Multistep-Ahead Prediction of PM2.5 Using Nonlinear Autoregressive Machine Learning Model
摘要
The article demonstrates application of nonlinear autoregressive neural network for multi-step ahead hourly prediction of concentration of Particulate Matter (PM2.5) at Anand Vihar location in New Delhi, India. The hourly PM2.5 concentration data of the area has been collected for a duration of 10 days and used for training of proposed machine learning model. The autoregressive neural network based machine learning model has been trained using three different training algorithms namely Levenberg–Marquardt (LM), Bayesian Regularization (BR) and Scaled Conjugate Gradient (SCG). The prediction output of these algorithms have been analysed for a maximum hourly prediction duration of 5 h in terms of root mean squared error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE) and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE). The results clearly indicate that BR-algorithm outperforms other machine learning algorithms considered in the study.