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Figure 5.2 McCulloch-Pitts (Meyer-Baese, 2009).<br />

Figure 5.3 Multi- Layer Feed Forward Network (Meyer-Baese, 2009).<br />

5.2. Previous work<br />

Almasri & Kaluarachchi (2005) have shown that Modular Neural Networks (MNN) can<br />

be used to predict the nitrate distribution in groundwater using the on-ground nitrogen<br />

loading and recharge data. In order to study the distribution of nitrates in the Sumas-<br />

Blaine aquifer in Whatcom County (Washington State), they created a MNN and<br />

compared the results to that of a classical fate and transport model. Their results indicate<br />

that the perfromance of the MNN is better than the ANN, and that the MNN can provide<br />

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