Table 2 Motivation for the proposed work from the review perspective.

From: Reliable water quality prediction and parametric analysis using explainable AI models

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Title

Advantages

Research gap

Quality parameters

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A biological sensor system using computer vision for water quality monitoring

\(\bullet\) Real-time analysis

\(\bullet\) Sensor Sensitivity and Selectivity

\(\bullet\) Abstract Fish Behavior

\(\bullet\) Cost Effectiveness

\(\bullet\) Robustness and Long term stability

\(\bullet\) Movement Velocity

\(\bullet\) Versatility

\(\bullet\) Calibration

\(\bullet\) Rotation Angle Of The Fish Group

\(\bullet\) Potential for Automation

\(\bullet\) Image Analysis and Algorithm Optimization

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Monthly water quality forecasting and uncertainty assessment via bootstrapped wavelet neural networks under missing data for Harbin, China

\(\bullet\) Accurate Water quality forecasting

\(\bullet\) Model Generalization

\(\bullet\) Ammonia Nitrogen (NH4+-N)

\(\bullet\) Handling Missing data

\(\bullet\) Comparison with other Models

\(\bullet\) Dissolved Oxygen

\(\bullet\) Uncertainty Assessment

\(\bullet\) Data Availability and Quality

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\(\bullet\) Temporal Resolution

\(\bullet\) Model Optimization

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Groundwater quality forecasting using ML algorithms for irrigation purposes

\(\bullet\) Spatial distribution mapping

\(\bullet\) Spatial and temporal scale

\(\bullet\) Total Dissolved Solid (TDS)

\(\bullet\) Effective feature selection

\(\bullet\) Data availability and quality

\(\bullet\) Potential Salinity (PS)

\(\bullet\) High dimensional data

\(\bullet\) Uncertainty estimation

\(\bullet\) Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR)

\(\bullet\) Non-linearity and flexibility

\(\bullet\) Validation and comparison

\(\bullet\) Exchangeable Sodium Percentage

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\(\bullet\) Transparency

\(\bullet\) Magnesium Adsorption Ratio (MAR)

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\(\bullet\) Residual Sodium Carbonate (RSC)

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Predicting nitrate concentration and its spatial distribution in groundwater resources using Support Vector Machines (SVM) model

\(\bullet\) Accurate Water quality forecasting

\(\bullet\) Model Generalization

\(\bullet\) Water Temperature

\(\bullet\) Handling Missing data

\(\bullet\) Comparison with other Models

\(\bullet\) Electrical Conductivity

\(\bullet\) Uncertainty Assessment

\(\bullet\) Data Availability and Quality

\(\bullet\) Groundwater Depth

\(\bullet\) Temporal Resolution

\(\bullet\) Model Optimization

\(\bullet\) Total Dissolved Solids

\(\bullet\) Site-Specific Application

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\(\bullet\) Dissolved Oxygen

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\(\bullet\) Ph

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A novel ML-based approach for the risk assessment of nitrate groundwater contamination

\(\bullet\) Risk assessment accuracy

\(\bullet\) Dataset limitations

Groundwater Vulnerability Map :(DI<80), low (DI=80-120), moderate (DI=120-160), high (DI=160-200), and very high

\(\bullet\) Ability to handle complex datasets

\(\bullet\) Can exhibit temporal dynamics

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\(\bullet\) Spatially explicit risk mapping

\(\bullet\) Validation

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\(\bullet\) Transferability to different regions

\(\bullet\) Uncertainty quantification

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\(\bullet\) Comparative analysis

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Machine Learning predictions of nitrate in groundwater used for drinking supply in the conterminous of the United States

\(\bullet\) Nationwide assessment

\(\bullet\) Data quality and availability

\(\bullet\) High Precipitation

\(\bullet\) Accuracy and predictive power

\(\bullet\) Incorporating temporal dynamics

\(\bullet\) Recharge

\(\bullet\) Detection of the high risk areas

\(\bullet\) Transferability and regional variability

\(\bullet\) Base Flow Index

\(\bullet\) Spatially explicit predictions

\(\bullet\) Uncertainty estimation

\(\bullet\) Nitrate Concentrations

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\(\bullet\) Comparative analysis

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Ensemble modelling framework for groundwater level prediction in urban areas of India

\(\bullet\) Model training and calibration

\(\bullet\) Data quality and availability

\(\bullet\) Groundwater Levels

\(\bullet\) Ensemble generation

\(\bullet\) Transferability and regional variability

\(\bullet\) Rainfall, Temperature

\(\bullet\) Uncertainty estimation

\(\bullet\) Validation benchmarking

\(\bullet\) NOI

\(\bullet\) Enhanced pre-processing techniques

\(\bullet\) Comparative analysis

\(\bullet\) SOI

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\(\bullet\) NIƑ

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\(\bullet\) Monthly Population Growth Rate