Title
Optimization the initial weights of artificial neural networks via genetic algorithm applied to hip bone fracture prediction
Abstract
This paper aims to find the optimal set of initial weights to enhance the accuracy of artificial neural networks (ANNs) by using genetic algorithms (GA). The sample in this study included 228 patients with first low-trauma hip fracture and 215 patients without hip fracture, both of them were interviewed with 78 questions. We used logistic regression to select 5 important factors (i.e., bone mineral density, experience of fracture, average hand grip strength, intake of coffee, and peak expiratory flow rate) for building artificial neural networks to predict the probabilities of hip fractures. Three-layer (one hidden layer) ANNs models with back-propagation training algorithms were adopted. The purpose in this paper is to find the optimal initial weights of neural networks via genetic algorithm to improve the predictability. Area under the ROC curve (AUC) was used to assess the performance of neural networks. The study results showed the genetic algorithm obtained an AUC of 0.858 ± 0.00493 on modeling data and 0.802±0.03318 on testing data. They were slightly better than the results of our previous study (0.868±0.00387 and 0.796±0.02559, resp.). Thus, the preliminary study for only using simple GA has been proved to be effective for improving the accuracy of artificial neural networks.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1155/2012/951247
Adv. Fuzzy Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
initial weight,anns model,low-trauma hip fracture,hip fracture,previous study,neural network,genetic algorithm,back-propagation training algorithm,hip bone fracture prediction,study result,artificial neural network,preliminary study
Hip fracture,Data modeling,Predictability,Test data,Artificial intelligence,Artificial neural network,Logistic regression,Machine learning,Mathematics,Genetic algorithm,Hip bone
Journal
Volume
Citations 
PageRank 
2012,
3
0.46
References 
Authors
13
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yu-Tzu Chang1161.25
Jinn Lin2101.97
Jiann Shing Shieh322428.44
Maysam F. Abbod422428.14