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These cases include a low signal-to-noise ratio, a high background signal (e.g. from incoherent scattering), as well as a potential lack of a total reflection edge (TRE). By dynamically modifying the training data after every mini batch, a fully-connected neural network was trained to determine thin film parameters from reflectivity curves. We show that noise and background intensity pose no significant problem as long as they do not affect the TRE. However, for curves without strong features the prediction accuracy is diminished. Furthermore, we compare the prediction accuracy for different scattering length density combinations. 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