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Prediction of Settling Velocity of Microplastics by Multiple Machine-Learning Methods
The terminal settling velocity of microplastics plays a vital role in the physical behavior of microplastics, and is related to the migration and fate of these microplastics in the ocean. At present, the terminal settling velocity is mostly calculated by formulae, which also leads to a fewer studies on the use of machine-learning models to predict its settling velocity in this field. This study fills this gap by studying the prediction of the settling velocity by machine-learning models and compares it with the traditional formula calculation method. This study evaluates three machine-learning models, namely, random forest, linear regression, and the back propagation neural network. The results of this study show that the prediction results of the three machine-learning models are more accurate than those of traditional formula calculations, with an accuracy increase of 12.79% (random forest), 9.3% (linear regression), and 13.92% (back propagation neural network), respectively. At the same time, according to the results of this study, random forest is better than the other models in the mean absolute error and root mean square error evaluation indicators, which are only 0.0036 and 0.0047. This paper proposes three machine-learning methods to prove that the prediction effect of machine learning is much better than traditional formula calculations, thereby improving the shortcomings in this field. At the same time, it also provides reliable data support for studying the migration behavior of microplastics in water bodies.
Prediction of Settling Velocity of Microplastics by Multiple Machine-Learning Methods
The terminal settling velocity of microplastics plays a vital role in the physical behavior of microplastics, and is related to the migration and fate of these microplastics in the ocean. At present, the terminal settling velocity is mostly calculated by formulae, which also leads to a fewer studies on the use of machine-learning models to predict its settling velocity in this field. This study fills this gap by studying the prediction of the settling velocity by machine-learning models and compares it with the traditional formula calculation method. This study evaluates three machine-learning models, namely, random forest, linear regression, and the back propagation neural network. The results of this study show that the prediction results of the three machine-learning models are more accurate than those of traditional formula calculations, with an accuracy increase of 12.79% (random forest), 9.3% (linear regression), and 13.92% (back propagation neural network), respectively. At the same time, according to the results of this study, random forest is better than the other models in the mean absolute error and root mean square error evaluation indicators, which are only 0.0036 and 0.0047. This paper proposes three machine-learning methods to prove that the prediction effect of machine learning is much better than traditional formula calculations, thereby improving the shortcomings in this field. At the same time, it also provides reliable data support for studying the migration behavior of microplastics in water bodies.
Prediction of Settling Velocity of Microplastics by Multiple Machine-Learning Methods
Zequan Leng (author) / Lu Cao (author) / Yun Gao (author) / Yadong Hou (author) / Di Wu (author) / Zhongyan Huo (author) / Xizeng Zhao (author)
2024
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