Generally stated, in machine learning algorithms the focus is mainly on predicting values of an outcome variable,y, as a function of a group of variables,x, which is to sayy = f(x). This set-up is immediately recognizable to anyone familiar with econometric approaches, except that the...
Of these, only classes P1 (predominantly coastal rivers) and U1 (rare class of loess- or limestone-bedrock rivers) are not represented in our sample. As shown in Fig. 1, mean annual runoff coefficients, i.e. fractions of annual total runoff volume that is a part of the total annual ...