Hi Sushma,
Based on your requirement "nftool" in MATLAB seems to be a right choice. "nftool" is specifically designed for tasks, where the goal is to estimate or predict a continuous numeric value, such as effort .
"nprtool" is for classification tasks, which is suitable when predicting discrete categories not suitable for continuous effort values. "ntstool" is used for time-series data. Unless your data is explicitly time-dependent, this tool is not ideal.
Since inputs can be continuous or categorical, you can encode them using one-hot encoding before feeding to the network.
I am also attaching the documentation link of "nftool", "nprtool" and "ntstool" below for your reference:
