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Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System-Based Modelling of Cotton Yarn Properties
Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System-Based Modelling of Cotton Yarn Properties
Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System-Based Modelling of Cotton Yarn Properties
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s40034-021-00217-1
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Abstract In this paper, an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference for prediction of diverse yarn quality characteristics while
system (ANFIS) is developed for effective prediction of treating fibre properties as the input variables.
yarn tenacity and unevenness based on a set of six input
cotton fibre properties, i.e. fibre strength, fibre elongation, Keywords Prediction ANFIS Cotton fibre Yarn
upper half mean length, uniformity index, fineness and Surface plot
short fibre content. The ANFIS model integrates the
advantageous features of both the systems of fuzzy control
and neural network. A neural network is applied with Introduction
learning and computational capability in fuzzy control. On
the other hand, fuzzy control provides high level of The textile process, involving yarn manufacturing, fabric
knowledge and fuzzy rules for use in the neural network. manufacturing or wet processing, usually consists of a
Using a past experimental dataset, the developed ANFIS large number of variables related to its various operations,
model is trained and subsequently tested to envisage yarn input materials and processing conditions which are sup-
tenacity and unevenness values. Its prediction performance posed to interact with each other and influence the corre-
is validated with respect to five statistical metrics, i.e. sponding end products. In a textile industry, there is always
correlation coefficient, mean absolute percentage error, an endeavour to manufacture products with the most
root-mean-square error, coefficient of efficiency and vari- desired levels of quality characteristics. These target
ance performance index, and is also contrasted against quality levels can only be achieved if the effects of various
other prediction tools, like multivariate regression analysis, input variables on the outputs can be studied and estab-
artificial neural network, fuzzy logic and support vector lished beforehand. But, this type of complex relationship
machine. Based on their acceptable values, it can be con- between the processing/input variables and dependant
cluded that the ANFIS models can be effectively employed (output) variables is quite difficult to develop due to high
variability in the input parameters, difficulty in accurately
measuring some of the outputs, varying processing stages,
and lack of control and monitoring of the production pro-
cesses. In this direction, knowledge of human experts can
be sought, but again, they have to recollect all the process-
related information under strained environment. When a
& Shankar Chakraborty process involves large numbers of input parameters and
s_chakraborty00@yahoo.co.in product characteristics, it becomes quite impractical for the
1 human experts to establish the exact input–output rela-
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sikkim Manipal
Institute of Technology, Sikkim Manipal University, Majitar, tionship between the considered variables. It has also been
Sikkim, India observed that in textile industry, the existent relationships
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Department of Production Engineering, Jadavpur University, between fibre, process and yarn parameters are highly
Kolkata, India nonlinear, complex and interactive [1].
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Yu [15] applied ANN and SVM to predict unevenness, requirements, the set of input variables (fibre properties)
hairiness, tenacity and elongation of ring and compact spun has also been varied. In this direction, two ANFIS models
yarns. It was revealed that the SVM-based models using were developed by Majumdar et al. [5] and Majumdar [9].
radial basis function and universal kernel would outper- In the first model, yarn strength was predicted using fibre
form ANN model with respect to prediction accuracy. A bundle tenacity, fibre elongation, UHML, uniformity index,
hybrid model based on ANN and genetic algorithm (GA) micronaire, reflectance degree, yellowness and yarn count
was developed by Das et al. [16] to envisage yarn tenacity as the input variables. On the other hand, in the second
and unevenness based on six cotton fibre properties. A model, mean length, short fibre content, maturity and yarn
constrained optimization problem was subsequently solved linear density were treated as the input variables to envis-
using GA to single out the best combination of fibre age yarn hairiness. Although different prediction models
properties to achieve the target yarn qualities. Fallahpour have been employed by the past researchers to envisage
and Moghassem [17] compared the prediction performance yarn properties based on varying fibre characteristics, there
of ANFIS and gene expression programming models while is lack of a concrete research work to conduct a compar-
predicting breaking strength of rotor spun yarns. Using ative analysis on the prediction accuracy of the considered
feed forward ANN technique, Özkan et al. [18] attempted models using a single set of experimental data based on
to predict yarn breaking strength and elongation, and various statistical measures.
studied the influences of some identified intermingling Thus, while identifying the research gap based on the
process parameters on those two yarn properties. Dashti literature survey, this paper contributes to the followings:
et al. [19] employed ANN for tenacity modelling of cotton
(a) Development of two ANFIS models for simultaneous
yarn and later applied GA technique to determine the
prediction of yarn tenacity and unevenness using fibre
optimal values of the input parameters for effective yarn
strength, fibre elongation, UHML, uniformity index,
production. Fuzzy logic system was also employed to
fineness and short fibre content as the input cotton
predict ring spun yarn tensile properties using non-corre-
fibre properties,
lated High Volume Instrument (HVI) fibre properties and
(b) Identification of the best membership function among
its accuracy was measured with respect to some selected
triangular, trapezoidal, Gaussian and generalized bell
performance indexes [20]. Malik et al. [21] applied ANN
to suitably represent the input variables in the
and multiple linear regression techniques to predict
developed ANFIS models,
tenacity and unevenness of blended ring spun yarns while
(c) Validation of the prediction performance of the
treating blend ratio, twist multiplier, back roller hardness
ANFIS models with respect to five statistical metrics,
and break draft ratio as the input parameters. The predic-
i.e. correlation coefficient (R), mean absolute per cent
tion performance of ANN-based model was identified to be
error (MAPE), root-mean-square error (RMSE), coef-
superior to that of multiple linear regression technique. The
ficient of efficiency (E) and variance performance
application of a grey fuzzy logic-based approach was
index (VPI),
presented by Chakraborty et al. [22] in identifying the most
(d) Verification of the prediction accuracy of the ANFIS
appropriate cotton fibre from a set of 17 candidate alter-
models with minimum reduced dataset,
natives based on six fibre properties. A grey wolf opti-
(e) Development of the surface plots portraying influ-
mizer-based NN simulator was developed by Hadavandi
ences of the considered fibre properties on yarn
et al. [23] to predict siro-spun yarn tensile strength. The
tenacity and unevenness,
response surface methodology (RSM) was also applied to
(f) Identification of the most statistically significant
identify the appropriate combination of fibre and yarn
cotton fibre properties influencing yarn tenacity and
linear densities for achieving the optimal yarn strength. El-
unevenness based on analysis of variance (ANOVA)
Geiheini et al. [24] proposed the application of image
results, and.
processing and ANNs to model yarn tenacity and elonga-
(g) Comparison of prediction performance of the ANFIS
tion for cotton and blended yarns. It was concluded that the
models with other tools, like multivariate regression
application of image enhancement integrated with ANN
analysis, fuzzy logic, ANN and SVM with respect to
would provide better prediction results.
the identified statistical measures.
The review of the past literature reveals that several
intelligent soft computing tools, mainly in the form of
ANN and SVM, have been deployed for prediction of ring
as well as rotor spun yarn characteristics. Depending on the
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ANFIS Model nonlinear parameters, and fi(x,y) is the output of the first-
order Sugeno fuzzy inference system. The architecture of
An ANFIS is a hybrid predictive model which integrates ANFIS model is exhibited in Fig. 1.
the adaptive capability of ANNs and qualitative rule-based In the fuzzy layer, x and y are the input nodes, and A1,
reasoning of fuzzy logic [25, 26]. It harnesses the advan- B1, A2 and B2 are the linguistic labels in the fuzzy theory
tageous features of both ANNs and fuzzy logic while uti- (like low or high) for deriving the membership function.
lizing the mathematical properties of ANNs in tuning the This layer consists of adaptive nodes with the following
rule-based fuzzy systems to approximate the human rea- node functions:
soning approach. In this model, an ANN is employed with O1;i ¼ lAi ðxÞ for i ¼ 1; 2 ð1Þ
the learning and computing capabilities in fuzzy logic,
whereas, fuzzy logic provides the advanced expert O1;i ¼ lBi2 ðyÞ for i ¼ 3; 4 ð2Þ
knowledge and fuzzy principles for use by the ANN. The where l(x) and l(y) are the parameterized membership
integration of ANNs and fuzzy logic in ANFIS architecture functions which usually follow bell shape with the
makes it more systematic and less dependent on human maximum and minimum values as 1 and 0, respectively.
expertise. It basically provides the mapping relation With the changing parameter values, the bell-shaped
between the input and output data while employing a function varies accordingly, thereby allowing various
hybrid learning method to determine the optimal distribu- forms of the membership function for fuzzy set.
tion of membership functions. The ANFIS architecture
1
consists of five layers, i.e. fuzzy layer, product layer, nor- lðxÞ ¼ h ib1 ð3Þ
malization layer, defuzzification layer and total output ðx ci Þ2
1þ a2i
layer, with each layer consisting of several nodes described
by the corresponding node function [27]. The inputs to a where ai, bi and ci are the parameter set. These are also
specific layer are derived from the nodes of the previous known as premise parameters.
layer. In this architecture, a fixed node is represented by a In the product node, every node is a fixed node, with the
circle, whereas, an adaptive node (where the parameters are node function to be multiplied by the input signals to serve
modified during adaptation or training) is denoted by a as output.
square. In order to demonstrate the working principle of O2;i ¼ wi ¼ lAi ðxÞ lBi ðyÞ for i ¼ 1; 2 ð4Þ
ANFIS model, it is assumed that there are two inputs (x and
y) and one output (fi). As it employs the first-order Sugeno where wi represents the firing strength of a rule.
fuzzy inference system, the corresponding rules can be Every node in the third layer is a fixed node, having the
framed as follows [28, 29]: node function to normalize the firing strength while com-
Rule 1: If x is A1 and y is B1, then z is puting the ratio of the ith node firing strength to the sum of
f1(x,y) = p1x ? q1y ? r1. all rules’ firing strength.
Rule 2: If x is A2 and y is B2, then z is wi
O3;i ¼ wi ¼ P for i ¼ 1; 2 ð5Þ
f2(x,y) = p2x ? q2y ? r2. wi
where p1, q1, r1, p2, q2 and r2 are the linear parameters
In the fourth layer, every node is an adaptive node. The
(consequent parameters), A1, B1, A2 and B2 are the
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defuzzification relationship between the input and output of inference system, mechanism of the fuzzy inference system
this layer can be expressed as follows: and defuzzification process. In this paper, generalized bell
O4;i ¼ wi fi ¼ wi ðpi x þ qi y þ ri Þ for i ¼ 1; 2 ð6Þ is selected as the membership function for the input vari-
ables due to its higher reliability, robustness and capability
The last layer of ANFIS model consists of a fixed node, to represent the input–output relationships more efficiently.
with node function to compute the overall output as: Besides the generalized bell function, triangular, trape-
X w1 w1 zoidal and Gaussian can also be adopted as the membership
O5;i ¼ wi fi ¼ f1 þ
i
w1 þ w2 w 1 þ w2 functions for the input variables in ANFIS model. Figure 3
ð7Þ represents a typical generalized bell membership function,
f2 ¼ ðw1 xÞp1 þ ðw1 yÞq1 þ ðw1 Þr1
and the ANFIS architecture along with the related training
þ ðw2 xÞp2 þ ðw2 yÞq2 þ ðw2 Þr2 parameters is provided in Table 2. The training of ANFIS
The ANFIS adopts a hybrid learning algorithm models is terminated after 500 iterations (epochs).
combining the gradient method with the least squares In these ANFIS models, as there are six input variables
method to update the parameter values. The consequent and membership function with three levels (low, medium
parameters are identified by the least squares estimate in and high), altogether 36 = 729 rules are framed for each of
the forward pass of the learning algorithm. On the other the considered yarn characteristics. The rule viewers
hand, the premise parameters are updated by the gradient developed for yarn tenacity and unevenness are, respec-
descent algorithm in the backward pass. tively, exhibited in Figs. 4 and 5. As mentioned earlier,
from the initial dataset with 36 observations, 10 are
employed for testing of the ANFIS models. The predicted
ANFIS-based Modelling of Cotton Yarn Properties values of yarn tenacity and unevenness are provided in
Table 3. It can be clearly noticed from the first row of the
Das et al. [16] employed a dataset of 36 types of cotton rule viewer in Fig. 4 that when fibre strength = 30.8 g/tex,
fibres and the corresponding carded yarns of 20’s Ne fibre elongation = 6.4%, UHML = 1.01 inch, uniformity
nominal count, and developed a hybrid ANN-GA model to index = 81.7%, fineness = 3.7 lg/inch and shirt fibre
predict the values of yarn tenacity and unevenness based on content = 6.8%, the predicted yarn tenacity is 15.6 g/tex,
six cotton fibre properties, i.e. fibre strength, fibre elonga- whereas, its actual value is 16.2 g/tex. For the same com-
tion, UHML, uniformity index, fineness and short fibre bination of input variables, the ANFIS model predicts the
content. The origin of this dataset is the cotton crop data unevenness of the yarn as 11.2% with its actual value as
published by the International Textile Centre of Texas 11.9%. The comparisons between the actual yarn tenacity
Tech University, USA in the year 1997–1998. In this paper, and unevenness values, and their predicted values are,
among 36 observations, 26 sets of data are randomly respectively, portrayed in Figs. 6 and 7. These figures re-
chosen and adopted for training of the developed ANFIS veal that there are close agreements between the actual and
models, whereas, the remaining 10 observations are treated predicted values for both the yarn characteristics under
as the testing dataset to validate the prediction performance consideration.
of the models. Thus, the training dataset, as shown in Now, the prediction performance of the developed
Table 1, consisting of six cotton fibre properties, and models is validated based on various statistical metrics.
tenacity and unevenness of the ring spun yarns, is Correlation coefficient (R) defines the degree of association
employed for ANFIS-based modelling and effective pre- between the actual and predicted yarn characteristics. The
diction of the considered yarn quality characteristics. It is mean percentage error of the predicted values as compared
worthwhile to mention here that in the ANFIS models, the to actual values is estimated using mean absolute per-
number of cotton fibre properties (features) used for pre- centage error (MAPE). The root-mean-square error
dicting the corresponding yarn tenacity and unevenness (RMSE) is widely utilized to define the goodness-of-fit of
values is set as six. Figure 2 depicts the input–output the developed model that best describes the average error
ANFIS model developed for this yarn property prediction in predicting the considered yarn characteristics. A smaller
problem. value of RSME indicates better performance of the model.
The MATLAB Neural Network Toolbox is employed The coefficient of efficiency (E) also evaluates the per-
here for training and testing of the ANFIS models. The formance of the models, and its value ranges between -?
membership functions for the input variables can be and 1. Higher value of E specifies better performance. The
selected from the fuzzy inference system. However, the capability of the model to take into account variation in the
choice of the most appropriate membership function data is measured using variance performance index (VPI).
depends on the number of rules developed in the fuzzy Usually, higher VPI is desired. The mathematical formu-
lations of these statistical metrics are presented as follows:
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1 30.8 6.4 1.01 81.7 3.7 6.8 16.2 15.6 11.9 11.2
2 28.4 6.3 1.02 80.3 4.3 10.2 14.1 14.2 13.1 13.2
3 28.7 6.2 1.02 80.7 3.8 8.7 16 15.6 12.1 12.7
4 28.9 6 1.07 81.1 4.6 7.7 15.2 15.4 11.9 12
5 28.7 6.7 1.05 81 4.4 11.8 17.9 17.5 14.1 13.9
6 29.5 6.4 1.02 81.9 4.8 7.2 15.4 14.7 12.1 11.2
7 30.2 6.7 1.06 82.8 4.3 5.6 16.7 16.3 11.1 11.6
8 30.3 6.1 1.1 81.6 4.6 8.4 15.7 15.8 12.4 12.1
9 29.1 6.9 1.05 83.2 4.6 8.6 15.8 15.9 10.9 11.2
10 28.6 6.1 1.04 82.4 4.2 10.8 14.3 13.8 13.6 13.7
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9 30.3 6.7 1.1 83.2 4.4 8.7 14.7 13.5 13.5 12.3
16 27.5 6.9 1.01 81.7 4.5 9.7 14.6 13.5 14.6 13.7
18 28.1 6.7 1.03 81.7 4.5 7.2 15.3 13.8 12.5 12.7
same taking it as the testing data. The results of Table 5 higher fineness and uniformity index are responsible for
again assure the satisfactory prediction performance of the having better yarn quality. These observations are in close
ANFIS models. congruence with those of Majumdar et al. [5] and
The ANFIS model-based surface plots presenting the Majumdar [9].
relationships between the cotton fibre properties and yarn
qualities are presented in Figs. 8 and 9. It can be noticed
from Fig. 8 that fibre elongation plays an important role for Comparison of the Prediction Performance
having higher yarn tenacity. On the other hand, higher
short fibre content leads to decreased yarn tenacity. For In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the developed
having better yarn tenacity, moderate UHML, uniformity ANFIS models over the other prediction tools, like
index and fineness values are always recommended. As regression analysis, fuzzy logic, ANN and SVM, two
expected, higher fibre strength is responsible for increased RSM-based regression equations highlighting the rela-
yarn tenacity. Similarly, from Fig. 9, it can be propounded tionships between yarn tenacity and unevenness, and six
that higher fibre elongation causes more unevenness in the cotton fibre properties are first developed based on the
manufactured yarn. Similarly, higher fibre strength and entire dataset. These two regression equations are later
UHML produce more uniform yarn. In the same direction, utilized for predicting the yarn properties for the testing
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Fig. 10 Six-input-two-output
fuzzy logic system
data. Tables 6 and 7, respectively, provide the ANOVA significant property (with p-value \ 0.05), and fineness
results for yarn tenacity and unevenness. It can be clearly and short fibre content (with p-values \ 0.05) maximally
noticed that for yarn tenacity, fibre strength is the most influence yarn unevenness.
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1 30.8 6.4 1.01 81.7 3.7 6.8 14.5418 12.4975 15.4 12.5 16.7229 13.2059 16.9321 13.112
2 28.4 6.3 1.02 80.3 4.3 10.2 14.3419 14.0186 14.6 13.9 14.208 13.004 14.8081 13.7582
3 28.7 6.2 1.02 80.7 3.8 8.7 14.2826 13.0145 14.5 12.4 15.3883 12.9781 15.5383 13.1181
4 28.9 6 1.07 81.1 4.6 7.7 13.3665 13.1819 15.3 12.8 14.9258 11.8495 15.7183 11.6548
5 28.7 6.7 1.05 81 4.4 11.8 15.4144 14.3192 16.8 13.6 16.5093 12.7816 16.8245 13.8715
6 29.5 6.4 1.02 81.9 4.8 7.2 13.5232 12.5487 15.1 12.8 15.041 12.3345 15.0113 12.5147
7 30.2 6.7 1.06 82.8 4.3 5.6 13.5438 12.5029 15 12.9 15.3305 12.4963 16.3122 12.3587
8 30.3 6.1 1.1 81.6 4.6 8.4 14.3913 12.8628 15.2 13 15.3016 13.8626 15.1201 11.7596
9 29.1 6.9 1.05 83.2 4.6 8.6 13.4228 12.674 14.8 11.8 15.1412 10.2883 14.9861 10.7684
10 28.6 6.1 1.04 82.4 4.2 10.8 14.0097 14.0708 14.7 14 15.2391 13.5623 15.1458 12.8254
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R 0.9072 0.7885 0.1934 0.7979 0.5436 0.7087 0.5610 0.3400 0.5855 0.5060
MAPE 2.2170 3.1712 10.5131 7.1734 4.9101 6.2775 4.1196 6.0940 4.1451 5.4139
RSME 0.4062 0.4648 1.9034 0.9737 0.9354 0.8491 0.7841 0.9352 0.6849 0.7638
E 0.8506 0.7696 2.2814 0.0112 0.2075 0.2310 0.4432 0.0672 0.5751 0.3777
VPI 0.9072 0.7713 0.1731 0.7578 0.5228 0.6816 0.5537 0.1739 0.5825 0.4466
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