Table 5.

Statistical parameters of the artificial neural networks models used for prediction of anti-malarial activity at 3D7 and W2

	Number of compounds	3D7a,b			W2c,d
		R	R2	MSE	R	R2	MSE
Training set	23	0.973	0.947	0.036	0.964	0.929	0.030
Validation set	5	0.979	0.959	0.051	0.892	0.797	0.290
Test set	5	0.959	0.920	0.254	0.901	0.813	0.740

^aAverage absolute deviation (AAD) for 3D7 model = 0.168

^bPercentage average absolute relative error (AARE%) for 3D7 model = 2.98%

^cAverage absolute deviation (AAD) for W2 model = 0.257

^dPercentage average absolute relative error (AARE%) for W2 model = 4.20%