Prediction on Number of Agricultural Pumps in Henan Province of China Based on BP Neural Network

To understanding future market conditions of agricultural pumps in Henan province, need to predict numbers of agricultural pumps at each year-end. Expatiated the principle of prediction based on BP neural network, and constructed the model of prediction. The BP neural network was trained with normalized statistical data of agricultural pumps in Henan province from 1990 to 2010, and gained parameters of the neural network. Test shows the model has high predictive precision. The average absolute value of predicted relative errors is 1.333%. Numbers of agricultural pumps at each year-end in Henan province of China from 2011 to 2015 were predicted, and the trend was also presented.