A pseudo-continuous neural network approach for developing water retention pedotransfer functions with limited data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 442-443, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-54

  Haghverdi, A ^a   Cornelis, W M ^b   Ghahraman, B ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Pseudo continuous PTF; Reliability; Water retention curve

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BULK DENSITY; CLAY CONTENT; DATA SETS; INPUT PARAMETER; INPUT VARIABLES; LIMITED DATA; LOCAL DATA; MATRIC POTENTIAL; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; PARAMETRIC APPROACH; PARAMETRIC FUNCTIONS; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS; PSEUDO-CONTINUOUS PTF; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL WATER RETENTION; SPECIFIC EQUATIONS; TRAINING AND TESTING; TRAINING DATASET; TRAINING PHASE; WATER RETENTION; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

FORECASTING; FUNCTIONS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NEURAL NETWORKS; RELIABILITY;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA SET; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SANDY CLAY; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84861221734     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.036     Document Type: Article

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