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Local & station forecasting

Precipitation forecast of the Wujiang River Basin based on artificial bee colony algorithm and backpropagation neural network

Yongtao Wang, Jian Liu, Rong Li, Xinyu Suo, Enhui Lu

Alexandria Engineering Journal ·

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In one sentence. Combines artificial bee colony optimization with a backpropagation network to forecast basin precipitation from 17 stations over two decades, linked to wavelet periodicity and drought/flood years.

Abstract

This paper innovatively combines the artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm and the backpropagation neural network (BPNN) into a precipitation prediction model. The research data were collected by 17 stations in the Wujiang River Basin from 1961 to 2018, and compiled into a time series of precipitation data. Through wavelet analysis on precipitation series, the authors identified the features of precipitation distributions in time and frequency domains at different timescales, and demonstrated the inter-annual trend and abnormalities of precipitation in the basin. Next, the weights and thresholds of the BPNN was optimized by the ABC algorithm, and used to predict the precipitation of the basin in the next two decades. The predicted results were consistent with the periodicity and break points obtained by the wavelet analysis. The Z index was introduced to identify the flood years and drought years in the prediction period. The research results shed new light on climate prediction, flood control and drought resistance.

Labels

Topic
Local & station forecasting, Climate analysis & attribution
Type
New model or method
Method
Classical ML (trees, GP, linear, kernels)
Time scale
Decadal
Domain
Regional
Data
Station / in-situ
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1016/j.aej.2020.04.035 OpenAlex:W3025114369
Added
2026-10-22

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