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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Neural Network Modeling for Ni(II) Removal from Aqueous System Using Shelled Moringa Oleifera Seed Powder as an Agricultural Waste

  AUTHORS: Kumar Rohit Raj, Abhishek Kardam, Jyoti Kumar Arora, Man Mohan Srivastava, Shalini Srivastava

  KEYWORDS: Artificial Neural Networks, Biosorption, Moringa Oleifera, Ni(II) Removal

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Water Resource and Protection, Vol.2 No.4, May 4, 2010

  ABSTRACT: A single-layer Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model was developed to predict the removal efficiency of Ni(II) ions from aqueous solution using shelled Moringa Oleifera seed (SMOS) powder. Batch experiments resulted into standardization of optimum conditions: biomass dosage (4.0 g), Ni(II) concentration (25 mg/L) volume (200 mL) at pH 6.5. A time of forty minutes was found sufficient to achieve the equilibrium. The ANN model was designed to predict sorption efficiency of SMOS for target metal ion by combining back propagation (BP) with principle component analysis. A sigmoid axon was used as transfer function for input and output layers. The Levenberg–Marquardt Algorithm (LMA) was applied, giving a minimum mean squared error (MSE) for training and cross validation at the ninth place of decimal.