Predicting Birth Weight Using Artificial Neural Network

International Journal of Academic Health and Medical Research (IJAHMR) 3 (1):9-14 (2019)
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Abstract

In this research, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model was developed and tested to predict Birth Weight. A number of factors were identified that may affect birth weight. Factors such as smoke, race, age, weight (lbs) at last menstrual period, hypertension, uterine irritability, number of physician visits in 1st trimester, among others, as input variables for the ANN model. A model based on multi-layer concept topology was developed and trained using the data from some birth cases in hospitals. The evaluation of testing the dataset shows that the ANN model is capable of correctly predicting the birth weight with 100% accuracy.

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Samy S. Abu-Naser
North Dakota State University (PhD)

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