Feedforward backpropagation, genetic algorithm approaches for predicting reference evapotranspiration

Water scarcity is a global concern, as the demand for water is increasing tremendously and poor management of water resources will accelerates dramatically the depletion of available water. The precise prediction of evapotranspiration (ET), that consumes almost 100% of the supplied irrigation water,...

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Main Authors: Shafika Sultan Abdullah, M.A., Malek, Namiq Sultan Abdullah, A., Mustapha
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Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
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spelling ukm-89912016-12-14T06:48:39Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8991/ Feedforward backpropagation, genetic algorithm approaches for predicting reference evapotranspiration Shafika Sultan Abdullah, M.A., Malek Namiq Sultan Abdullah, A., Mustapha Water scarcity is a global concern, as the demand for water is increasing tremendously and poor management of water resources will accelerates dramatically the depletion of available water. The precise prediction of evapotranspiration (ET), that consumes almost 100% of the supplied irrigation water, is one of the goals that should be adopted in order to avoid more squandering of water especially in arid and semiarid regions. The capabilities of feedforward backpropagation neural networks (FFBP) in predicting reference evapotranspiration (ET0) are evaluated in this paper in comparison with the empirical FAO Penman-Monteith (P-M) equation, later a model of FFBP+Genetic Algorithm (GA) is implemented for the same evaluation purpose. The study location is the main station in Iraq, namely Baghdad Station. Records of weather variables from the related meteorological station, including monthly mean records of maximum air temperature (Tmax), minimum air temperature (Tmin), sunshine hours (Rn), relative humidity (Rh) and wind speed (U2), from the related meteorological station are used in the prediction of ET0 values. The performance of both simulation models were evaluated using statistical coefficients such as the root of mean squared error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE) and coefficient of determination (R2). The results of both models are promising, however the hybrid model shows higher efficiency in predicting ET0 and could be recommended for modeling of ET0 in arid and semiarid regions. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8991/1/18_Shafika_Sultan.pdf Shafika Sultan Abdullah, and M.A., Malek and Namiq Sultan Abdullah, and A., Mustapha (2015) Feedforward backpropagation, genetic algorithm approaches for predicting reference evapotranspiration. Sains Malaysiana, 44 (7). pp. 1053-1059. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid44bil7_2015/KandunganJilid44Bil7_2015.html
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description Water scarcity is a global concern, as the demand for water is increasing tremendously and poor management of water resources will accelerates dramatically the depletion of available water. The precise prediction of evapotranspiration (ET), that consumes almost 100% of the supplied irrigation water, is one of the goals that should be adopted in order to avoid more squandering of water especially in arid and semiarid regions. The capabilities of feedforward backpropagation neural networks (FFBP) in predicting reference evapotranspiration (ET0) are evaluated in this paper in comparison with the empirical FAO Penman-Monteith (P-M) equation, later a model of FFBP+Genetic Algorithm (GA) is implemented for the same evaluation purpose. The study location is the main station in Iraq, namely Baghdad Station. Records of weather variables from the related meteorological station, including monthly mean records of maximum air temperature (Tmax), minimum air temperature (Tmin), sunshine hours (Rn), relative humidity (Rh) and wind speed (U2), from the related meteorological station are used in the prediction of ET0 values. The performance of both simulation models were evaluated using statistical coefficients such as the root of mean squared error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE) and coefficient of determination (R2). The results of both models are promising, however the hybrid model shows higher efficiency in predicting ET0 and could be recommended for modeling of ET0 in arid and semiarid regions.
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author Shafika Sultan Abdullah,
M.A., Malek
Namiq Sultan Abdullah,
A., Mustapha
spellingShingle Shafika Sultan Abdullah,
M.A., Malek
Namiq Sultan Abdullah,
A., Mustapha
Feedforward backpropagation, genetic algorithm approaches for predicting reference evapotranspiration
author_facet Shafika Sultan Abdullah,
M.A., Malek
Namiq Sultan Abdullah,
A., Mustapha
author_sort Shafika Sultan Abdullah,
title Feedforward backpropagation, genetic algorithm approaches for predicting reference evapotranspiration
title_short Feedforward backpropagation, genetic algorithm approaches for predicting reference evapotranspiration
title_full Feedforward backpropagation, genetic algorithm approaches for predicting reference evapotranspiration
title_fullStr Feedforward backpropagation, genetic algorithm approaches for predicting reference evapotranspiration
title_full_unstemmed Feedforward backpropagation, genetic algorithm approaches for predicting reference evapotranspiration
title_sort feedforward backpropagation, genetic algorithm approaches for predicting reference evapotranspiration
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8991/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8991/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8991/1/18_Shafika_Sultan.pdf
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