Rule-based agents for forecasting algal population dynamics in freshwater lakes discovered by hybrid evolutionary algorithms

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dc.contributor.authorWelk, A.
dc.contributor.authorRecknagel, F.
dc.contributor.authorCao, H.
dc.contributor.authorChan, W.
dc.contributor.authorTalib, A.
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionCopyright © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.description.abstractIn the context of this study two concepts were applied for the development of rule-based agents of algal populations: (1) rule discovery by means of a hybrid evolutionary algorithms (HEA) and rigorous k-fold cross-validation, and (2) rule generalisation by means of merged time-series data of lakes belonging to the same lake category. The rule-based agents developed during this study proved to be both explanatory and predictive. It has been demonstrated that the interpretation of the rules can be brought into the context of empirical and causal knowledge on chlorophyll-a dynamics as well as population dynamics of Microcystis and Oscillatoria under specific water quality conditions. The k-fold cross-validation of the agents based on measured data of each year of similar lakes revealed good forecasting accuracy resulting in r<sup>2</sup> values ranging between 0.39 and 0.63. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAmber Welk, Friedrich Recknagel, Hongqing Cao, Wai-Sum Chan and Anita Talib
dc.description.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/705192/description#description
dc.identifier.citationEcological Informatics, 2008; 3(1):46-54
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecoinf.2007.12.002
dc.identifier.issn1574-9541
dc.identifier.issn1878-0512
dc.identifier.orcidRecknagel, F. [0000-0002-1028-9413]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/46268
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Science BV
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2007.12.002
dc.titleRule-based agents for forecasting algal population dynamics in freshwater lakes discovered by hybrid evolutionary algorithms
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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