Table 6 Settings of the parameters used.

From: ANN trained by BBO for modeling of fly ash cementitious systems with high range water reducing admixtures

Model

Parameter

Setting

ANN

Dataset segmentation

 
 

 Training set

134 data

 

 Validation set

23 data

 

 Testing set

23 data

 

No. of input parameter

6

 

No. of hidden layer/nodes

1/16

 

Learning algorithm

Levenberg–Marquardt

 

Transfer function

Hyperbolic tangent

 

Max. no. of epochs

500

BBO

Population size

100

 

Max emigration rate

1

 

Habitat modification

1

 

Mutation probability

0.005