TABLE 3.

Performance measures for the models created.

Performance Measures for the Models Created for L. plantarum
Method/Number of Neurons	Mean Squared Error	R-value	p-Value
Regression	0.1900	0.97700	8.45e-12
Levenberg-Marquardt/6	0.0280	0.99150	2.82e-18
Levenberg-Marquardt/8	0.0014	0.99940	2.60e-29
Quasi-Newton/8	0.0523	0.98250	2.44e-15
Fletcher-Powell/10	0.0113	0.99552	1.30e-20
Performance measures for the models created for L. casei
Method/Number of neurons	Mean squared error	R-value	p-value
Regression	0.2540	0.9730	3.38e-11
Levenberg-Marquardt/6	0.0176	0.9955	6.59e-21
Levenberg-Marquardt/8	0.0185	0.9957	4.26e-21
Quasi-Newton/8	0.0467	0.9878	8.21e-17
Fletcher-Powell/10	0.0441	0.9883	5.66e-17
Performance measures for the models created for co-cultures of L. plantarum and L. casei
Method/Number of neurons	Mean squared error	R-value	p-value
Regression	0.4110	0.9210	9.42e-8
Levenberg-Marquardt/6	0.0418	0.9871	1.38e-16
Levenberg-Marquardt/8	0.0124	0.9961	1.79e-21
Quasi-Newton/8	0.0627	0.9796	1.06e-14
Fletcher-Powell/10	0.0513	0.9838	1.21e-15