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  • 1Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering-Architecture, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey.

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Governments can improve COVID-19 risk assessments by using environmental data. Machine learning, specifically Gray Relational Clustering, identifies similar risk levels in cities more effectively than traditional methods.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Public Health
  • Data Science

Background:

  • Government restrictions aim to curb COVID-19 spread based on regional risk.
  • Current risk level determination relies on case numbers per capita, neglecting environmental factors.
  • Integrating environmental data can lead to more nuanced and effective public health strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply unsupervised machine learning for identifying cities with similar COVID-19 risk levels.
  • To compare the efficacy of various clustering algorithms using case data and environmental parameters.
  • To determine the optimal clustering method for informed public health policy.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized unsupervised machine learning, including hierarchical, partitional, soft, and Gray Relational Clustering.
  • Created datasets incorporating weekly COVID-19 case counts, population density, average age, and air pollution levels.
  • Employed internal validation indexes to compare clustering algorithm performance.

Main Results:

  • Gray Relational Clustering emerged as the most successful method for clustering based on COVID-19 case data.
  • Incorporating environmental variables necessitates more than four clusters for accurate risk stratification.
  • Gray Relational Clustering demonstrated stable and reliable results compared to other algorithms.

Conclusions:

  • Environmental factors are crucial for a comprehensive understanding of regional COVID-19 risk.
  • Gray Relational Clustering offers a robust approach for public health risk assessment and policy-making.
  • Data-driven insights from machine learning can enhance the precision of health interventions.