Unorganized machines and linear multivariate regression model applied to atmospheric pollutant forecasting

• Autor(a) principal: Campos, Daniel Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Tadano, Yara de Souza, Alves, Thiago Antonini, Siqueira, Hugo Valadares, Marinho, Manoel Henrique de Nóbrega
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Acta scientiarum. Technology (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciTechnol/article/view/48203
• topic: forecasting; air pollutants; linear multivariate; regression models; echo state networks; extreme learning machines; forecasting; air pollutants; linear multivariate; regression models; echo state networks; extreme learning machines.

Air pollution is a relevant issue studied worldwide, and its prediction is important for social and economic management. Linear multivariate regression models (LMR) and artificial neural networks (ANN) are widely applied to forecasting concentrations of pollutants. However, unorganized machines are scarcely used. The present investigation proposes the application of unorganized machines (echo state networks - ESN and extreme learning machines - ELM) to forecast hourly concentrations of particulate matter with the aerodynamic diameter up to 10 µm (PM10), carbon monoxide (CO), and ozone (O3) at the metropolitan region of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. The results were compared with multilayer perceptron neural network (MLP) and LMR. The prediction was made using or not meteorological variables (wind speed, temperature, and relative humidity) as input data. The results showed that the inclusion of these variables could increase the general performance of the models considering one step ahead forecasting horizons. Also, the ELM and the LMR achieved the best overall results.