Table 13 Benchmarking results: AI-powered QbD versus traditional methods.

From: Intelligent information management enables quality-by-design in pharmaceutical production

Method

R² ↑

RMSE ↓

Adaptability

Efficiency (Runtime, s) ↓

Interpretability

DoE (Factorial Design)

0.81

0.215

Low

75.4

High

Regression (Linear/GLM)

0.84

0.198

Low–Medium

68.2

High

Random Forest (RF)

0.86

0.182

Medium

241.7

Medium

CNN

0.92

0.142

High

109.5

Medium

DNN

0.93

0.138

High

98.7

Medium