Exploring commuter stress dynamics through machine learning and double optimization
Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
44(2), С. 35 - 46
Опубликована: Апрель 9, 2025
Travel
dynamics
significantly
impact
commuter
stress,
influenced
by
traffic
behavior,
road
conditions,
travel
modes,
distance,
and
socio-demographic
characteristics.
Previous
research
on
stress
often
exhibits
limitations,
including
narrow
scopes
focusing
specific
routes,
vehicle
types,
or
demographics.
This
study
addresses
these
constraints
employing
a
comprehensive
approach
to
analyze
the
influence
of
various
attributes
levels.
An
interview-based
dataset
was
collected
capture
multifaceted
experiences
users.
Five
tree-based
machine
learning
models–Decision
Tree
(DT),
Random
Forests
(RF),
Extra
Trees
(ET),
Extreme
Gradient
Boosting
(XGBoost),
k-Nearest
Neighbor
(k-NN)–were
deployed
for
imbalanced
multi-class
classification.
XGBoost
demonstrated
superior
performance
with
highest
accuracy
(73.33%)
precision
(75.63%)
standard
deviation
±5.9.
A
novel
double
hyperparameter
optimization
technique
enhanced
prediction
across
all
models,
notably
increasing
k-NN
classifier’s
19.99%.
The
SHAP
(SHapley
Additive
exPlanations)
method
utilized
model
interpretability,
revealing
distance
traveled
per
day
as
most
influential
factor
levels,
followed
mode
transport,
gender,
age
low,
medium,
high-stress
categories,
respectively.
also
examines
features
individual
levels
through
random
instance
selection.
provides
valuable
insights
into
complex
interplay
between
paving
way
development
effective
mitigation
strategies
improved
Язык: Английский
Optimizing load demand forecasting in educational buildings using quantum-inspired particle swarm optimization (QPSO) with recurrent neural networks (RNNs):a seasonal approach
Scientific Reports,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
15(1)
Опубликована: Июнь 3, 2025
This
study
uses
Quantum
Particle
Swarm
Optimization
(QPSO)
optimized
Recurrent
Neural
Networks
(RNN),
standard
RNN,
and
autoregressive
integrated
moving
average
(ARIMA)
models
to
anticipate
educational
building
power
demand
accurately.
Energy
efficiency,
cost
reduction,
resource
allocation
depend
on
accurate
load
forecasts.
The
evaluates
model
performance
using
year-long
data
from
seasonal,
daily,
hourly
fluctuations.
Performance
indicators,
including
Mean
Absolute
Error
(MAE),
Squared
(MSE),
Root
(RMSE),
were
used
assess
the
models.
QPSO-optimized
RNN
outperformed
traditional
ARIMA
with
lowest
MAE
of
15.2,
MSE
520.15,
RMSE
22.8.
Comparative
investigation
shows
QPSO-RNN's
capacity
capture
complicated
patterns,
especially
during
peak
demand.
that
hybrid
optimization
can
improve
forecasting
accuracy,
making
it
a
powerful
tool
for
energy
management
in
dynamic
contexts.
Язык: Английский