Table 2 ANN prediction results of efficiency for all experimental conditions of separation (a) coal, (b) iron ore.

From: Separator equipment performance of iron ore and coal using experimental and ANN-based analysis

Moisture content

Screen angular position (0)

Training R

Test R

Validation R

All R

Regression coefficient

R-squared

(a) Coal

4%

1

0.9977

0.9979

0.9982

0.9977

99.55%

3

0.9997

0.9998

0.9994

0.9996

99.93%

5

0.9948

0.9961

0.9994

0.9955

99.10%

6%

1

0.9991

0.9999

0.9997

0.9994

99.88%

3

0.9995

0.9999

0.9997

0.9996

99.93%

5

0.9990

1

0.9996

0.9992

99.85%

8%

1

0.9993

0.9979

0.9999

0.9993

99.87%

3

0.9969

0.9999

0.9999

0.9977

99.55%

5

0.9991

0.9973

0.9996

0.9990

99.81%

(b) Iron ore

4%

1

0.9986

0.9999

0.9999

0.9991

99.82%

3

0.99489

0.9977

0.9973

0.9953

99.07%

5

0.9969

0.9954

0.9997

0.9963

99.26%

6%

1

0.9949

0.9917

0.9956

0.9911

98.24%

3

0.9894

0.9996

0.9975

0.9916

98.33%

5

0.9988

0.9999

0.9994

0.9991

99.82%

8%

1

0.9978

0.9996

0.9998

0.9984

99.69%

3

0.9992

0.9999

0.9996

0.9991

99.83%

5

0.9942

0.9919

0.9998

0.9943

98.87%