LPG/LNG Gemilerinin Ana Makine Güç Tahmini için Yapay Sinir Ağı Modelinin Eğitim Aşamasında GA ve PSO Algoritmalarının Performans Analizi

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 4, 1863 - 1881, 16.09.2025

Samet Gürgen

https://doi.org/10.47495/okufbed.1660567

Abstract

Ülkelerin LPG/LNG gibi alternatif enerji kaynaklarına olan talebinin artmasıyla birlikte LPG/LNG gemilerinin üretimi de artmıştır. Sıvılaştırılmış gaz taşıyıcıları olarak bilinen bu gemilerin kendilerine özgü özellikleri ve tasarımları bulunmaktadır. Ayrıca tehlikeli yük taşımaları nedeniyle yüksek güvenlik standartları dikkate alınarak tasarlanmaktadırlar. Ana makine için gereken gücün belirlenmesi, tasarım sürecinin ilk aşamalarında önemli adımlardan biridir. Bu çalışmada, yapay sinir ağları (YSA) kullanılarak LPG/LNG gemileri için ana makine tahmin modeli üretilmiştir. YSA eğitim sürecinde temel geri yayılım algoritması (BP) ve Levenberg–Marquardt (LM) algoritmalarına ek olarak son yıllarda giderek popülerlik kazanan ve çeşitli disiplinlerde başarıyla uygulanan sezgisel algoritmalar da kullanılmıştır. Bu bağlamda en popüler algoritmalar olan Genetik Algoritma (GA) ve Parçacık Sürü Optimizasyonu (PSO) ile de YSA eğitimi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, tahmin modeli eğitiminde sezgisel algoritmaların performansını araştırmaktır. Sonuçlar, sezgiler algoritmalar açısından PSO algoritmasının üstünlüğü göstermiştir. PSO algoritması gradyan tabanlı algoritmaları ile karşılaştırıldığında BP algoritmasına göre üstün çıkarken, LM algoritmasından daha kötü bir performans göstermiştir. LM ile eğitilen ANN modeliyle küresel bir çözüm elde edilmiş fakat sonuçların istatistiksel analizi, LM algoritmasının standart sapmasının yüksek olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Buna karşılık, PSO algoritması tutarlı bir şekilde daha düşük bir standart sapma değeriyle makul sonuçlar üretmiştir. Friedman testi sonuçları da PSO algoritmasının LM ile rekabet edeceğini göstermiştir.

Keywords

LPG/LNG gemileri , Ana makine güç tahmini , Yapay sinir ağı , Öğrenme algoritması , Algoritma performansı

Performance Analysis of GA and PSO Algorithms in Training Phase of Artificial Neural Network Model for Estimating Main Engine Power of LPG/LNG Ships

Abstract

The production of LPG/LNG ships has also increased with the increasing demand for alternative energy sources such as LPG/LNG in countries. These ships, known as liquefied gas carriers, have their own characteristics and designs. In addition, they are designed by taking into account high safety standards because they carry dangerous cargo. Determining the required power for the main engine is one of the important steps in the initial stages of the design process. In this study, a main engine prediction model for LPG/LNG ships was produced using artificial neural networks (ANN). In the ANN training process, in addition to the basic backpropagation algorithm (BP) and Levenberg–Marquardt (LM) algorithms, heuristic algorithms, which have become increasingly popular in recent years and have been successfully applied in various disciplines, were also used. In this context, ANN training was also carried out with the most popular algorithms, Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). The main purpose of this study is to investigate the performance of heuristic algorithms in prediction model training. The results showed the superiority of the PSO algorithm among the intuitive algorithms. When comparing PSO with gradient-based algorithms, the PSO algorithm was superior to the BP algorithm, but performed worse than the LM algorithm. A global solution was obtained with the ANN model trained with LM, but the statistical analysis of the results revealed that the standard deviation of the LM algorithm was high. In contrast, the PSO algorithm consistently produced reasonable results with a lower standard deviation value. The Friedman test results also showed that the PSO algorithm would compete with LM.

Keywords

LPG/LNG ships , Main engine power prediction , Artificial neural network , Learning algorithm , Algorithm performance

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