Optimization of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model design for prediction of macroinvertebrates in the Zwalm river basin (Flanders, Belgium)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 161-173

  Dedecker, Andy P ^a   Goethals, Peter L M ^a   Gabriels, Wim ^a   De Pauw, Niels ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Habitat preferences; Macroinvertebrates; Optimization; Predictive modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; OPTIMIZATION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

APLEXA; ASELLIDAE; GAMMARIDAE; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 1842767238     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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