Study of soil properties like field capacity (F.C.) and permanent wilting point (P.W.P.) play important roles in study of soil moisture retention curve. Although these parameters can be measured directly, their measurement is difficult and expensive. Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) provide an alternative by estimating soil parameters from more readily available soil data. In this investigation, 7...

Efficient time series forecasting (TSF) is of utmost importance in order to make better decision under uncertainty. Over the past few years a large literature has evolved to forecast time series using different artificial neural network (ANN) models because of its several distinguishing characteristics. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of three methods to forecast time series, one carried...

A comparative workflow, including linear and non-linear QSAR models, was carried out to evaluate the predictive accuracy of models and predict the inhibition activity of a series of aryl-substituted isobenzofuran-1(3H)-ones. The data set consisted of 34 compounds was classified into the training and test sets, randomly. Molecular descriptors were selected using the genetic algorithm (GA) as a f...

background: we designed an algorithmic model based on the logistic regression analysis and a non-algorithmic model based on the artificial neural network (ann). materials and methods: the ability of these models was compared together in clinical application to differentiate malignant from benign breast tumors in a study group of 161 patients' records. each patient’s record consisted of 6 s...

Investigation of soil properties like Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) plays important roles in study of environmental reaserches as the spatial and temporal variability of this property have been led to development of indirect methods in estimation of this soil characteristic. Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) provide an alternative by estimating soil parameters from more readily available soil data...