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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Kriging-Based Land-Use Regression Models That Use Machine Learning Algorithms to Estimate the Monthly BTEX Concentration.

Chin-Yu Hsu, Yu-Ting Zeng, Yu-Cheng Chen, Mu-Jean Chen, Shih-Chun Candice Lung, Chih-Da Wu

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  3. The Seasonality Impact of the BTEX Pollution on the Atmosphere of Arad City, Romania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  4. Comparison of Spatial Modelling Approaches on PMInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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Chin-Yu HsuDepartment of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei 243303, Taiwan.
Yu-Ting ZengDepartment of Geomatics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
Yu-Cheng ChenNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 35053, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-1696-4667
Mu-Jean ChenNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 35053, Taiwan.
Shih-Chun Candice LungResearch Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Chih-Da WuDepartment of Geomatics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.

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Abstract

This paper uses machine learning to refine a Land-use Regression (LUR) model and to estimate the spatial-temporal variation in BTEX concentrations in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Using the Taiwanese Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data of BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes) concentrations from 2015 to 2018, which includes local emission sources as a result of Asian cultural characteristics, a new LUR model is developed. The 2019 data was then used as external data to verify the reliability of the model. We used hybrid Kriging-land-use regression (Hybrid Kriging-LUR) models, geographically weighted regression (GWR), and two machine learning algorithms-random forest (RF) and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost)-for model development. Initially, the proposed Hybrid Kriging-LUR models explained each variation in BTEX from 37% to 52%. Using machine learning algorithms (XGBoost) increased the explanatory power of the models for each BTEX, between 61% and 79%. This study compared each combination of the Hybrid Kriging-LUR model and (i) GWR, (ii) RF, and (iii) XGBoost algorithm to estimate the spatiotemporal variation in BTEX concentration. It is shown that a combination of Hybrid Kriging-LUR and the XGBoost algorithm gives better performance than other integrated methods.

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Machine LearningAir PollutantsAlgorithmsBenzeneBenzene DerivativesEnvironmental MonitoringHumansTaiwanTolueneXylenesAir PollutantsBenzeneBenzene DerivativesethylbenzeneTolueneXylenesculture-specific sourceshybrid Kriging-LUR modelnitrogen dioxide (NO2)spatiotemporal variations

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