Research Article

Using Artificial Neural Networks to Predict Direct Solar Irradiation

Table 2

Results of correlation and error analysis.

Model 𝑟 M B E (MJ/m2) R M S E (MJ/m2)

ANN0.9980.0050.197
Equation (6)0.8920.0881.275
Equation (7)0.907−0.1771.196