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    Citation - WoS: 21
    Citation - Scopus: 34
    An Artificial Neural Network Model for Road Accident Prediction: a Case Study of a Developing Country
    (Budapest Tech, 2014) Ogwueleka, Francisca Nonyelum; Misra, Sanjay; Ogwueleka, Toochukwu Chibueze; Fernandez-Sanz, L.; Computer Engineering
    Road traffic accidents (RTA) are one of the major root causes of the unnatural loses of human beings all over the world. Although the rates of RTAs are decreasing in most developed countries, this is not the case in developing countries. The increase in the number of vehicles and inefficient drivers on the road, as well as to the poor conditions and maintenance of the roads, are responsible for this crisis in developing countries. In this paper, we produce a design of an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model for the analysis and prediction of accident rates in a developing country. We apply the most recent (1998 to 2010) data to our model. In the design, the number of vehicles, accidents, and population were selected and used as model parameters. The sigmoid and linear functions were used as activation functions with the feed forward-back propagation algorithm. The performance evaluation of the model signified that the ANN model is better than other statistical methods in use.
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    Citation - WoS: 10
    Citation - Scopus: 14
    A Neural Network Model for the Assessment of Partners' Performance in Virtual Enterprises
    (Springer London Ltd, 2007) Sari, Burak; Amaitik, Saleh; Kilic, S. Engin
    In response to increasing international competition, enterprises have been investigating new ways of cooperating with each other to cope with today's unpredictable market behaviour. Advanced developments in information & communication technology (ICT) enabled reliable and fast cooperation to support real-time alliances. In this context, the virtual enterprise (VE) represents an appropriate cooperation alternative and competitive advantage for the enterprises. VE is a temporary network of independent companies or enterprises that can quickly bring together a set of core competencies to take advantage of market opportunity. In this emerging business model of VE, the key to enhancing the quality of decision making in the partner companies' performance evaluation function is to take advantage of the powerful computer-related concepts, tools and technique that have become available in the last few years. This paper attempts to introduce a neural network model, which is able to contribute to the extrapolation of the probable outcomes based on available pattern of events in a virtual enterprise. Quality, delivery and progress were selected as determinant factors effecting the performance assessment. Considering the features of partner performance assessment and neural network models, a back-propagation neural network that includes a two hidden layers was used to evaluate the partner performance.