Applying genetic algorithm to extreme learning machine in prediction of tumbler index with principal component analysis for iron ore sintering

Abstract As a major burden of blast furnace, sinter mineral with desired quality performance needs to be produced in sinter plants. The tumbler index (TI) is one of the most important indices to characterize the quality of sinter, which depends on the raw materials proportion, operating system param...

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Main Author: Senhui Wang
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88755-1
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description Abstract As a major burden of blast furnace, sinter mineral with desired quality performance needs to be produced in sinter plants. The tumbler index (TI) is one of the most important indices to characterize the quality of sinter, which depends on the raw materials proportion, operating system parameters and the chemical compositions. To accurately predict TI, an integrate model is proposed in this study. First, to decrease the data dimensionality, the sintering production data is addressed through principal component analysis (PCA) and the principal components with the accumulated contribution rate no more than 95% are extracted as the inputs of the predictive model based on Extreme Learning Machine (ELM). Second, the genetic algorithm (GA) has been applied to promote the improvement of the robustness and generalization performance of the original ELM. Finally, the model is examined using actual production data of a year from a sinter plant, and is compared with the algorithms of single ELM, GA-BP and deep learning method. A comparison is conducted to confirm the superiority of the proposed model with two traditional models. The results showed that an improvement in predictive accuracy can be obtained by the GA-ELM approach, and the accuracy of TI prediction is 81.85% for absolute error under 0.7%.
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spelling doaj-art-2a95b0ae351e45c8abc12afbaa545db32025-02-09T12:28:23ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-02-0115111910.1038/s41598-025-88755-1Applying genetic algorithm to extreme learning machine in prediction of tumbler index with principal component analysis for iron ore sinteringSenhui Wang0School of Mechatronic Engineering, Anhui University of Science and TechnologyAbstract As a major burden of blast furnace, sinter mineral with desired quality performance needs to be produced in sinter plants. The tumbler index (TI) is one of the most important indices to characterize the quality of sinter, which depends on the raw materials proportion, operating system parameters and the chemical compositions. To accurately predict TI, an integrate model is proposed in this study. First, to decrease the data dimensionality, the sintering production data is addressed through principal component analysis (PCA) and the principal components with the accumulated contribution rate no more than 95% are extracted as the inputs of the predictive model based on Extreme Learning Machine (ELM). Second, the genetic algorithm (GA) has been applied to promote the improvement of the robustness and generalization performance of the original ELM. Finally, the model is examined using actual production data of a year from a sinter plant, and is compared with the algorithms of single ELM, GA-BP and deep learning method. A comparison is conducted to confirm the superiority of the proposed model with two traditional models. The results showed that an improvement in predictive accuracy can be obtained by the GA-ELM approach, and the accuracy of TI prediction is 81.85% for absolute error under 0.7%.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88755-1Genetic algorithmExtreme learning machinePrincipal component analysisTumbler indexSintering
spellingShingle Senhui Wang
Applying genetic algorithm to extreme learning machine in prediction of tumbler index with principal component analysis for iron ore sintering
Scientific Reports
Genetic algorithm
Extreme learning machine
Principal component analysis
Tumbler index
Sintering
title Applying genetic algorithm to extreme learning machine in prediction of tumbler index with principal component analysis for iron ore sintering
title_full Applying genetic algorithm to extreme learning machine in prediction of tumbler index with principal component analysis for iron ore sintering
title_fullStr Applying genetic algorithm to extreme learning machine in prediction of tumbler index with principal component analysis for iron ore sintering
title_full_unstemmed Applying genetic algorithm to extreme learning machine in prediction of tumbler index with principal component analysis for iron ore sintering
title_short Applying genetic algorithm to extreme learning machine in prediction of tumbler index with principal component analysis for iron ore sintering
title_sort applying genetic algorithm to extreme learning machine in prediction of tumbler index with principal component analysis for iron ore sintering
topic Genetic algorithm
Extreme learning machine
Principal component analysis
Tumbler index
Sintering
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88755-1
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