Solubility prediction of gases in polymers using fuzzy neural network based on particle swarm optimization algorithm and clustering method

摘要

A four-layer fuzzy neural network (FNN) model combining particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm and clustering method is proposed to predict the solubility of gases in polymers, hereafter called the CPSO-FNN, which combined fuzzy theory's better adaptive ability, neural network's capability of nonlinear and PSO algorithm's global search ability. In this article, the CPSO-FNN model has been employed to investigate solubility of CO_2 in polystyrene, N_2 in polystyrene, and CO_2 in polypropylene, respectively. Results obtained in this work indicate that the proposed CPSO-FNN is an effective method for the prediction of gases solubility in polymers. Meanwhile, compared with traditional FNN, this method shows a better performance on predicting gases solubility in polymers. The values of average relative deviation, squared correlation coefficient (R~2) and standard deviation are 0.135, 0.9936, and 0.0302, respectively. The statistical data demonstrate that the CPSO-FNN has an outstanding prediction accuracy and an excellent correlation between prediction values and experimental data.