HSEL: An adaptive rotational hybrid stacking ensemble with exponential accuracy weighting for real-time forest fire risk prediction
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This study proposes the HSEL model to improve the accuracy of fire risk predictions based on meteorological data and real-time IoT integration. The main issues with individual models are their susceptibility to bias and overfitting, while conventional stacking methods have not been able to effectively optimize the contribution of each base model. HSEL addresses these issues through the application of exponential accuracy weighting with parameter α = 5 and hyperparameter optimization using Optuna. The results show that accuracy improved from 87.80%–88.26% in the base stacking to 92.55%–94.20% after applying weighting, and reached 96.53% after optimization. Additionally, the model demonstrates stable performance, is capable of handling data imbalance, and possesses good generalization ability. This model also successfully improves classification balance across classes and significantly reduces prediction errors in the minority class. SHAP-based Explainable AI (XAI) analysis shows that the model is capable of providing transparent interpretations of the main factors influencing predictions.
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