简介:BPandRBFneuralnetworktopredictforeststockvolumewerestudied,butthestudyinevaluatingbothnetworks’applicationeffectswasnotconducted.Inordertofindahigherforecastprecision,morestrongapplicativemethod,thecomprehensiveanalysisandevaluationonthetwomethodswerecarriedoutinthepracticalapplication.Bythecorrelationanalysis,crowndensity,shady-slopeandsunny-slope,TM1,TM2,TM3,TM5,TM7,NDVI,TM,(4-3),TM4/3wereselectedasinputvariables,andtheforestvolumeofMiyunCountyasoutputvariables,RBFandBPneuralnetworkmodelsforforecastingtheforestvolumewereestablished.Andtheneuralnetworktrainingsteplength,trainingtime,predictionaccuracyandtheapplicabilitymodelofthetwomethodswerecomprehensivelyanalyzed.TheresultsshowthattheRBFneuralnetworkmodelissuperiortotheBPneuralnetworkmodel.
简介:Background:Volumeandtaperequationsareessentialforobtainingestimatesoftotalandmerchantablestemvolume.Taperfunctionsprovideadvantagestomerchantablevolumeequationsbecausetheyestimatediameterinsideoroutsidebarkatspecificheightsonthestem,enablingtheestimationoftotalandmerchantablestemvolume,volumeofindividuallogs,andaheightatagivendiameter.Methods:Usingdatacollectedfrom1218trees(1093Douglas-fir(Pseudotsugamenziesii(Mirbel)Franco)and125westernhemlock(Tsugaheterophylla)),weevaluatedtheperformanceofonesimplepolynomialfunctionandfourvariable-exponenttaperfunctionsinpredictingupperstemdiameter.SampletreeswerecollectedfromdifferentpartsofthestatesofOregon,Washington,andCalifornia.Wecomparedinside-barkvolumeestimatesobtainedfromtheselectedtaperequationwithestimatesobtainedfromasimplelogarithmicvolumeequationforthedataobtainedinthisstudyandtheequationsusedbytheForestInventoryandAnalysisprograminthePacificNorthwest(FIA-PNW)inthestateofCaliforniaandwesternhalfofthestatesofOregonandWashington.Results:Variableexponenttaperequationsweregenerallybetterthanthesimplepolynomialtaperequations.TheFIA-PNWvolumeequationsperformedfairlywellbutvolumeequationswithfewerparametersfittedinthisstudyprovidedcomparableresults.TheRMSEobtainedfromtaper-basedvolumeestimateswerealsocomparablewiththeRMSEoftheFIA-PNWvolumeequationsforDouglas-firandwesternhemlocktreesrespectively.Conclusions:ThetaperequationsfittedinthisstudyprovideaddedbenefittotheusersovertheFIA-PNWvolumeequationsbyenablingtheuserstopredictdiameteratanyheight,heighttoagivendiameter,andmerchantablevolumeinadditiontocubicvolumeincludingtopandstump(CVTS)ofDouglas-firandwesternhemlocktreesinthePacificNorthwest.ThefindingsofthisstudyalsogivemoreconfidencetotheusersofFIA-PNWvolumeequations.