Lowland Technology International
Vol 22 No 2 (2020): Lowland Technology International Journal

The Suitability of Artificial Neural Network Application to Predict Sekayam River Discharge in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Henny Herawati (Tanjungpura University)
Suripin Suripin (Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia)
Suharyanto Suharyanto (Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia)
Trias Wigyarianto (Tanjungpura University, Pontianak, Indonesia)
Kartini Kartini (Tanjungpura University, Pontianak, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Nov 2020

Abstract

Data availability of on a river discharge is the key to waterworks planning. Unfortunately, not all rivers have long and complete historical data records to support the planning. Therefore, a hydrological model capable of predicting long-term river discharge is needed. There are many hydrologic models that have been developed, ranging from the simplest ones by using empirical black-box model, to complex ones with physical white-box model. This study used ANN application due to its data requirement that is applicable to be met in study area, Sekayam River, a part of Kapuas Subwatershed, namely Kembayan Watershed. Although the available data is relatively minimal, which is only rainfall and evaporation data, the ANN application can predict river discharge that is close to the measurement in the field, with a mean square error (MSE) of 0.25. The results show that ANN application was able to predict river discharge reasonably with climate and rainfall data as the input. Deviation may occur due the broad scope of the research area, Kembayan Watershed, a Kapuas Subwatershed which amounted to 2,290 km2.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ialt_lti

Publisher

Subject

Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Engineering Transportation

Description

The Lowland Technology International Journal presents activity and research developments in Geotechnical Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Urban Planning, Coastal Engineering, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation ...