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This paper focus on the drought monitoring and forecasting for semi-arid region based on the various machine learning models and SPI index. Drought phenomena are crucial role in the agriculture and drinking purposes in the area. In this study, Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) was used to predicted the future drought in the upper Godavari River basin, India. We have selected the ten input combinations of ML model were used to prediction of drought for three SPI timescales (i.e., SPI -3, SPI-6, and SPI-12). The historical data of SPI from 2000 to 2019 was used for creation of ML models SPI prediction, these datasets was divided into training (75% of the data) and testing (25% of the data) models. The best subset regression method and sensitivity analysis were applied to estimate the most effective input variables for estimation of SPI 3, 6, and 12. The improved support vector machine model using sequential minimal optimization (SVM-SMO) with various kernel functions i.e., SMO-SVM poly kernel, SMO-SVM Normalized poly kernel, SMO-SVM PUK (Pearson Universal Kernel) and SMO-SVM RBF (radial basis function) kernel was developed to forecasting of the SPI-3,6 and 12 months. The ML models accuracy were compared with various statistical indicators i.e., root mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), relative absolute error (RAE), root relative squared error (RRSE), and correlation coefficient (r). The results of study area have been showed that the SMO-SVM poly kernel model precisely predicted the SPI-3 (R2 = 0.819) and SPI-12 (R2 = 0.968) values at Paithan station; the SPI-3 (R2 = 0.736) and SPI-6 (R2 = 0.841) values at Silload station, respectively. The SMO-SVM PUK kernel is found that the best ML model for the prediction of SPI-6 (R2 = 0.846) at Paithan station and SPI-12 (R2 = 0.975) at the Silload station. The compared with SVM-SMO poly kernel and SVM-SMO PUK kernel was observed, these models are best forecasting of drought (i.e. SPI-6 and SPI-12), while SVM-SMO poly kernel is good for SPI-3 prediction at both stations. The results have been showed the ability of the SVM-SMO algorithm with various kernel functions successfully applied for the forecasting of multiscale SPI under the climate changes. It can be helpful for decision making in water resource management and tackle droughts in the semi-arid region of central India.
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Chaitanya B. Pande: Original draft writing, conceptualization, formal analysis, Supervision, Data curation, Processing of data, Development of ML models, Writing-review and editing, Investigation. Ahmed Elbeltagi: Methodology, Development of ML models, Validation and formal analysis and writing- review and editing. N. L. Kushwaha: Writing-review and editing, Development of ML models, Visualization. Israel R. Orimoloye: Writing review and editing. Abebe Debele Tolche: Writing review and editing. Hazem Ghassan Abdo: Writing review and editing. Rohitash Kumar: Writing review and editing.
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Pande, C.B., Kushwaha, N.L., Orimoloye, I.R. et al. Comparative Assessment of Improved SVM Method under Different Kernel Functions for Predicting Multi-scale Drought Index. Water Resour Manage 37, 1367–1399 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-023-03440-0
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