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Using Optimized Deep Learning to Predict Daily Streamflow: A Comparison to Common Machine Learning Algorithms

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Khabat Khosravi
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Ali Golkarian *
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John P. Tiefenbacher
DOI:10.1007/s11269-021-03051-7delete
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From a watershed management perspective, streamflow need to be predicted accurately using simple, reliable, and cost-effective tools. Present study demonstrates the first applications of a novel optimized deep-learning algorithm of a convolutional neural network (CNN) using BAT metaheuristic algorithm (i.e., CNN-BAT). Using the prediction powers of 4 well-known algorithms as benchmarks - multilayer perceptron (MLP-BAT), adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS-BAT), support vector regression (SVR-BAT) and random forest (RF-BAT), the CNN-BAT model is tested for daily streamflow (Q(t)) prediction in the Korkorsar catchment in northern Iran. Fifteen years of daily rainfall (R-t) and streamflow data from 1997 to 2012 were collected and used for model development and evaluation. The dataset was divided into two groups for building and testing models. The correlation coefficient (r) between rainfall and streamflow with and without antecedent events (i.e., Rt-1, Rt-2, etc.) (as the input variables) and Q(t) (as the output variable) served as the basis for constructing different input scenarios. Several quantitative and visually-based evaluation metrics were used to validate and compare the model's performance. The results indicate that R-t was the most effective input variable on Q(t) prediction and the integration of R-t, Rt-1, and Q(t-1) was the optimal input combination. The evaluation metrics show that the CNN-BAT algorithm outperforms the other algorithms. The Friedman and Wilcoxon signed-rank test indicates that the prediction power of CNN-BAT algorithm is significantly/statistically different from the other developed algorithms.
Keywords:
CNN-BAT
Streamflow prediction
Antecedent rainfall
Deep learning
BAT algorithm

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