Fast clustering of male lower body based on GA-BP neural network. Issue 2 (16th August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cheng, Pengpeng; Chen, Daoling; Wang, Jianping
• Is Part Of: International journal of clothing science and technology. Volume 32:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 163
• Page End: 176
• Publication Date: 2019-08-16
• Subjects: Clustering -- Male -- GA-BP -- K-means -- Lower body; Clothing and dress -- Periodicals; Textile fabrics -- Periodicals; 677
• DOI: 10.1108/IJCST-09-2018-0120
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0955-6222

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to improve the prediction accuracy of the body shape prediction model and provide some reference value for the design of underwear. Design/methodology/approach: The body size data of 250 male youths is measured to analyze the body shape of the lower body. And there is a total of 56 measurement items, which are clustered by GA-BP-K-means, K-means, optimal segmentation method for ordered samples, wavelet coefficient analysis, regression analysis and Naive Bayes Algorithm. Finally, a test male sample of an unknown body shape was clustered to verify the superiority of the GA-BP-K-means. Findings: This paper presented the key factors for body shape clustering, and experimental results have shown that the GA-BP neural network model is higher in speed and precision than other algorithm prediction models. Originality/value: It was clarified which is the key to body shape clustering. At the same time, the GA-BP-K-means algorithm can promote the popularization and application of the prediction model in body shape clustering.