Predictive Analysis for Journal Abstracts using Polynomial Neural Networks Algorithm

Academic journals are an important outlet for dissemination of academic research. In this study, Neural Networks model was used in the prediction of abstracts from The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Computers. Simulation of results was done using the Polynomial Neural Networks algorithm. This algorithm, which is based on Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH) method, utilizes a class of polynomials such as linear, quadratic and modified quadratic. The prediction was done for a period of twenty-four months using a predictive model of three layers and two coefficients. The performance measures used in this study were mean square errors, mean absolute error and root mean square error.