Research Article

Individual Growth Model for Eucalyptus Stands in Brazil Using Artificial Neural Network

Table 4

Architecture of artificial neural networks trained to obtain the mortality probability, height and diameter at future ages, and respective statistics.

ANNInput variablesNumber of neurons (Layers) CV %RMSEBias Bias %AMD
InputHiddenOutput

Mortality probability

, , CLA, IID14910.74443.10.0340.0004−16.910.0255
IID21310.57952.30.0410.0051−15.840.0305
, , CLA, IID34810.79938.60.0300.0009−12.730.0235
, , CLA, IID44510.71145.20.0370.0112 4.010.0286
, CLA, IID53410.79039.30.0310.0000−16.340.0244

Height (Ht2)

, Ht1, IID13610.9933.00.626−0.0011−0.120.4370
, , , Ht1, IID25610.9932.90.592−0.0089−0.170.4069
, , , Ht1, IID35710.9942.60.5320.0001−0.070.4048
, , , Ht1, IID45710.9952.50.526−0.0028−0.100.3979
, , , Ht1, IID55910.9932.90.6080.0028−0.140.4222

Diameter ( )

, , , IID14510.9904.60.618−0.0048−0.310.4089
, , , , IID25710.9904.40.601−0.0118−0.420.3986
, , IID33410.9933.80.5230.0008−0.310.3913
, , , , IID45510.9933.70.508−0.0021−0.250.3821
, , , , IID55610.9884.90.6670.0013−0.280.5049

: annual mortality probability; Ht2: height at a future age (m); 2: diameter at a future age (cm); and : current and future ages (months); : site index (m); CLA: diameter class in which the tree was (cm); and Ht1: current diameters (cm) and heights (m); and IID1 to IID5: competition indices.