An Integrative Explainable Artificial Intelligence Approach to Analyze Fine-Scale Land-Cover and Land-Use Factors Associated with Spatial Distributions of Place of Residence of Reported Dengue Cases
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Dengue Data
2.3. Landscape-Level Variables
2.4. Modeling Approaches
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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LULC Types | Mean | Standard Deviation | Max | Min |
---|---|---|---|---|
F010102 (Dry Crops) | 2.98% | 6.85% | 58.31% | 0 |
F030303 (General Roads) | 21.10% | 10.00% | 47.60% | 0.91% |
F010103 (Fruit Tree) | 3.39% | 7.74% | 56.83% | 0 |
F010402 (Agriculture Storage Facility) | 0.10% | 0.21% | 2.08% | 0 |
F090801 (Unused Land) | 4.20% | 5.10% | 38% | 0 |
House Density | 8643.1 | 7008.6 | 69,215.2 | 3.0 |
F050201 (Residential Area) | 26.20% | 16.20% | 67.90% | 0 |
F050301 (Manufacturing) | 1.98% | 5.92% | 80% | 0 |
F050202 (Industrial Area) | 0.06% | 0.17% | 4.13 | 0 |
Shannon’s Diversity Index | 1.9 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 0.28 |
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Yang, H.; Nguyen, T.-N.; Chuang, T.-W. An Integrative Explainable Artificial Intelligence Approach to Analyze Fine-Scale Land-Cover and Land-Use Factors Associated with Spatial Distributions of Place of Residence of Reported Dengue Cases. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2023, 8, 238. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8040238
Yang H, Nguyen T-N, Chuang T-W. An Integrative Explainable Artificial Intelligence Approach to Analyze Fine-Scale Land-Cover and Land-Use Factors Associated with Spatial Distributions of Place of Residence of Reported Dengue Cases. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2023; 8(4):238. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8040238
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Hsiu, Thi-Nhung Nguyen, and Ting-Wu Chuang. 2023. "An Integrative Explainable Artificial Intelligence Approach to Analyze Fine-Scale Land-Cover and Land-Use Factors Associated with Spatial Distributions of Place of Residence of Reported Dengue Cases" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 8, no. 4: 238. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8040238