Comparing the Selected Transfer Functions and Local Optimization Methods for Neural Network Flood Runoff Forecast

Table 4

The selected quantiles of empirical distribution functions on runoff and rainfall depths for training, testing, and validation data sets.

	Minimum	1st Quartile	Median	Mean	2nd Quartile	Maximum	St. dev.
Runoff depth [mm·hour^−1]
Training runoff	0.000	0.0154	0.0194	0.1031	0.0592	3.828	0.326
Testing runoff	0.00380	0.00760	0.0231	0.09395	0.0622	4.107	0.249
Validation runoff	0.000	0.0040	0.0270	0.1008	0.0591	3.250	0.307
Rainfall depth [mm·hour^−1]
Training rainfall	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.365	1.700	12.400	1.658
Testing rainfall	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.439	1.400	73.9	4.485
Validation rainfall	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.575	2.200	15.800	1.900