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  • Environmental Science
  • Ecology
  • Data Science

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  • Heavy metal pollution poses risks to ecosystems and human health.
  • Conventional pollution assessment methods are often time-consuming and expensive.
  • Accurate prediction is vital for environmental management and policy-making.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel, cost-effective method for predicting heavy metal pollution using ecological factors.
  • To leverage artificial neural networks (ANNs) for accurate environmental pollution modeling.
  • To overcome the limitations of traditional laboratory-based pollution assessment.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a dataset of 800 plant and soil samples.
  • Developed and trained an artificial neural network (ANN) model.
  • Evaluated model performance using training, testing, and holdout data.

Main Results:

  • The ANN model demonstrated high accuracy in predicting heavy metal pollution.
  • Relative errors for pollutant prediction were significantly low across all data subsets.
  • ANN models proved to be suitable systemic tools for pollution data analysis.

Conclusions:

  • Artificial neural networks offer a pioneering and accurate approach to heavy metal pollution prediction.
  • This method significantly reduces costs and time compared to conventional techniques.
  • The findings support environmental scientists, conservationists, and policymakers in developing effective environmental strategies.