Streamflow classification by employing various machine learning models for peninsular Malaysia

AlDahoul, Nouar and Momo, Mhd Adel and Chong, K. L. and Ahmed, Ali Najah and Huang, Yuk Feng and Sherif, Mohsen and El-Shafie, Ahmed (2023) Streamflow classification by employing various machine learning models for peninsular Malaysia. Scientific Reports, 13 (1). ISSN 2045-2322, DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41735-9.

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Abstract

Due to excessive streamflow (SF), Peninsular Malaysia has historically experienced floods and droughts. Forecasting streamflow to mitigate municipal and environmental damage is therefore crucial. Streamflow prediction has been extensively demonstrated in the literature to estimate the continuous values of streamflow level. Prediction of continuous values of streamflow is not necessary in several applications and at the same time it is very challenging task because of uncertainty. A streamflow category prediction is more advantageous for addressing the uncertainty in numerical point forecasting, considering that its predictions are linked to a propensity to belong to the predefined classes. Here, we formulate streamflow prediction as a time series classification with discrete ranges of values, each representing a class to classify streamflow into five or ten, respectively, using machine learning approaches in various rivers in Malaysia. The findings reveal that several models, specifically LSTM, outperform others in predicting the following n-time steps of streamflow because LSTM is able to learn the mapping between streamflow time series of 2 or 3 days ahead more than support vector machine (SVM) and gradient boosting (GB). LSTM produces higher F1 score in various rivers (by 5% in Johor, 2% in Kelantan and Melaka and Selangor, 4% in Perlis) in 2 days ahead scenario. Furthermore, the ensemble stacking of the SVM and GB achieves high performance in terms of F1 score and quadratic weighted kappa. Ensemble stacking gives 3% higher F1 score in Perak river compared to SVM and gradient boosting.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering > Department of Civil Engineering
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 08 Sep 2025 01:32
Last Modified: 08 Sep 2025 01:32
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/50656

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