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A novel machine learning-based approach for the risk assessment of nitrate groundwater contamination

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dc.creator Sajedi-Hosseini, Farzaneh
dc.creator Malekian, Arash
dc.creator Choubin, Bahram
dc.creator Rahmati, Omid
dc.creator Cipullo, Sabrina
dc.creator Coulon, Frederic
dc.creator Pradhan, Biswajeet
dc.date 2018-07-13T08:08:51Z
dc.date 2018-07-13T08:08:51Z
dc.date 2018-07-11
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:37:08Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:37:08Z
dc.identifier Farzaneh Sajedi-Hosseini, Arash Malekian, Bahram Choubin, et al., A novel machine learning-based approach for the risk assessment of nitrate groundwater contamination. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 644, Issue December, 2018, pp. 954-962
dc.identifier 0048-9697
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.054
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13340
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182198
dc.description This study aimed to develop a novel framework for risk assessment of nitrate groundwater contamination by integrating chemical and statistical analysis for an arid region. A standard method was applied for assessing the vulnerability of groundwater to nitrate pollution in Lenjanat plain, Iran. Nitrate concentration were collected from 102 wells of the plain and used to provide pollution occurrence and probability maps. Three machine learning models including boosted regression trees (BRT), multivariate discriminant analysis (MDA), and support vector machine (SVM) were used for the probability of groundwater pollution occurrence. Afterwards, an ensemble modeling approach was applied for production of the groundwater pollution occurrence probability map. Validation of the models was carried out using area under the receiver operating characteristic curve method (AUC); values above 80% were selected to contribute in ensembling process. Results indicated that accuracy for the three models ranged from 0.81 to 0.87, therefore all models were considered for ensemble modeling process. The resultant groundwater pollution risk (produced by vulnerability, pollution, and probability maps) indicated that the central regions of the plain have high and very high risk of nitrate pollution further confirmed by the exiting landuse map. The findings may provide very helpful information in decision making for groundwater pollution risk management especially in semi-arid regions.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Groundwater pollution
dc.subject Nitrate
dc.subject Probability
dc.subject Risk
dc.subject Vulnerability
dc.subject GIS
dc.title A novel machine learning-based approach for the risk assessment of nitrate groundwater contamination
dc.type Article


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