Design and control of warehouse order picking: A literature review

One of the most exciting tools that have entered the material science toolbox in recent years is machine learning. This collection of statistical methods has already proved to be capable of considerably speeding up both fundamental and applied research. At present, we are witnessing an explosion of works that develop and apply machine learning to solid-state systems. We provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of the most recent research in this topic. As a starting point, we introduce machine learning principles, algorithms, descriptors, and databases in materials science. We continue with the description of different machine learning approaches for the discovery of stable materials and the prediction of their crystal structure. Then we discuss research in numerous quantitative structure–property relationships and various approaches for the replacement of first-principle methods by machine learning. We review how active learning and surrogate-based optimization can be applied to improve the rational design process and related examples of applications. Two major questions are always the interpretability of and the physical understanding gained from machine learning models. We consider therefore the different facets of interpretability and their importance in materials science. Finally, we propose solutions and future research paths for various challenges in computational materials science.

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Recent advances and applications of machine learning in solid-state materials science

Machine-learning models have demonstrated great success in learning complex patterns that enable them to make predictions about unobserved data. In addition to using models for prediction, the ability to interpret what a model has learned is receiving an increasing amount of attention. However, this increased focus has led to considerable confusion about the notion of interpretability. In particular, it is unclear how the wide array of proposed interpretation methods are related and what common concepts can be used to evaluate them. We aim to address these concerns by defining interpretability in the context of machine learning and introducing the predictive, descriptive, relevant (PDR) framework for discussing interpretations. The PDR framework provides 3 overarching desiderata for evaluation: predictive accuracy, descriptive accuracy, and relevancy, with relevancy judged relative to a human audience. Moreover, to help manage the deluge of interpretation methods, we introduce a categorization of existing techniques into model-based and post hoc categories, with subgroups including sparsity, modularity, and simulatability. To demonstrate how practitioners can use the PDR framework to evaluate and understand interpretations, we provide numerous real-world examples. These examples highlight the often underappreciated role played by human audiences in discussions of interpretability. Finally, based on our framework, we discuss limitations of existing methods and directions for future work. We hope that this work will provide a common vocabulary that will make it easier for both practitioners and researchers to discuss and choose from the full range of interpretation methods.

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Definitions, methods, and applications in interpretable machine learning.

Support vector machine (SVM) is a popular pattern classification method with many diverse applications. Kernel parameter setting in the SVM training procedure, along with the feature selection, significantly influences the classification accuracy. This study simultaneously determines the parameter values while discovering a subset of features, without reducing SVM classification accuracy. A particle swarm optimization (PSO) based approach for parameter determination and feature selection of the SVM, termed PSO+SVM, is developed. Several public datasets are employed to calculate the classification accuracy rate in order to evaluate the developed PSO+SVM approach. The developed approach was compared with grid search, which is a conventional method of searching parameter values, and other approaches. Experimental results demonstrate that the classification accuracy rates of the developed approach surpass those of grid search and many other approaches, and that the developed PSO+SVM approach has a similar result to GA+SVM. Therefore, the PSO+SVM approach is valuable for parameter determination and feature selection in an SVM.

https://romisatriawahono.net/lecture/rm/paper/Lin%20-%20Parameter%20determination%20and%20feature%20selection%20for%20SVM%20by%20PSO%20-%202009.pdf

Particle swarm optimization for parameter determination and feature selection of support vector machines

The nature of manufacturing systems faces ever more complex, dynamic and at times even chaotic behaviors. In order to being able to satisfy the demand for high-quality products in an efficient manner, it is essential to utilize all means available. One area, which saw fast pace developments in terms of not only promising results but also usability, is machine learning. Promising an answer to many of the old and new challenges of manufacturing, machine learning is widely discussed by researchers and practitioners alike. However, the field is very broad and even confusing which presents a challenge and a barrier hindering wide application. Here, this paper contributes in presenting an overview of available machine learning techniques and structuring this rather complicated area. A special focus is laid on the potential benefit, and examples of successful applications in a manufacturing environment.

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Machine learning in manufacturing: advantages, challenges, and applications

Support Vector Machines, one of the new techniques for pattern classification, have been widely used in many application areas. The kernel parameters setting for SVM in a training process impacts on the classification accuracy. Feature selection is another factor that impacts classification accuracy. The objective of this research is to simultaneously optimize the parameters and feature subset without degrading the SVM classification accuracy. We present a genetic algorithm approach for feature selection and parameters optimization to solve this kind of problem. We tried several real-world datasets using the proposed GA-based approach and the Grid algorithm, a traditional method of performing parameters searching. Compared with the Grid algorithm, our proposed GA-based approach significantly improves the classification accuracy and has fewer input features for support vector machines. q 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

http://romisatriawahono.net/lecture/rm/paper/Huang%20-%20A%20GA-based%20feature%20selection%20and%20parameters%20optimizationfor%20SVM%20-%202006.pdf

A GA-based feature selection and parameters optimizationfor support vector machines

The credit card industry has been growing rapidly recently, and thus huge numbers of consumers' credit data are collected by the credit department of the bank. The credit scoring manager often evaluates the consumer's credit with intuitive experience. However, with the support of the credit classification model, the manager can accurately evaluate the applicant's credit score. Support Vector Machine (SVM) classification is currently an active research area and successfully solves classification problems in many domains. This study used three strategies to construct the hybrid SVM-based credit scoring models to evaluate the applicant's credit score from the applicant's input features. Two credit datasets in UCI database are selected as the experimental data to demonstrate the accuracy of the SVM classifier. Compared with neural networks, genetic programming, and decision tree classifiers, the SVM classifier achieved an identical classificatory accuracy with relatively few input features. Additionally, combining genetic algorithms with SVM classifier, the proposed hybrid GA-SVM strategy can simultaneously perform feature selection task and model parameters optimization. Experimental results show that SVM is a promising addition to the existing data mining methods.

http://nlg.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjwang/publications/Credit%20Card%20Scoring%20with%20a%20Data%20Mining%20Approach%20Based%20on%20Support%20Vector%20Machine.pdf

Credit scoring with a data mining approach based on support vector machines

Stock market price index prediction is regarded as a challenging task of the financial time series prediction process. Support vector regression (SVR) has successfully solved prediction problems in many domains, including the stock market. This paper hybridizes SVR with the self-organizing feature map (SOFM) technique and a filter-based feature selection to reduce the cost of training time and to improve prediction accuracies. The hybrid system conducts the following processes: filter-based feature selection to choose important input attributes; SOFM algorithm to cluster the training samples; and SVR to predict the stock market price index. The proposed model was demonstrated using a real future dataset - Taiwan index futures (FITX) to predict the next day's price index. The experiment results show that the proposed SOFM-SVR is an improvement over the traditional single SVR in average prediction accuracy and training time.

A hybrid SOFM-SVR with a filter-based feature selection for stock market forecasting

Breast cancer is a serious problem for the young women of Taiwan. Some medical researches have proved that DNA viruses are one of the high-risk factors closely related to human cancers. Five DNA viruses are studied in this research: specific types of HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus type 1), EBV (Epstein-Barr virus), CMV (cytomegalovirus), HPV (human papillomavirus), and HHV-8 (human herpesvirus-8). The purposes of this study are to obtain the bioinformatics about breast tumor and DNA viruses, and to build an accurate diagnosis model about breast cancer and fibroadenoma. Research efforts have reported with increasing confirmation that the support vector machine (SVM) has a greater accurate diagnosis ability. Therefore, this study constructs a hybrid SVM-based strategy with feature selection to render a diagnosis between the breast cancer and fibroadenoma and to find the important risk factor for breast cancer. The results show that {HSV-1, HHV-8} or {HSV-1, HHV-8, CMV} are the most important features and that the diagnosis model achieved high classification accuracy, at 86% of average overall hit rate. A Linear discriminate analysis (LDA) diagnosis model is also constructed in this study. The LDA model shows that {HSV-1, HHV-8, EBV} or {HSV-1, HHV-8} are significant factors which are similar to that of the SVM-based classifier. However, the classificatory accuracy of the SVM-based classifier is slightly better than that of LDA in the negative hit ratio, positive hit ratio, and overall hit ratio.

https://ir.nctu.edu.tw:443/bitstream/11536/9849/1/000250295300058.pdf

Prediction model building and feature selection with support vector machines in breast cancer diagnosis

This paper considers the problem of constructing order batches for distribution centers using a data mining technique. With the advent of supply chain management, distribution centers fulfill a strategic role of achieving the logistics objectives of shorter cycle times, lower inventories, lower costs and better customer service. Many companies consider both their cost effectiveness and market proficiency to depend primarily on efficient logistics management. Warehouse management system (WMS) presently is considered a key to strengthening company logistics. Order picking is routine in distribution centers. Before picking a large set of orders, effectively grouping orders into batches can accelerate product movement within the storage zone. The order batching procedure has to be implemented in WMS and may be run online many times daily. The literature has proposed numerous batching heuristics for minimizing travel distance or travel time. This paper presents a clustering procedure for an order batching problem in a distribution center with a parallel-aisle layout. A data mining technique of association rule mining is adopted to develop the order clustering approach. Performance comparisons between the developed approach and existing heuristics are given for various problems.

https://isiarticles.com/bundles/Article/pre/pdf/22060.pdf

Cheng-Lung Huang

Papers

A GA-based feature selection and parameters optimizationfor support vector machines

Credit scoring with a data mining approach based on support vector machines

A hybrid SOFM-SVR with a filter-based feature selection for stock market forecasting

Prediction model building and feature selection with support vector machines in breast cancer diagnosis

Aggregation of orders in distribution centers using data mining