Improving Ann-Based Short-Term and Long-Term Seasonal River Flow Forecasting with Signal Processing Techniques

One of the key elements in achieving sustainable water resources and environmental management is forecasting the future condition of the surface water resources. In this study, the performance of a river flow forecasting model is improved when different input combinations and signal processing techn...

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Main Authors: Badrzadeh, H., Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan, Jayawardena, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley Online Library 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12612
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author Badrzadeh, H.
Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan
Jayawardena, A.
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Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan
Jayawardena, A.
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description One of the key elements in achieving sustainable water resources and environmental management is forecasting the future condition of the surface water resources. In this study, the performance of a river flow forecasting model is improved when different input combinations and signal processing techniques are applied on multi-layer backpropagation neural networks. Haar, Coiflet and Daubechies wavelet analysis are coupled with backpropagation neural networks model to develop hybrid wavelet neural networks models. Different models with different input selections and structures are developed for daily, weekly and monthly river flow forecasting in Ellen Brook River, Western Australia. Comparison of the performance of the hybrid approach with that of the original neural networks indicates that the hybrid models produce significantly better results. The improvement is more substantial for peak values and longer-term forecasting, in which the Nash-Sutcliffe coefficient of efficiency for monthly river flow forecasting is improved from 0.63 to 0.89 in this study.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-126122017-09-13T14:59:52Z Improving Ann-Based Short-Term and Long-Term Seasonal River Flow Forecasting with Signal Processing Techniques Badrzadeh, H. Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan Jayawardena, A. One of the key elements in achieving sustainable water resources and environmental management is forecasting the future condition of the surface water resources. In this study, the performance of a river flow forecasting model is improved when different input combinations and signal processing techniques are applied on multi-layer backpropagation neural networks. Haar, Coiflet and Daubechies wavelet analysis are coupled with backpropagation neural networks model to develop hybrid wavelet neural networks models. Different models with different input selections and structures are developed for daily, weekly and monthly river flow forecasting in Ellen Brook River, Western Australia. Comparison of the performance of the hybrid approach with that of the original neural networks indicates that the hybrid models produce significantly better results. The improvement is more substantial for peak values and longer-term forecasting, in which the Nash-Sutcliffe coefficient of efficiency for monthly river flow forecasting is improved from 0.63 to 0.89 in this study. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12612 10.1002/rra.2865 Wiley Online Library restricted
spellingShingle Badrzadeh, H.
Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan
Jayawardena, A.
Improving Ann-Based Short-Term and Long-Term Seasonal River Flow Forecasting with Signal Processing Techniques
title Improving Ann-Based Short-Term and Long-Term Seasonal River Flow Forecasting with Signal Processing Techniques
title_full Improving Ann-Based Short-Term and Long-Term Seasonal River Flow Forecasting with Signal Processing Techniques
title_fullStr Improving Ann-Based Short-Term and Long-Term Seasonal River Flow Forecasting with Signal Processing Techniques
title_full_unstemmed Improving Ann-Based Short-Term and Long-Term Seasonal River Flow Forecasting with Signal Processing Techniques
title_short Improving Ann-Based Short-Term and Long-Term Seasonal River Flow Forecasting with Signal Processing Techniques
title_sort improving ann-based short-term and long-term seasonal river flow forecasting with signal processing techniques
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12612