Artificial Neural Networks in Hydrology J. Koerting Torben Amtoft

Torben Amtoft

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Artificial Neural Networks in Hydrology J. Koerting Torben AmtoftR. S. GOVINDARAJU and ARAMACHANDRA RAO School of Civil Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette, IN. , USA Background and Motivation The basic notion of artificial neural networks (ANNs), as we understand them today, was perhaps first formalized by McCulloch and Pitts (1943) in their model of an artificial neuron. Research in this field remained somewhat dormant in the early years, perhaps because of the limited capabilities of this method and