ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Prediction of Wedelia trilobata Growth under
Flooding and Nitrogen Enrichment Conditions
by Using Artificial Neural Network Model
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State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjinag Institute of Ecology and Geography,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urmuqi 830011, China
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Department of Irrigation & Drainage, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Department of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology,
Rahim Yar Khan 64200, Pakistan
Submission date: 2023-07-24
Final revision date: 2023-08-22
Acceptance date: 2023-08-30
Online publication date: 2023-12-21
Publication date: 2024-01-22
Corresponding author
Mai Wenxuan
State key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology,Xinjinag Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urmuqi 830011;, China
Tian Changyan
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjinag Institute of Ecology and Geography,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urmuqi 830011, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(2):1007-1015
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The objective of this study is to produce multi-criteria model for the dry weight prediction of Wedelia
trilobata under flooding and nitrogen conditions. Plants of W. trilobata were grown in a greenhouse, and
treatments were given for two months. Growth parameters of 60 plants were used to build a numerical
model. The neural network model was built using Quasi-Newton approaches that containing Broydenfletcher-
goldfarb-shanno gradient (BFGS) learning algorithm, multilayer perceptron (MLP) training
algorithm and sigmoid axon transfer function along with 10 neurons at the input network, 9 neurons
in the hidden layer, and 1 neuron in the output layer (10-9-1). The selection and validation of the best
predictor model were based on lower values of errors and higher value of R2. The selected model had
a higher values of R2 = 0.90 and lower values of errors i.e (relative approximate error, RAE = 0.004, root
mean square error, RMS = 0.027, mean absolute error, MAE = 0.004, mean absolute percentage error,
MAPE = 0.013). Moreover, the highest rank 1 was obtained for leaf area during sensitivity analysis
followed by water potential and photosynthesis ranked 2rd and 3th, respectively. The constructed model
of W. trilobata under flooding and nitrogen conditions is the new feature in the management of invasive
plant species and gives direction to control its spread.