Spatial Transfer Learning for Estimating PM2.5 in Data-poor Regions

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Autores principales: Gupta, Shrey, Park, Yongbee, Bi, Jianzhao, Gupta, Suyash, Züfle, Andreas, Wildani, Avani, Liu, Yang
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author Gupta, Shrey
Park, Yongbee
Bi, Jianzhao
Gupta, Suyash
Züfle, Andreas
Wildani, Avani
Liu, Yang
author_facet Gupta, Shrey
Park, Yongbee
Bi, Jianzhao
Gupta, Suyash
Züfle, Andreas
Wildani, Avani
Liu, Yang
contents Air pollution, especially particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5), is a pressing concern for public health and is difficult to estimate in developing countries (data-poor regions) due to a lack of ground sensors. Transfer learning models can be leveraged to solve this problem, as they use alternate data sources to gain knowledge (i.e., data from data-rich regions). However, current transfer learning methodologies do not account for dependencies between the source and the target domains. We recognize this transfer problem as spatial transfer learning and propose a new feature named Latent Dependency Factor (LDF) that captures spatial and semantic dependencies of both domains and is subsequently added to the feature spaces of the domains. We generate LDF using a novel two-stage autoencoder model that learns from clusters of similar source and target domain data. Our experiments show that transfer learning models using LDF have a 19.34% improvement over the baselines. We additionally support our experiments with qualitative findings.
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spellingShingle Spatial Transfer Learning for Estimating PM2.5 in Data-poor Regions
Gupta, Shrey
Park, Yongbee
Bi, Jianzhao
Gupta, Suyash
Züfle, Andreas
Wildani, Avani
Liu, Yang
Machine Learning
Air pollution, especially particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5), is a pressing concern for public health and is difficult to estimate in developing countries (data-poor regions) due to a lack of ground sensors. Transfer learning models can be leveraged to solve this problem, as they use alternate data sources to gain knowledge (i.e., data from data-rich regions). However, current transfer learning methodologies do not account for dependencies between the source and the target domains. We recognize this transfer problem as spatial transfer learning and propose a new feature named Latent Dependency Factor (LDF) that captures spatial and semantic dependencies of both domains and is subsequently added to the feature spaces of the domains. We generate LDF using a novel two-stage autoencoder model that learns from clusters of similar source and target domain data. Our experiments show that transfer learning models using LDF have a 19.34% improvement over the baselines. We additionally support our experiments with qualitative findings.
title Spatial Transfer Learning for Estimating PM2.5 in Data-poor Regions
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07308