Table 3 Prediction accuracy of the PLSR and PCR models for EC based on moving-average data smoothing technique (MA) spectral smoothing.
From: Prediction of soil salinity with soil-reflected spectra: A comparison of two regression methods
Method | Calibration | Cross-validation | Independent Prediction | Number of predictors or factors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R2 | RMSE | R2 | RMSE | R2 | RMSE | |||
PLSR | 1 + A | 0.8745 | 0.2320 | 0.7492 | 0.4453 | 0.6088 | 0.4650 | 10 |
PCR | 1 + A | 0.7620 | 0.3195 | 0.5646 | 0.4701 | 0.5601 | 0.4931 | 19 |
PLSR | 1 + A + B | 0.8973 | 0.2098 | 0.5861 | 0.4354 | 0.5863 | 0.4782 | 10 |
PCR | 1 + A + B | 0.7081 | 0.3538 | 0.4133 | 0.5198 | 0.6087 | 0.4650 | 19 |
PLSR | 1 + C | 0.5150 | 0.4561 | 0.1769 | 0.6109 | −0.0240 | 0.7522 | 3 |
PCR | 1 + C | 0.2856 | 0.5535 | 0.1478 | 0.6192 | 0.0299 | 0.7648 | 6 |
PLSR | 1 + D | 0.9013 | 0.2057 | 0.6119 | 0.4223 | 0.5792 | 0.4822 | 9 |
PCR | 1 + D | 0.7503 | 0.3273 | 0.5121 | 0.4726 | 0.5818 | 0.4807 | 20 |
PLSR | 1 + E | 0.9060 | 0.2008 | 0.5755 | 0.4435 | 0.5528 | 0.4971 | 9 |
PCR | 1 + E | 0.7257 | 0.3430 | 0.5140 | 0.4741 | 0.4376 | 0.5575 | 17 |
PLSR | 1 + F | 0.8900 | 0.2172 | 0.5782 | 0.4413 | 0.5095 | 0.5207 | 8 |
PCR | 1 + F | 0.7357 | 0.3367 | 0.5326 | 0.4649 | 0.4547 | 0.5490 | 16 |