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Applicability of support vector machines and adaptive neurofuzzy inference system for modeling potato crop evapotranspiration

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Estimation of crop evapotranspiration (ETC) for certain crops such as potato is very important for irrigation planning, irrigation scheduling and irrigation systems management. The primary focus of this study was to investigate the accuracy of the adaptive neurofuzzy inference system (ANFIS) and support vector machines (SVM) for potato ETC estimation when lysimeter measurements or the complete weather data for applying the FAO method are not available. The estimates of the ANFIS and SVM models were compared with the empirical equations of Blaney–Criddle, Makkink, Turc, Priestley–Taylor, Hargreaves and Ritchie. The performances of the different SVM and ANFIS models were evaluated by comparing the corresponding values of root mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE) and correlation coefficient (r). The drawn conclusions confirmed that the SVM and ANFIS models could provide more accurate ETC estimates than the empirical equations. Overall, the minimum RMSE (0.042 mm/day) and MAE (0.031 mm/day) values and the maximum r value (0.98) were obtained using the SVM model with mean air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, sunshine hours and wind speed as inputs.

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The authors acknowledge the Islamic Republic of Iran Meteorological Organization (IRIMO) for providing the data sets required. Two anonymous reviewers are also acknowledged for their helpful comments, which resulted in an improved paper.

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  1. Department of Water Engineering, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran

    Hossein Tabari

  2. Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Christopher Martinez

  3. Department of Water Engineering, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran

    Azadeh Ezani

  4. Young Researchers Club, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran

    P. Hosseinzadeh Talaee

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Tabari, H., Martinez, C., Ezani, A. et al. Applicability of support vector machines and adaptive neurofuzzy inference system for modeling potato crop evapotranspiration. Irrig Sci 31, 575–588 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-012-0332-6

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