of the NYSE Composite US 100 Index over the period of 2 April 2004 to 31 December 2015. As input variables for neural networks, ten technical financial indicators were used. The model results were fairly accurate, with a mean absolute percentage error varying between 0.16% and 0.38%.
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