Self-Organizing Linear Output (SOLO), one of artificial neural networks, was used to predict fecal coliform concentrations at Newport Bay in California. The approach over-estimated several observations which showed extremely lower concentrations compa...
Self-Organizing Linear Output (SOLO), one of artificial neural networks, was used to predict fecal coliform concentrations at Newport Bay in California. The approach over-estimated several observations which showed extremely lower concentrations compared to others. The modeling approach with SOLO showed reliable results although SOLO couldn't capture extremely lower fecal coliform concentration. The approach was carried out for monthly average prediction because of limited dataset and could be extended for finer time scale prediction such as daily or hourly prediction when more measurements would be available.