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. 2020 Jul 28;6(7):e04289. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04289

Table 9.

Relationship between actual and predicted values for ASTM 667-98 and ASTM 668-98.

Name
ASTM 667-98
ASTM 668-98
Settings (°C) Actual Value (°C) Predicted Value (°C) Error Actual Value (°C) Predicted Value (°C) Error
1st Zone 125 123.0092 1.9908 132 130.9756 1.0244
2nd Zone 150 150.0148 -0.0148 154 156.9521 -2.9521
3rd Zone 163 160.9945 2.0055 160 159.9292 0.0708
4th Zone 164 164.0042 -0.0042 160 159.9243 0.0757
5th Zone 165 164.9903 0.0097 160 159.9500 0.05
6th Zone 160 163.0020 -3.002 160 159.9783 0.0217
7th Zone 160 162.0140 -2.014 160 159.9548 0.0452
Clamp 175 174.9839 0.0161 175 175.9558 -0.9558
Neck 150 147.0494 2.9506 150 148.1633 1.8367
Crosshead 170 169.9934 0.0066 170 169.9781 0.0219
Die 175 175.0047 -0.0047 175 174.9769 0.0231

The mean square error (MSE) for the PVC grades to determine the accuracy of the proposed model is as shown in Table 10.