Application of decomposition-ensemble learning paradigm with phase space reconstruction for day-ahead PM2.5 concentration forecasting

• Published in: Journal of environmental management Vol. 196; pp. 110 - 118
• Main Authors: Niu, Mingfei, Gan, Kai, Sun, Shaolong, Li, Fengying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Decomposition-ensemble learning paradigm; EEMD; LSSVM; PM2.5 concentration forecasting; PSR; Decomposition-ensemble learning paradigm; PM2.5 concentration forecasting; LSSVM; PSR; EEMD
• ISSN: 0301-4797; 1095-8630
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.02.071

PM2.5 concentration have received considerable attention from meteorologists, who are able to notify the public and take precautionary measures to prevent negative effects on health. Therefore, establishing an efficient early warning system plays a critical role in fostering public health in heavily polluted areas. In this study, ensemble empirical mode decomposition and least square support vector machine (EEMD-LSSVM) based on Phase space reconstruction (PSR) is proposed for day-ahead PM2.5 concentration prediction, according to the application of a decomposition-ensemble learning paradigm. The main methods of the proposed model mainly include: first, EEMD is presented to decompose the original data of PM2.5 concentration into some intrinsic model functions (IMFs); second, PSR is applied to determine the input form of each extracted component; third, LSSVM, an effective forecasting tool, is used to predict all reconstructed components independently; finally, another LSSVM is employed to aggregate all predicted components into ensemble results for the final prediction. The empirical results show that this proposed model can outperform the comparison models and can significantly improve the prediction performance in terms of higher predictive and directional accuracy. •A decomposition-ensemble paradigm with PSR method is proposed for PM2.5 concentration forecasting.•The C-C method is utilized to choose the input vectors of the individual prediction.•LSSVM is employed as powerful forecasting and ensemble tools to predict PM2.5 concentration.•The proposed model outperforms all considered benchmark models.