Water demand prediction using artificial neural networks and support vector regression

Journal of Computers

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Msiza, Ishmael S ^a   Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo V ^a,b   Marwala, Tshilidzi ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Neural networks; Support vector machines

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FORECASTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; WATER SUPPLY;

COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES; GENERALIZATION ABILITY; IMPLEMENT MECHANISMS; MODELING AND FORECASTING; MODELING OF DYNAMICS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE (SVMS); SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION (SVR); WATER DEMAND FORECASTING;

DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 70350743663     PISSN: 1796203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcp.3.11.1-8     Document Type: Article

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