Environmental Quality Assessment Based on a New Kind of Neural Network Using Rational Spline Weight Functions

Abstract

As we all known, artificial neural network can be used in the process of environmental quality assessment. To improve the accuracy and science of assessment, a method of environmental quality assessment is presented in this paper, which is based on spline weight function (SWF) neural networks. The weigh functions of the neural network are composed of rational spline functions with cubic numerator and linear denominator (3/1 rational SWF). The simulation results show that, compared with the conventional BP neural networks, this method can get very high precision and accuracy. This case demonstrates that SWF neural networks can offer a very prospective tool for environmental quality assessment.