Wind direction forecasting with artificial neural networks and support vector machines

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 97, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-73

  Tagliaferri, F ^a   Viola, I M ^a   Flay, R G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Race; Sailing yacht; Support vector machines; Tactics; Wind forecast

Indexed keywords

NEURAL NETWORKS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; VECTORS; WEATHER FORECASTING; YACHTS;

COMPUTATIONAL POWER; FORECAST ACCURACY; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; RACE; SAILING YACHT RACE; SHORT-TERM FORECASTING; TACTICS; WIND FORECASTS;

FORECASTING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84922324493     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2014.12.026     Document Type: Article

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