Application of random forest regression and comparison of its performance to multiple linear regression in modeling groundwater nitrate concentration at the African continent scale - Ouedraogo, Issoufou; Defourny, Pierre; Vanclooster, Marnik (Hydrogeology journal, 2019)
Keywords: Africa; algorithms; Aquatic Pollution; Climatology; Contaminants; Contamination; Data base management systems; Data processing; Decision trees; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Fertilizer application; fertilizer rates; Fertilizers; Geographic information systems; Geographical information systems; Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Groundwater; Groundwater data; Groundwater management; Groundwater pollution; Groundwater recharge; Hydrogeology; Hydrology/Water Resources; Information systems; Land use; Large-scale models; meta-analysis; Methods; Modelling; monitoring; Nitrates; nitrogen fertilizers; pollutants; pollution; Pollution studies; Population density; Prediction models; Rain; Rainfall; Recharge; Regression analysis; Regression models; Remote sensing; Soil; Soil contamination; Soil types; topography; Topography (geology); Variables; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water monitoring; Water Pollution Control; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Africa; Random forest; Nitrate; Groundwater modeling; Geographic information system; Sub-Saharan Africa