Volume 15 , Issue 2 , PP: 260-284, 2025 | Cite this article as | XML | Html | PDF | Full Length Article
Hassan Al Sukhni 1 * , Fatma Sakr 2 , Fadi yassin Salem Al jawazneh 3 , Mutasem K. Alsmadi 4 , Ibrahim A. Gomaa 5 , Shaimaa Abdallah 6
Doi: https://doi.org/10.54216/JCIM.150220
Accurate weather forecasting is critical for sectors like agriculture, transportation, disaster management, and public safety. This paper presents a comprehensive methodology integrating traditional machine learning models, deep learning techniques, and ensemble learning approaches to enhance the precision and reliability of weather predictions. Using a combination of four datasets—two for classification and two for regression—the study evaluates various machine learning models such as Decision Trees, Support Vector Machines, and KNearest Neighbors, alongside ensemble methods like Bagging and AdaBoost. Additionally, deep learning models, particularly the Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), are employed to handle complex weather patterns. The Random Forest Regressor and Bagging Regressor consistently outperformed other models in terms of accuracy, precision, and F1-score. By comparing the performance of these models across different weather datasets, this research demonstrates the effectiveness of cross-validation and the importance of optimizing hyperparameters. The findings contribute valuable insights into enhancing the robustness and efficiency of weather forecasting systems, with potential applications in environmental monitoring, event planning, and climate change analysis.The findings indicate that Random Forest Regression consistently outperformed the other machine learning models evaluated. For ensemble learning, the Bagging Regressor was the top performer. In deep learning, the Multilayer Perceptron without cross-validation delivered outstanding performance. For the classification datasets, Random Forest achieved the highest accuracy, precision, and F-score. Our study also highlights the importance of cross-validation to prevent overfitting and ensure model robustness, as well as the impact of class imbalance on overall performance metrics.
Machine Learning , Deep Learning , Artificial Neural network (ANN) , Ensemble learning , Multi- Layer Perceptron
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