Customer demand prediction of service-oriented manufacturing using the least square support vector machine optimized by particle swarm optimization algorithm. Issue 7 (3rd July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cao, Jin; Jiang, Zhibin; Wang, Kangzhou
• Is Part Of: Engineering optimization. Volume 49:Issue 7(2017)
• Page Start: 1197
• Page End: 1210
• Publication Date: 2017-07-03
• Subjects: Customer demand prediction -- service-oriented manufacturing -- particle swarm optimization -- hybrid kernel -- least square support vector machine; Engineering design -- Periodicals; Mathematical optimization -- Periodicals; 620.0042
• DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2016.1245729
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0305-215X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Many nonlinear customer satisfaction-related factors significantly influence the future customer demand for service-oriented manufacturing (SOM). To address this issue and enhance the prediction accuracy, this article develops a novel customer demand prediction approach for SOM. The approach combines the phase space reconstruction (PSR) technique with the optimized least square support vector machine (LSSVM). First, the prediction sample space is reconstructed by the PSR to enrich the time-series dynamics of the limited data sample. Then, the generalization and learning ability of the LSSVM are improved by the hybrid polynomial and radial basis function kernel. Finally, the key parameters of the LSSVM are optimized by the particle swarm optimization algorithm. In a real case study, the customer demand prediction of an air conditioner compressor is implemented. Furthermore, the effectiveness and validity of the proposed approach are demonstrated by comparison with other classical predication approaches.