Two-way interaction of input variables in the sensitivity analysis of neural network models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 43-50

  Gevrey, Muriel ^a   Dimopoulos, Ioannis ^b   Lek, Sovan ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Backpropagation; Habitat modelling; Sensitivity analysis; Trout; Variable contributions

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKPROPAGATION; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HABITAT MODELING; PARTIAL DERIVATIVES (PAD); TROUT; VARIABLE CONTRIBUTIONS;

FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS;

ECOLOGY; FISH; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33646491431     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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