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ArticleScientific reports2025

Exploration of transfer learning techniques for the prediction of PM

Michael Poelzl, Roman Kern, Simonas Kecorius, Mario Lovrić

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Michael PoelzlInstitute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology, 8010, Graz, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-2294-4325
Roman KernInstitute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology, 8010, Graz, Austria. rkern@tugraz.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0202-6100
Simonas KecoriusInstitute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
Mario LovrićInstitute for Anthropological Research, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3541-9624

Funding

European Commission 101057497
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modelling of pollutants provides valuable insights into air quality dynamics, aiding exposure assessment where direct measurements are not viable. Machine learning (ML) models can be employed to explore such dynamics, including the prediction of air pollution concentrations, yet demanding extensive training data. To address this, techniques like transfer learning (TL) leverage knowledge from a model trained on a rich dataset to enhance one trained on a sparse dataset, provided there are similarities in data distribution. In our experimental setup, we utilize meteorological and pollutant data from multiple governmental air quality measurement stations in Graz, Austria, supplemented by data from one station in Zagreb, Croatia to simulate data scarcity. Common ML models such as Random Forests, Multilayer Perceptrons, Long-Short-Term Memory, and Convolutional Neural Networks are explored to predict particulate matter in both cities. Our detailed analysis of PM

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