Claim · model-written summary
Forecast accuracy was higher in tomato plots, associated with stable irrigation and protection.
- Taxon
- tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- stable irrigation conditions and protective measurese0
- Outcome
- forecast accuracye0
- Direction
- highere0
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Verbatim
e0“In plots with tomatoes and sunflowers, forecast accuracy was higher, which was associated with stable irrigation conditions and protective measures.”
Title
Parameter Selection for a Neural Network Model for Forecasting Plant Pest Population Growth
Akerke Akanova; Nazira Ospanova; Galiya Anarbekova Statistics Optimization & Information Computing 2026. doi:10.19139/soic-2310-5070-3317
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- Method / resource Frankliniella occidentalis forecasts attained the highest R², above 0.82.
- Method / resource Loxostege sticticalis forecasts performed poorest, at R² approximately 0.64.
- Association Forecast accuracy was higher in sunflower plots, associated with stable irrigation and protection.
- Method / resource Average forecast RMSE was 4.36.
- Method / resource Average forecast MAE was 3.52.
- Method / resource The optimal two-layer 64/32-neuron ReLU ADAM model yielded MAE 2.9.
- Method / resource The optimal model yielded R² 0.83.
- Method / resource Deeper models overfit.
- Method / resource Simplified models had insufficient accuracy.
- Method / resource Configurations differed significantly, p below 0.001.
- Method / resource Validation demonstrated high robustness with minimal accuracy loss across regions and seasons.
- Recommendation The approach has high practical value for agricultural pest monitoring and forecasting integration.