nw.prm

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# Parameter file for ANN fire severity project: Northwest climate region.
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# Modify this parameter file as needed.
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# The order of fields is specified in the example below, and cannot be changed.
# Fields are separated by white space (or commas).
# Anything following # (or %) on a line is ignored as a comment.
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# Class:        CSC447/547 Artificial Intelligence
# Author:       John M. Weiss, Ph.D.
# Date:         Jan 2016
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# ANN parameters
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weights.wts     # name of ANN weight file
1000            # number of training epochs
0.4             # learning rate
0.8             # momentum
0.01            # threshold for ANN error (training cutoff OR testing acceptance)
2               # layers of adjustable weights (one less than layers of nodes)
25 3 3          # how many nodes in each layer

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# training and testing data file
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PDSI_NW_1998_2015.csv

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# input feature vector info:
# years of burned acreage,
# months of PDSI data (no fewer than # of input layer nodes),
# and end month of current year (1=Jan, 2=Feb, 3=Mar, etc.) for PDSI data
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1       # years of burned acreage
24      # months of PDSI data
3       # end month of current year (1=Jan, 2=Feb, 3=Mar, etc.)

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# output class info:
# number of classes (no fewer than # of input layer nodes)
# class names and positions (zero based)
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3       # number of classes

# fire severity cutoffs (burned acres, low and high)
2000
20000

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