A model is developed for predicting the correlation between processing parameters and the technical target of double glowby applying artificial neural network (ANN). The input parameters of the neural network (NN) are source voltage, workpiecevoltage, working pressure and distance between source electrode and workpiece. The output of the NN model is three importanttechnical targets, namely the gross element content, the thickness of surface alloying layer and the absorption rate (the ratioof the mass loss of source materials to the increasing mass of workpiece) in the processing of double glow plasma surfacealloying. The processing parameters and technical target are then used as a training set for an artificial neural network. Themodel is based on multiplayer feedforward neural network. A very good performance of the neural network is achieved and thecalculated results are in good agreement with the experimental ones.