Research Article

Artificial Neural Network Modeling for Biological Removal of Organic Carbon and Nitrogen from Slaughterhouse Wastewater in a Sequencing Batch Reactor

Table 9

Comparison of performance statistics of three ANN models.

Model numberPollutant removal efficiency MEMSERMSECoefficient of determinationSlopeY-axis intercept

Model “A”COD removal
-N removal
0.06
0.23
2.81
1.63
1.67
1.27
0.960
0.958
0.918
0.912
0.0537
0.0598

Model “B”COD removal
-N removal
0.18
0.02
1.32
2.38
1.14
1.54
0.947
0.948
0.928
0.951
0.0494
0.0469

Model “C”COD removal
-N removal
0.42
0.30
4.28
2.13
2.06
1.45
0.955
0.953
0.932
0.909
0.0495
0.0598