Total Dissolved Salt Prediction Using Neurocomputing Models: Case Study of Gypsum Soil Within Iraq Region

Autor: Neeraj Dhanraj Bokde, Zainab Hasan Ali, Maysam Th. Al-Hadidi, Aitazaz Ahsan Farooque, Mehdi Jamei, Ali Abdulridha Al Maliki, Beste Hamiye Beyaztas, Hossam Faris, Zaher Mundher Yaseen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: IEEE Access, Vol 9, Pp 53617-53635 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2169-3536
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3071015
Popis: Quantification of the soil physicochemical properties is one of the essential process in the field of soil geo-science. In the current research, three types of machine learning (ML) models including support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF), and gradient boosted decision tree (GBDT) were developed for Total Dissolved Salt (TDS) prediction over several locations in Iraq region. Various physicochemical soil properties were used as predictors for the TDS prediction. Four modeling scenarios are constructed based on the types of the associated soil input variables properties. The applied ML models were analyzed and discussed based on several statistical measures and graphical presentations. Based on the correlation analysis; Gypsum concentration, Sulfur trioxide ( $SO_{3}$ ), Chloride (Cl), and organic matter (OR) were the essential soil properties for the TDS concentration influence. The prediction results indicated that incorporating all the types of input variables including chemical, soil consistency limits, and soil sieve analysis attained the best prediction process. In quantitative terms, the SVM model attained the maximum coefficient of determination ( $R^{2}=0.849$ ) and minimum root mean square error (RMSE=3.882). Overall, the development of the ML models for the TDS of soil prediction provided a robust and reliable methodology that contributes to the soil geoscience field.
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