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Artificial Neural Network Models for Rainfall Prediction in Pondicherry

by Akash D Dubey
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 120 - Number 3
Year of Publication: 2015
Authors: Akash D Dubey
10.5120/21210-3910

Akash D Dubey . Artificial Neural Network Models for Rainfall Prediction in Pondicherry. International Journal of Computer Applications. 120, 3 ( June 2015), 30-35. DOI=10.5120/21210-3910

@article{ 10.5120/21210-3910,
author = { Akash D Dubey },
title = { Artificial Neural Network Models for Rainfall Prediction in Pondicherry },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { June 2015 },
volume = { 120 },
number = { 3 },
month = { June },
year = { 2015 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 30-35 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume120/number3/21210-3910/ },
doi = { 10.5120/21210-3910 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Akash D Dubey
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%P 30-35
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Rainfall forecasting plays an important role in catchment management applications, the flood warning system being one of them. Rainfall forecasting is one of the most difficult tasks given the variability of space, time and other given conditions change rapidly. Over the years, with the evolution of the intelligent computing methods, many rainfall prediction methods have been proposed, Artificial Neural Network being one of the most prominent. Since the last decade, many researchers have proposed different artificial neural network models in order to create accurate rainfall prediction models. In this paper, different artificial neural networks have been created for the rainfall prediction of Pondicherry, a coastal region in India. These ANN models were created using three different training algorithms namely, feed-forward back propagation algorithm, layer recurrent algorithm and feed-forward distributed time delay algorithm. The number of neurons for all the models was kept at 20. The mean squared error was measured for each model and the best accuracy was obtained by feed-forward distributed time delay algorithm with MSE value as low as . 0083.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Rainfall Prediction Pondicherry Artificial Neural Network Feedback Back propagation Layer Recurrent Distributed time delay network