Modeling of Dissolved Oxygen Concentration Using Different Neural Network Techniques in Foundation Creek, El Paso County, Colorado
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 138, Issue 6
Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine the accuracy of two different artificial neural network (ANN) techniques, the multilayer perceptron (MLP) and radial basis neural network (RBNN), to estimate dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration. The ANN results are compared with multilinear regression (MLR) model. The neural network model is developed using experimental data collected from the upstream (USGS Station No: 07105530) and downstream (USGS Station No: 07106000) stations on Foundation Creek, CO. The input variables used for the ANN models are water pH, temperature, electrical conductivity, and discharge. The determination coefficient (), mean absolute error (MAE), and root mean square error (RMSE) statistics are used for the evaluation of the applied models. The MLP and RBNN models are also compared with MLR model in estimating the DO of the downstream station by using the input parameters of the upstream station. Comparison results indicate that the RBNN model performs better than the MLP and MLR models.
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Acknowledgments
The data used in this study were downloaded from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Web server. The authors would like to thank the staff of the USGS who are involved in the data observation, processing, and management of the USGS websites.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 138 • Issue 6 • June 2012
Pages: 654 - 662
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Received: Jun 21, 2011
Accepted: Oct 13, 2011
Published online: Oct 15, 2011
Published in print: Jun 1, 2012
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