An Intelligent Calculation Method of Volterra Time-Domain Kernel Based on Time-Delay Artificial Neural Network

To solve the problems of high complexity and low accuracy in Volterra time-domain kernel calculation of a nonlinear system, this paper proposes an intelligent calculation method of Volterra time-domain kernel by time-delay artificial neural networks (TDANNs) and also designs a root mean square error (RMSE) index to choose the neuron number of the network input layer. Firstly, a three-layer TDANN is designed according to the characteristics of the Volterra model. Secondly, the relationship between parameters of TDANN and Volterra time-domain kernel is analyzed, and then three-order expressions of Volterra time-domain kernel are derived. The calculation of Volterra time-domain kernel is completed by network training. Finally, it is verified by a nonlinear system. Simulation results indicate that compared with traditional methods, the new method has higher accuracy, and it can realize the batch calculation of Volterra kernel, which not only improves the calculation efficiency but also provides accurate data for fault diagnosis based on Volterra kernel in further research work.