Modeling and Mapping of Forest Fire Occurrence in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland Based on Machine Learning Methods
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Milanović, Slobodan
Kaczmarowski, Jan
Ciesielski, Mariusz

Trailović, Zoran

Mielcarek, Miłosz

Szczygieł, Ryszard
Kwiatkowski, Mirosław
Bałazy, Radomir

Zasada, Michał

Milanović, Slađan

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In recent years, forest fires have become an important issue in Central Europe. To model the probability of the occurrence of forest fires in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland, historical fire data and several types of predictors were collected or generated, including topographic, vegetation, climatic, and anthropogenic features. The main objectives of this study were to determine the importance of the predictors of forest fire occurrence and to map the probability of forest fire occurrence. The H2O driverless artificial intelligence (DAI) cloud platform was used to model forest fire probability. The gradient boosted machine (GBM) and random forest (RF) methods were applied to assess the probability of forest fire occurrence. Evaluation the importance of the variables was performed using the H2O platform permutation method. The most important variables were the presence of coniferous forest and the distance to agricultural land according to the GBM and RF methods, respectively. ...Model validation was conducted using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The areas under the curve (AUCs) of the ROC plots from the GBM and RF models were 83.3% and 81.3%, respectively. Based on the results obtained, the GBM model can be recommended for the mapping of forest fire occurrence in the study area.
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forest fire / ignition probability / random forest / gradient boosted machineSource:
Forests, 2023, 14, 1, 46-Publisher:
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- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 200169 (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry) (RS-200169)
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 200015 (University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research) (RS-200015)
- Polish State Forests, grant numbers 500 477 and 500 446
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Institut za medicinska istraživanjaTY - JOUR AU - Milanović, Slobodan AU - Kaczmarowski, Jan AU - Ciesielski, Mariusz AU - Trailović, Zoran AU - Mielcarek, Miłosz AU - Szczygieł, Ryszard AU - Kwiatkowski, Mirosław AU - Bałazy, Radomir AU - Zasada, Michał AU - Milanović, Slađan PY - 2023 UR - http://rimi.imi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1287 AB - In recent years, forest fires have become an important issue in Central Europe. To model the probability of the occurrence of forest fires in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland, historical fire data and several types of predictors were collected or generated, including topographic, vegetation, climatic, and anthropogenic features. The main objectives of this study were to determine the importance of the predictors of forest fire occurrence and to map the probability of forest fire occurrence. The H2O driverless artificial intelligence (DAI) cloud platform was used to model forest fire probability. The gradient boosted machine (GBM) and random forest (RF) methods were applied to assess the probability of forest fire occurrence. Evaluation the importance of the variables was performed using the H2O platform permutation method. The most important variables were the presence of coniferous forest and the distance to agricultural land according to the GBM and RF methods, respectively. Model validation was conducted using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The areas under the curve (AUCs) of the ROC plots from the GBM and RF models were 83.3% and 81.3%, respectively. Based on the results obtained, the GBM model can be recommended for the mapping of forest fire occurrence in the study area. PB - MDPI T2 - Forests T1 - Modeling and Mapping of Forest Fire Occurrence in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland Based on Machine Learning Methods IS - 1 SP - 46 VL - 14 DO - 10.3390/f14010046 ER -
@article{ author = "Milanović, Slobodan and Kaczmarowski, Jan and Ciesielski, Mariusz and Trailović, Zoran and Mielcarek, Miłosz and Szczygieł, Ryszard and Kwiatkowski, Mirosław and Bałazy, Radomir and Zasada, Michał and Milanović, Slađan", year = "2023", abstract = "In recent years, forest fires have become an important issue in Central Europe. To model the probability of the occurrence of forest fires in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland, historical fire data and several types of predictors were collected or generated, including topographic, vegetation, climatic, and anthropogenic features. The main objectives of this study were to determine the importance of the predictors of forest fire occurrence and to map the probability of forest fire occurrence. The H2O driverless artificial intelligence (DAI) cloud platform was used to model forest fire probability. The gradient boosted machine (GBM) and random forest (RF) methods were applied to assess the probability of forest fire occurrence. Evaluation the importance of the variables was performed using the H2O platform permutation method. The most important variables were the presence of coniferous forest and the distance to agricultural land according to the GBM and RF methods, respectively. Model validation was conducted using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The areas under the curve (AUCs) of the ROC plots from the GBM and RF models were 83.3% and 81.3%, respectively. Based on the results obtained, the GBM model can be recommended for the mapping of forest fire occurrence in the study area.", publisher = "MDPI", journal = "Forests", title = "Modeling and Mapping of Forest Fire Occurrence in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland Based on Machine Learning Methods", number = "1", pages = "46", volume = "14", doi = "10.3390/f14010046" }
Milanović, S., Kaczmarowski, J., Ciesielski, M., Trailović, Z., Mielcarek, M., Szczygieł, R., Kwiatkowski, M., Bałazy, R., Zasada, M.,& Milanović, S.. (2023). Modeling and Mapping of Forest Fire Occurrence in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland Based on Machine Learning Methods. in Forests MDPI., 14(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14010046
Milanović S, Kaczmarowski J, Ciesielski M, Trailović Z, Mielcarek M, Szczygieł R, Kwiatkowski M, Bałazy R, Zasada M, Milanović S. Modeling and Mapping of Forest Fire Occurrence in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland Based on Machine Learning Methods. in Forests. 2023;14(1):46. doi:10.3390/f14010046 .
Milanović, Slobodan, Kaczmarowski, Jan, Ciesielski, Mariusz, Trailović, Zoran, Mielcarek, Miłosz, Szczygieł, Ryszard, Kwiatkowski, Mirosław, Bałazy, Radomir, Zasada, Michał, Milanović, Slađan, "Modeling and Mapping of Forest Fire Occurrence in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland Based on Machine Learning Methods" in Forests, 14, no. 1 (2023):46, https://doi.org/10.3390/f14010046 . .