Determination of Optimal Drop Height in Free-Fall Shock Test Using Regression Analysis and Back-Propagation Neural Network

Table 7

Performance comparison: regression analysis versus BPNN.

Condition	Manner
	Regression analysis	BPNN
Ability to handle more than 2 variables	NO	YES
Degree of accuracy	GOOD	EXCELLENT
Ability to develop approximate equations	YES	NO
Need to collect cases	YES	YES
Time efficiency	FAST	FAST
Need for recalling	YES	YES
Ability to solve complicated nonlinear problems	NO	YES