Development and validation of a neural network model for soil water content prediction with comparison to regression techniques

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 691-699

  Altendorf, C T ^a  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Model validation; Neural networks; Soil thermal properties; Soil water

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ACCURACY; DEPTH; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL; ROOT MEAN SOURCE ERROR; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL THERMAL PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0033502464     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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