... involved gathering the data for use in training and testing the neural network A large training data reduces the risk of under-sampling the nonlinear function, but increases the training time ... learn the database, and to predict the properties of consolidation SELECTION OF STRAIN RATE r= V − Vmin Vmax − Vmin Data Collection Data Normalization Parametric Studies (3) Training and Testing ... verify the applicability of MANN model, a total of 46 data of the consolidation test results are used 43 learning data are used for training the ANN model, and the others are used for the comparison...