The data collected from modern industrial processes always have nonlinear and dynamic characteristics. The recently developed deep neural network method, stacked denoising auto‐encoder (SDAE), can extract robust nonlinear latent variables from data against noise. However, it leaves the dynamic relationship unconsidered. To solve this problem, a novel algorithm named the recursive stacked denoising auto‐encoder (RSDAE) is proposed. To learn the dynamic relationship, the RSDAE focuses on the predictability of the latent variables in the recurrence to contain the most dynamic variations. After the dynamic variations are extracted by the RSDAE, there is little autocorrelation left in the residuals. Then, the residuals can be monitored by principal component analysis (PCA). For the purpose of process monitoring, corresponding fault detection statistics are developed based on the RSDAE. Finally, a numerical case and the Tennessee Eastman process benchmark are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
Understanding and accurately predicting within-field spatial variability of crop yield play a key role in site-specific management of crop inputs such as irrigation water and fertilizer for optimized crop production. However, such a task is challenged by the complex interaction between crop growth and environmental and managerial factors, such as climate, soil conditions, tillage, and irrigation. In this paper, we present a novel Spatial-temporal Multi-Task Learning algorithms for within-field crop yield prediction in west Texas from 2001 to 2003. This algorithm integrates multiple heterogeneous data sources to learn different features simultaneously, and to aggregate spatial-temporal features by introducing a weighted regularizer to the loss functions. Our comprehensive experimental results consistently outperform the results of other conventional methods, and suggest a promising approach, which improves the landscape of crop prediction research fields.
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