{"title":"Neural computing techniques to estimate the hydraulic conductivity of porous media","authors":"Abhishish Chandel, V. Shankar, Navsal Kumar","doi":"10.2166/ws.2023.143","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n \n Accurate hydraulic conductivity (K) estimation of porous media is crucial in hydrological studies. Recently, groundwater investigators have utilized neural computing techniques to indirectly estimate soil sample K instead of time-consuming direct methods. The present study utilizes easily measurable characteristics, i.e., grain size at 10 and 50% finer by weight, porosity, and uniformity coefficient as input variables to examine the efficacy of feed-forward neural network (FFNN), Kohonen self-organizing maps (KSOM), and multiple linear regression (MLR) models in estimating the K of soil samples. Model development and validation used 70 and 30% of datasets, respectively. The determination coefficient (R2), root mean square error (RMSE), and mean bias error (MBE) were used to compare the model performance with the measured K values. The study's outcome indicates that the FFNN and KSOM models better estimate the K value, while the MLR model performs merely satisfactorily. Overall, during validation, the FFNN model correlates better with the measured values having R2, RMSE, and MBE of 0.94, 0.016, and 0.006, whereas the corresponding values for KSOM are 0.91, 0.024, and −0.004, and that for MLR are 0.87, 0.024, and 0.013, respectively. Notably, the FFNN model exhibits superior prediction performance and can be employed in aquifers for precise K estimation.","PeriodicalId":17553,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology-aqua","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology-aqua","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.143","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Environmental Science","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Accurate hydraulic conductivity (K) estimation of porous media is crucial in hydrological studies. Recently, groundwater investigators have utilized neural computing techniques to indirectly estimate soil sample K instead of time-consuming direct methods. The present study utilizes easily measurable characteristics, i.e., grain size at 10 and 50% finer by weight, porosity, and uniformity coefficient as input variables to examine the efficacy of feed-forward neural network (FFNN), Kohonen self-organizing maps (KSOM), and multiple linear regression (MLR) models in estimating the K of soil samples. Model development and validation used 70 and 30% of datasets, respectively. The determination coefficient (R2), root mean square error (RMSE), and mean bias error (MBE) were used to compare the model performance with the measured K values. The study's outcome indicates that the FFNN and KSOM models better estimate the K value, while the MLR model performs merely satisfactorily. Overall, during validation, the FFNN model correlates better with the measured values having R2, RMSE, and MBE of 0.94, 0.016, and 0.006, whereas the corresponding values for KSOM are 0.91, 0.024, and −0.004, and that for MLR are 0.87, 0.024, and 0.013, respectively. Notably, the FFNN model exhibits superior prediction performance and can be employed in aquifers for precise K estimation.
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Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - Aqua publishes peer-reviewed scientific & technical, review, and practical/ operational papers dealing with research and development in water supply technology and management, including economics, training and public relations on a national and international level.