Robyn L. Ball, Philippe E. Tissot, G. Beate Zimmer, and Blair Sterba-Boatwright, "Comparison of random forest, artificial neural network, and multi-linear regression: a water temperature prediction case", presentation at the 7th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, LA. January 12, 2009.

Gustav Peter Legeune Dirichlet <- Simeon Denis Poisson & Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier <- Joseph Louie Lagrange & Pierre Simon Laplace <- Leonard Euler <- Johann Bernoulli <- Jacob Bernoulli (<-Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz <- Erhard Weigel & Christian Huygens) & Nikolaus Eglinger

Advisor of G. Beate Zimmer <-Peter Albert Loeb <- Halsey Lawrence Royden, Jr. <- Lars Valerian Ahlfors <- Ernst Leonard Lindelof & Rolf Herman Nevanlinna

Advisor of Blair Sterba-Boatwright <- Cameron McAllan^? Gordon <- John FP Hudson <- E. Christopher (Eric) Zeeman <- Shaun Wylie <- Soloman Lefschetz <- William Edward Story <- Carl Gottfried Neumann & C. Felix (Christian) Klein

Advisors of Carl Gottfried Neumann <- Friedrich Julius Richelot & Otto Hesse

Advisors of C. Felix (Christian) Klein <- Julius Plucker & Rudolf Otto Sigismund Lipschitz

Rudolf Otto Sigismund Lipschitz <- Gustav Peter Legeune Dirichlet & Martin Ohm

Gustav Peter Legeune Dirichlet <- Simeon Denis Poisson & Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier

Robyn Ball graduated from TAMUCC in 2008 with a MS in Mathematics. Her master's thesis was based on her work at the Division of Nearshore Research, part of which was developing a real-time model to predict water temperatures in the Laguna Madre.

She is currently a doctoral student at Texas A&M in Statistics.

Supplemental Information for the paper regarding the comparison of ANN, MLR, and RF models.

Random Forest Supplement

Robyn Ball is a Graduate Research Assistant at DNR. She graduated in May of 2008 with a Masters in Mathematics, Environmental Modeling Option. As part of her studies she worked with the Division of Nearshore Research developing a model to predict water temperatures in the Laguna Madre. This model has been implemeted as a real-time online forecasting tool for the Division of Nearshore Research.

P.E. Tissot, R. Ball and J.S. Adams. (2007). "Monitoring and Predictive Modeling of Water Temperatures in the Laguna Madre". Final report to Texas Parks & Wildlife and the Coastal Conservation Association, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Conrad Blucher Institute, Division of Nearshore Research, Corpus Christi, Texas.

The full report detailing the water temperature prediction project is available online.

P.E. Tissot, R. Ball and J.S. Adams. (2007). "Monitoring and Predictive Modeling of Water Temperatures in the Laguna Madre". Final report to Texas Parks & Wildlife and the Coastal Conservation Association, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Conrad Blucher Institute Division of Nearshore Research, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Report

P.E. Tissot, R. Ball and J.S. Adams. (2007). "Monitoring and Predictive Modeling of Water Temperatures in the Laguna Madre". Final report to TexasParks^? & Wildlife and the Coastal Conservation Association, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Conrad Blucher Institute Division of Nearshore Research, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Demo of ANN GUI in Matlab

Data for GUI Demo

AI Workshop

Water temperature monitoring station in the Land Cut

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The full report detailing the water temperature prediction project is available online.

Robyn Ball is a Graduate Research Assistant working on a Masters in Mathematics with the Environmental Modeling Option. As part of her studies she is working at the Division of Nearshore Research developing a model to predict water temperatures in the Laguna Madre. This model has been implemeted as a real-time online forecasting tool for the Division of Nearshore Research.

Robyn Ball is Graduate Research Assistant working on a Masters in Mathematics with the Environmental Modeling Option. As part of her studies she is working at the Division of Nearshore Research developing a model to predict water temperatures in the Laguna Madre. This model has been implemeted as a real-time online forecasting tool for the Division of Nearshore Research.

Water Temperature Predictions

The full report detailing the water temperature prediction project is available.

Artificial Neural Network Water Temperature Predictions

Other

Other

Calculus I Lab

Robyn Ball, Philippe E. Tissot, John Adams, G. Beate Zimmer, and Blair Sterba-Boatwright, "Artificial Neural Network Predictive Water Temperature Modeling of Cold Water Events in the Laguna Madre", presentation at the Graduate Student Association Research Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas. 21 April 2007.

Robyn Ball, Philippe E. Tissot, John Adams, G. Beate Zimmer, and Blair Sterba-Boatwright, "ANN Predictive Water Temperature Modeling of Cold Water Events in a Shallow Lagoon", presentation at the 5th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to Environmental Sciences, San Antonio, Texas. January 2007.PDF

Robyn Ball, Philippe E. Tissot, and G. Beate Zimmer, “Understanding Conditions that Precede a Fish Kill in the Laguna Madre”, presentation at the 14th Annual South Texas, Mathematics Consortium, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, February 25th, 2006, Corpus Christi, Texas.

R. Ball, P.E. Tissot, J. Adams, B. Zimmer, and B. Sterba-Boatwright, "Artificial Neural Network Predictive Water Temperature Modeling of Cold Water Events in the Laguna Madre", presentation at the Graduate Student Association Research Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas. 21 April 2007.

R. Ball, P.E. Tissot, J. Adams, B. Zimmer, and B. Sterba-Boatwright, "Artificial Neural Network Predictive Water Temperature Modeling of Cold Water Events in the Laguna Madre", presentation at the Graduate Student Association Research Symposium, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas. 21 April 2007.

R. Ball, P.E. Tissot, J. Adams, B. Zimmer, and B. Sterba-Boatwright, "ANN Predictive Water Temperature Modeling of Cold Water Events in a Shallow Lagoon", presentation at the 5th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to Environmental Sciences, San Antonio, Texas. January 2007.PDF

AI Workshop

Table 2: Possible Inputs and Inputs Included in Model

Table 2: Possible Inputs and Series of Inputs Included in Model^?

R. Ball, P.E. Tissot, and B. Zimmer, “Understanding Conditions that Precede a Fish Kill in the Laguna Madre”, presentation at the 14th Annual South Texas, Mathematics Consortium, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, February 25th, 2006, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Table 3: Average Absolute Error of Optimized ANN

R. Ball, “Understanding Conditions that Precede a Fish Kill in the Laguna Madre”, presentation at the 14th Annual South Texas, Mathematics Consortium, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, February 25th, 2006, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Supplemental Tables and Graphs for "ANN Predictive Water Temperature Modeling of Cold Water Events in a Shallow Lagoon"

Table 2: Possible Inputs and Inputs Included in Model

R. Ball, P.E. Tissot, J. Adams, B. Zimmer, and B. Sterba-Boatwright, "ANN Predictive Water Temperature Modeling of Cold Water Events in a Shallow Lagoon", will be presented at the 5th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to Environmental Sciences, San Antonio, Texas. January 2007.PDF

Table 1: Data Quality

Robyn Ball is Graduate Research Assistant working on a Masters in Mathematics with the Environmental Modeling Option. As part of her studies she is working at the Division of Nearshore Research developing a model to predict water temperatures in the Laguna Madre. This model will be implemeted as a real-time online forecasting tool for the Division of Nearshore Research.

Conference and Workshop Presentations

R. Ball, P.E. Tissot, J. Adams, B. Zimmer, and B. Sterba-Boatwright, "ANN Predictive Water Temperature Modeling of Cold Water Events in a Shallow Lagoon", will be presented at the 5th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to Environmental Sciences, San Antonio, Texas. January 2007.PDF

R. Ball, “Understanding Conditions that Precede a Fish Kill in the Laguna Madre”, presentation at the 14th Annual South Texas, Mathematics Consortium, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, February 25th, 2006, Corpus Christi, Texas.