Abstract
AbstractAn artificial neural network (ANN) model was successfully developed for the modelling and prediction of the polarity parameter π used in the revised patterns scheme for the prediction of monomers reactivity ratios in radical polymerizations. Four quantum chemical descriptors based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used to develop the ANN model. The optimal condition of the neural network was obtained by adjusting various parameters by trial-and-error. Simulated with the final optimum BP neural network 4-4-1, the results show that the predicted parameter π values are in good agreement with the experimental ones, with the root mean square (rms) errors being 0.053 (R=0.960) for the training set and 0.070 (R=0.942) for the test set. The ANN model has better statistic quality than the MLR model, which indicates there are nonlinear relationships between these quantum chemical descriptors and the parameter π.
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