Research Article

Evolutionary Prediction of Soil Loss from Observed Rainstorm Parameters in an Erosion Watershed Using Genetic Programming

Table 2

Collected dataset.

Rainfall amount (P)Kinetic energy (EK)Rainfall intensity (I)Gully head advance (E)Soil detachment (D)Factored soil detachment (Df)Runoff (R)Runoff rate (Rr)Soil loss (L)
mmJ/m2/mmmm/hrmg/m2g/m2Litrem3/skg/m2

Training set
 13.530.425.245.39.59.632.86.836.0
 15.632.561.246.717.217.433.06.813.0
 32.137.743.653.918.318.539.58.356.0
 8.523.77.141.35.96.016.53.248.0
 22.335.426.450.113.613.843.59.457.0
 17.733.334.947.911.311.441.99.045.0
 12.329.248.444.519.219.432.06.550.0
 37.738.843.655.713.213.348.510.1104.0
 19.734.348.348.918.618.842.29.015.0
 14.931.549.646.316.817.042.29.029.0
 12.729.649.644.85.96.033.06.850.0
 16.832.666.847.46.66.732.36.88.5
 6.920.06.739.77.98.021.24.320.0
 8.423.513.941.210.310.431.66.842.0
 13.230.09.045.18.28.453.013.356.0
 30.537.930.553.415.916.164.216.250.0
 6.819.916.939.516.917.215.54.0110.0
 14.132.061.045.75.45.553.013.350.0
 13.030.255.945.07.37.455.014.013.0
 24.436.445.751.020.320.758.014.860.0
 16.633.053.447.310.510.753.013.370.0
 15.732.416.546.712.512.861.015.540.0
 22.035.630.550.013.914.263.015.825.0
 32.638.330.554.113.914.265.016.696.0
 13.130.39.345.018.619.051.013.052.0
 19.534.512.248.88.68.855.014.015.0
 5.114.033.037.34.64.714.03.527.0
 18.834.258.448.59.19.355.014.052.0
 8.824.62.041.66.26.435.09.045.0
 6.619.430.539.36.97.142.010.430.0
 15.232.033.046.45.65.843.010.820.0
 13.230.461.045.17.07.235.09.040.0

Validation set
 14.731.661.046.13.73.738.09.728.0
 46.039.723.057.913.113.368.57.950.0
 15.031.618.046.35.35.443.010.840.0
 16.032.324.046.97.67.829.07.220.0
 15.031.645.046.33.53.620.55.023.0
 40.039.140.056.39.49.660.015.173.0
 35.038.448.854.98.58.760.015.192.0
 20.034.540.049.110.811.069.517.6100.0
 23.035.624.650.419.219.539.510.140.0
 14.030.810.545.72.22.227.06.820.0
 43.039.541.657.28.89.064.016.243.0
 39.039.045.056.19.79.940.010.154.0
 16.032.316.346.98.28.459.515.165.0
 15.031.619.646.39.810.046.511.956.0
 8.022.713.740.84.44.560.015.110.0
 10.026.38.642.73.13.23.27.920.0