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ArticlePloS one2023

Modelling vegetation land fragmentation in urban areas of Western Province, Sri Lanka using an Artificial Intelligence-based simulation technique.

Amila Jayasinghe, Nesha Ranaweera, Chethika Abenayake, Niroshan Bandara, Chathura De Silva

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amila JayasingheDepartment of Town & Country Planning, Urban Simulation Laboratory, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0002-3268-6428
Nesha RanaweeraDepartment of Town & Country Planning, Urban Simulation Laboratory, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Chethika AbenayakeDepartment of Town & Country Planning, Urban Simulation Laboratory, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Niroshan BandaraDepartment of Town & Country Planning, Urban Simulation Laboratory, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0002-7693-3785
Chathura De SilvaDepartment of Town & Country Planning, Urban Simulation Laboratory, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0001-8622-9436
University of Moratuwa · LK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vegetation land fragmentation has had numerous negative repercussions on sustainable development around the world. Urban planners are currently avidly investigating vegetation land fragmentation due to its effects on sustainable development. The literature has identified a research gap in the development of Artificial Intelligence [AI]-based models to simulate vegetation land fragmentation in urban contexts with multiple affecting elements. As a result, the primary aim of this research is to create an AI-based simulation framework to simulate vegetation land fragmentation in metropolitan settings. The main objective is to use non-linear analysis to identify the factors that contribute to vegetation land fragmentation. The proposed methodology is applied for Western Province, Sri Lanka. Accessibility growth, initial vegetation large patch size, initial vegetation land fragmentation, initial built-up land fragmentation, initial vegetation shape irregularity, initial vegetation circularity, initial building density, and initial vegetation patch association are the main variables used to frame the model among the 20 variables related to patches, corridors, matrix and other. This study created a feed-forward Artificial Neural Network [ANN] using R statistical software to analyze non-linear interactions and their magnitudes. The study likewise utilized WEKA software to create a Decision Tree [DT] modeling framework to explain the effect of variables. According to the ANN olden algorithm, accessibility growth has the maximum importance level [44] between -50 and 50, while DT reveals accessibility growth as the root of the Level of Vegetation Land Fragmentation [LVLF]. Small, irregular, and dispersed vegetation patches are especially vulnerable to fragmentation. As a result, study contributes detech and managing vegetation land fragmentation patterns in urban environments, while opening up vegetation land fragmentation research topics to AI applications.

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Artificial IntelligenceEnvironmental MonitoringNeural Networks, ComputerSri LankaSustainable Development

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