Comparison of a self organising map and simple evolving connectionist system for predicting insect pest establishment

Abstract

A comparison of two artificial neural network methods for predicting the risk of insect pest species establishment in regions where they are not normally found is presented. The ANN methods include a well-known unsupervised learning algorithm and a relatively new supervised constructive method. A New Zealand pest species assemblage as an example was used to compare model predictions. Both methods gave similar results for already established and non-established species.