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JournalofMechanicsEngineeringandAutomation5(2015)153-160 doi：10．17265／2159．5275／2015．03．003 NeuralNetworksandtheStudyofTimeSeries：An ApplicationinEngineeringEducation JoseTarcisioFrancodecamargo】EstrfanovizcondeVeraszto，GilmarBarreto andSrrgioFerreiradoAmara1 ， lDepnrtmentofComputerEngineering．RegionntUniversitnryCenterorE．s．doPinhnl，E．s．doPinhnl13990—000,Brazil 2DepnnmentofNaturalSciences．MathematicsandEducation．FederalUniversityofSaoCarlos，Araras13604·900,Brnz{1 3．SchDDIofElectricalandComputingEngineering,StateUniversityofCampinas，Campinas13083·852，Brazil ． SchoolofEdueation，UniversityofCampinas，Campinas13084—865，Brazil Received：February16，2015／Accepted：M arch04，2015／Published：M arch25，2015 Abstract：Timeserjesareanimportantobjectofstudyinsciences，engineeringandbusiness，especiallyincaseswhereitisexpected tOknow，predictandoptimizebehaviors．Inthiscontext，weintendtoshow thefeasibilityofusingartificialneuralnetworksinthe studvofsevera1timesefiesinanengineeringcourse，especiallythosethathavenoovertbehaviororarenotabletobemodeled mathematicallyniasimplewayandhavedirectapplicationintheeducationoffutureengineers· Keywords：Engineeringeducation，timeseries，mahtematicalmodeling- 1．Intr0ductiOn introducing the use of ANNs (artificialneural networks)innon—trivialtimeseriesanalysis；Section3 Knowing，predictingandoptimizingbehaviorsare presents hte basic concepts on modeling and quitecommonobjectivesinthestudyoftimeseries． simulatingANN；Section4 discussestheapplication Being able to analyze data sets，understand 1ts ofANN in time seriesanalysis；finally，Section 5 behaviorand approximatepredictfuutrevaluescan