Estimation of natural streams longitudinal dispersion coefficient using hybrid evolutionary machine learning model

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Among several indicators for river engineering sustainability, the longitudinal dispersion coefficient ((Formula presented.)) is the main parameter that defines the transport of pollutants in natural streams. Accurate estimation of (Formula presented.) has been challenging for hydrologists due to the high stochasticity and non-linearity of this hydraulic-environmental parameter. This study presents a new hybrid machine learning (ML) model integrating a Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) and an evolutionary feature selection (FS) approach (i.e. Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy (CMAES)) to estimate (Formula presented.) in natural streams. The dataset consists of geometric and hydraulic river system parameters from 29 streams in the United States. The modeling results showed that the proposed model outperformed other models in the literature, producing more stable and accurate estimations. The FS approach evidenced the significance of the cross-sectional average flow velocity (U), channel width (B), and channel sinuosity σ to estimate the dispersion coefficient. In quantitative terms, the integrated GPR model with feature selection approach attained the minimum root mean square error ((Formula presented.)) and maximum coefficient of determination ((Formula presented.)). The proposed hybrid evolutionary ML model arises as robust, flexible and reliable alternative computer aid technology for predicting the longitudinal dispersion coefficient in natural streams.

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Goliatt, L., Sulaiman, S. O., Khedher, K. M., Farooque, A. A., & Yaseen, Z. M. (2021). Estimation of natural streams longitudinal dispersion coefficient using hybrid evolutionary machine learning model. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 15(1), 1298–1320. https://doi.org/10.1080/19942060.2021.1972043

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