An artificial neural network and Levenberg-Marquardt training algorithm-based mathematical model for performance prediction
Farheen Bano, Suhail H. Serbaya, Ali Rizwan, Mohammad Shabaz, Faraz Hasan, Hany S. Khalifa
Abstract
This research seeks to propose an innovative mathematical approach for measuring students’ performance in engineering education. The numerical solutions to this mathematical model and a thorough analysis are included in this study. Four categories – average candidates, poor candidates, below average candidates, and good candidates – are used to build the mathematical model that was built. To solve the differential system based on the migration rate and average student rate moving to weak and above average, the Adams numerical scheme is applied to the numerical results of the designed nonlinear mathematical model. Moreover, an artificial neural network is also applied to get the stochastic results of ANNs-LMB, also known as the Levenberg-Marquardt training algorithm. The ANNs-LMB procedures have been implemented with three samples of data scales using the authentication, testing and training, which are chosen as 75%, 15% and 10%, respectively. According to the findings, when the rate of students leaving engineering studies increased, good students performed better, and when the rate of students below average moved, it was due to an increase in the rate of migration above average, the performance of the good students was only impacted in this way. This research material can be used in different designs and models to improve the students’ performance.