TITLE:
Feed-Forward Artificial Neural Network Model for Air Pollutant Index Prediction in the Southern Region of Peninsular Malaysia
AUTHORS:
Azman Azid, Hafizan Juahir, Mohd Talib Latif, Sharifuddin Mohd Zain, Mohamad Romizan Osman
KEYWORDS:
Air Pollutant Index (API); Principal Component Analysis (PCA); Artificial Neural Network (ANN); Rotated Principal Component Scores (RPCs); Feed-Forward ANN
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.4 No.12A,
December
6,
2013
ABSTRACT: This paper describes the application of principal component analysis (PCA) and artificial neural network (ANN) to predict the air pollutant index (API) within the seven selected Malaysian air monitoring stations in the southern region of Peninsular Malaysia based on seven years database (2005-2011). Feed-forward ANN was used as a prediction method. The feed-forward ANN analysis demonstrated that the rotated principal component scores (RPCs) were the best input parameters to predict API. From the 4 RPCs, only 10 (CO, O3, PM10, NO2, CH4, NmHC, THC, wind direction, humidity and ambient temp) out of 12 prediction variables were the most significant parameters to predict API. The results proved that the ANN method can be applied successfully as tools for decision making and problem solving for better atmospheric management.