Table 2 Optimal hyperparameters of optimized LSTM models.

From: Metaheuristic-enhanced deep learning for monthly pan evaporation prediction under limited climatic data

Parameter

Range

LSTM-GWO

LSTM-HHA

LSTM-DBO

LSTM-APO

Hidden units

20–200

120

110

90

70

Number of LSTM layers

1–3

2

1

2

2

Learning rate

0.0001–0.5

0.002

0.003

0.003

0.002

Batch size

16–256

64

32

32

64

Epochs

50–200

100

100

90

80

Dropout rate

0.05–0.6

0.20

0.15

0.20

0.25

Activation function

Tanh/Sigmoid

Tanh

Tanh

Tanh

Tanh

Optimizer

Adam/Adadelta

Adam

Adam

Adam

Adam

Loss function

RMSE