“…Over the years, ANN based models have been used for streamflow prediction (Han et al, 2002, Han et al, 2007Remesan et al, 2010), reservoir inflow prediction (Hassan et al, 2014), rainfall estimation (Kissi andCimen, 2012;Alqudah et al, 2013), Solar radiation estimation (Remesan et al, 2008;Shamim et al, 2010;Shamim et al, 2014), Land use classification (Srivastva et al, 2012) (Ishak et al, 2013), modelling snowmelt-runoff (Matheussen and Thorolfsson 1999;Tokar and Markus 2000), sediment transport prediction (Tayfur and G眉ldal, 2006), groundwater modeling (Rogers and Dowla, 1994;Lallahem and Mania, 2003;Shamim et al, 2004) ecological response to climate change (Trigo and Palutikof, 1999) and reservoir operation (Hasebe and Nagayama, 2002;Jain et al, 1999b;Raman and Chandramouli, 1996). American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE's) task committee has also acknowledged the importance of ANNs as an important forecasting tool as elaborated in ASCE (2000a and b).…”