Supervisor

Kislay Raj

Programme

MSc in Data Analytics

Subject

Computer Science

Department

Computer Science

Abstract

This thesis evaluates and optimises a variety of predictive models for assessing biological classification status, with an emphasis on water quality monitoring. Grounded in previous pertinent studies, it builds on the findings of (Arrighi and Castelli, 2023) concerning Tuscany’s river catchments, highlighting a solid correlation between river ecological status and parameters like summer climate and land use. They achieved an 80% prediction precision using the Random Forest algorithm, particularly adept at identifying "good" ecological conditions, leveraging a dataset devoid of chemical data.

Date of Award

Winter 2023

Full Publication Date

November 2023

Access Rights

open access

Document Type

Capstone Project

Resource Type

thesis

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