Development of Prediction Systems Using Arti cial NeuralNetworks for Intelligent Spinning MachinesVon der Fakult at MaschinenwesenderTechnischen Universit at DresdenzurErlangung des akademischen GradesDoktoringenieur (Dr.-Ing.)angenommene DissertationM. Sc. Farooq, Assadgeb. am 19.11.1977 in Faisalabad PakistanTag der Einreichung: 26.01.2010Tag der Verteidigung: 06.05.2010Gutachter: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Chokri CherifProf. Dr.-Ing. Burkhard WulfhorstProf. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thorsten SchmidtVorsitzender der PromotionskommissionAcknowledgmentsI am indebted to many people for the successful completion of this dissertation. First ofall, I owe my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing.Chokri Cherif, for the support and con dence that he has given to me. His vision, ideasand comments on various issues have contributed to the quality of this dissertation.It is an honor for me to thank Prof. Dr. -Ing. Burkhard Wulfhorst, for his acceptance toreferee this dissertation and for giving the valuable suggestions to improve my work.I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation for Dr. Ing. Thomas Pusch,He has been with me through out my Ph.D. as mentor, colleague and editor of this disser-tation. His invaluable advice, continuous suggestions, encouragement and constructivecriticism has made this work possible.
Development of Prediction Systems Using Artificial Neural Networks for Intelligent Spinning Machines
Tag der Einreichung: Tag der Verteidigung:
Gutachter:
Von der Fakultät Maschinenwesen
der
Technischen Universität Dresden
zur
Erlangung des akademischen Grades
Doktoringenieur (Dr.Ing.)
angenommene Dissertation
26.01.2010 06.05.2010
M. Sc. Farooq, Assad
geb. am 19.11.1977 in Faisalabad Pakistan
Prof. Dr.Ing. habil. Dipl.Wirt. Ing. Chokri Cherif
Prof. Dr.Ing. Burkhard Wulfhorst
Prof. Dr.Ing. habil. Thorsten Schmidt
Vorsitzender der Promotionskommission
Acknowledgments
I am indebted to many people for the successful completion of this dissertation. First of all, I owe my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Prof. Dr.Ing. habil. Dipl.Wirt. Ing. Chokri Cherif, for the support and confidence that he has given to me. His vision, ideas and comments on various issues have contributed to the quality of this dissertation.
It is an honor for me to thank Prof. Dr. Ing. Burkhard Wulfhorst, for his acceptance to referee this dissertation and for giving the valuable suggestions to improve my work.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation for Dr. Ing. Thomas Pusch, He has been with me through out my Ph.D. as mentor, colleague and editor of this disser tation. His invaluable advice, continuous suggestions, encouragement and constructive criticism has made this work possible. Also I would like to thank my research group fellows for their support, it has been a pleasure working with them. I also like to pay my gratitude to all the employees of Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology, who have made available their support in a number of ways. Espe cially, Mrs. Stohr, Mr. Berndt and Mr. Posselt for helping to carry out the experimental part of this research work. I also like to say thanks to students who worked with me for timely completion of this dissertation.
I am also grateful to Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) for providing the financial support for this dissertation and German Academic Education Exchange (DAAD) for their extended administrative support.
I am thankful to Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH, for providing me an opportunity to facilitate my research work by providing experimental machines and materials. Especially, Mrs. Corina Wiede for the technical support during my stay in Ingolstadt.
I would also like to extend the deep emotions of appreciation and love to my family members, aunt Salma, brother Engr. Ahmad Farooq his wife and children, Beenish and Huzefa, and to my friends and all those hands lifted to pray for me. A very special acknowledgement to my mother, for being first teacher of my educational career. The foundation laid by her helped me at every stage until the completion of this dissertation. Also for her love, sympathetic support, special prayers and best wishes.
Finally, I dedicate this dissertation to the loving memories of my late father Prof. Dr. Sardar Ali.