Estimation (Forecasting) of industrial production costs is one of the most important factor affecting decisions in the highly competitive markets. Thus, accuracy of the estimation is highly desirable. Hibrid Regression Neural Network is an approach proposed in this paper to obtain better fitness in comparison with Regression Analysis and the Neural Network methods. Comparing the estimated resul...

the need for more comparisons among models is widely recognized. this study aimed to compare three different modelling approaches for their capability to simulate and predict trends and patterns of winter wheat yield in western germany. the three modelling approaches included an empirical model, a process-based model (lintul2), and a metamodel derived from the process-based model. the models ou...

this study investigates the correlations among the tensile strength, mineral composition, and textural features of twenty-ninesandstones from kouzestan province. the regression analyses as well as artificial neural network (ann) are also applied to evaluatethe correlations. the results of simple regression analyses show no correlation between mineralogical features and tensile strength.however,...

background: low birth weight is one of the key indicators to assess the health of infants, and appropriate birth weight is one of the most important goals of any health system which also reflects the quality of prenatal care. objectives: the present research aimed to study some of the factors associated with low birth weight using quantile regression analysis. methods: a cross-sectional study w...

to determine the correlation between grain yield and its components in some grain corn hybrids and their cause and effect relationships in various fertilizer application methods, an experiment was carried out as split plot based on randomized complete block design with two fertilizer application methods (urea foliar application and soil application method), four grain corn hybrids (ns 640, kons...

background : the aim of this study was to predict the survival rate of iranian gastric cancer patients using the cox proportional hazard and artificial neural network models as well as comparing the ability of these approaches in predicting the survival of these patients. methods: in this historical cohort study, the data gathered from 436 registered gastric cancer patients who have had surgery...

BACKGROUND The pragmatic-explanatory continuum indicator summary version 2 (PRECIS-2) tool has recently been developed to classify randomized clinical trials (RCTs) as pragmatic or explanatory based on their design characteristics. Given that treatment effects in explanatory trials may be greater than those obtained in pragmatic trials, conventional meta-analytic approaches may not accurately a...