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Area of Science:

  • Geographic Information Science
  • Spatial Analysis
  • Machine Learning Applications

Background:

  • Accurate population spatial distribution is crucial for urban planning, resource allocation, and emergency response.
  • Traditional random forest (RF) models struggle with unbalanced population data, limiting prediction accuracy.
  • Existing spatialization methods require improvement to handle complex population distribution characteristics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an improved population spatialization model integrating feature selection and a refined random forest algorithm.
  • To enhance the accuracy and reliability of population distribution mapping for urban planning and resource management.
  • To address the limitations of standard random forest models in handling imbalanced spatial population data.

Main Methods:

  • Employed recursive feature elimination using cross validation (RFECV), maximum information coefficient (MIC), and mean decrease accuracy (MDA) for feature selection.
  • Constructed random forest models (MIC-RF, RFECV-RF, MDA-RF) using selected feature subsets.
  • Integrated K-means++ clustering and bootstrap sampling with random forest to create an improved model for imbalanced datasets.
  • Generated a 500m resolution spatial population distribution dataset for the Southern Sichuan Economic Zone.

Main Results:

  • Feature selection methods significantly improved model accuracy compared to using all factors, with MDA-RF achieving the lowest MAPE (0.174) and highest R2 (0.913).
  • The improved random forest model, utilizing K-means++ clustering and bootstrap sampling on the MDA-selected subset, further increased prediction accuracy by 1.7% over MDA-RF.
  • The proposed method demonstrated superior accuracy compared to the WorldPop dataset, with significantly lower Mean Relative Error (MRE) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE).

Conclusions:

  • Feature selection, particularly using the MDA method, is effective in optimizing input data for population spatialization models.
  • The integration of K-means++ clustering and bootstrap sampling with random forest effectively addresses data imbalance, enhancing prediction accuracy.
  • The proposed population spatialization model offers a more accurate and reliable approach for mapping population distribution, benefiting urban planning and emergency management.