Machine Learning Techniques in Hydrogeological Research
摘要
In recent years, machine learningMachine learning is more and more extensively applied to hydrogeological research for its reliability, efficiencyEfficiency and feasibility. This chapter presents a review on applicationApplication of machine learningMachine learning in hydrogeologyHydrogeology, or groundwater scienceScience and summarizes the associated challenges and prospects. In this chapter, commonly used machine learningMachine learning methodsMethod were firstly introduced, including naïve Bayes, artificial neural networkNetwork, support vector machine, decision tree and random forest. Then, overview of applying machine learningMachine learning to four main hydrogeological fields, including predicting groundwater variablesVariables, mapping hydrogeological variablesVariables, identifying groundwater contamination sourcesSource and assessing groundwater contamination risk, were summarized and presented. Finally, challenges and prospects of utilizing machine learningMachine learning to hydrogeologyHydrogeology were summarized. This chapter deepens understandingUnderstanding of applicationApplication of machine learningMachine learning to hydrogeologyHydrogeology, and provides further insights for international scholars.