Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, vol. 15, no. 1

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Geomatics and Environmental Engineering

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Sep 1, 2020
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Sep 30, 2020
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Feb 4, 2021

An Evaluation of Some Machine Learning Algorithms as Tools for Predicting Soil Characteristics Based on Their Spectral Response in the Vis‑NIR Range

https://doi.org/10.7494/geom.2021.15.1.63
Stanisław Gruszczyński
AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Mining Surveying and Environmental Engineering, Krakow, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8811-0954

Corresponding Author(s) : Stanisław Gruszczyński

sgrusz@agh.edu.pl

Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Geomatics and Environmental Engineering

Abstract

Using the Land Use and Coverage Frame Survey (LUCAS) database of European soil surface layer properties, statistical and machine learning predictive models for several key soil characteristics (clay content, pH in CaCl2, concentration of organic carbon, calcium carbonates and nitrogen and exchange cations capacity) were compared on the basis of processing their spectral responses in the visible (Vis) and near‑infrared (NIR) parts. Standard methods of relationship modeling were used: stepwise regression, partial least squares regression and linear regression with input data obtained from principal components analysis. Using the inputs extracted by statistical algorithms various machine learning algorithms were used in the modeling. The usefulness of the models was analyzed by comparison with the values of the determination coefficients, the root mean square error and the distribution of residual values. The mean square error of estimation in the cross‑validation procedure for the stack model using the multilayer perceptron and the distributed random forest were as follows: for clay content ‑ ca. 4.5%; for pH ‑ ca. 0.35; for SOC ‑ ca. 7.5 g/kg (0.75% by weight); for CaCO3 content ‑ ca. 19 g/kg; for N content ‑ ca. 0.50 g/kg; and for CEC ‑ ca. 3.5 cmol(+)/kg.

Keywords

machine learning soil properties near infrared spectral response stacked regression models
Gruszczyński, S. (2021). An Evaluation of Some Machine Learning Algorithms as Tools for Predicting Soil Characteristics Based on Their Spectral Response in the Vis‑NIR Range. Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, 15(1), 63–95. https://doi.org/10.7494/geom.2021.15.1.63
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