Journal
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 13, Issue 14, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app13148123
Keywords
k-means; clustering; ambient noise; sound mapping; GIS
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Applying machine learning methods to geographic data helps in understanding spatial patterns and interpreting environments. This study used k-means clustering to analyze 51 geospatial layers and identified 8 clusters with distinct characteristics. The results can guide data collection for modeling outdoor acoustic environments.
Applying machine learning methods to geographic data provides insights into spatial patterns in the data as well as assists in interpreting and describing environments. This paper investigates the results of k-means clustering applied to 51 geospatial layers, selected and scaled for a model of outdoor acoustic environments, in the continental United States. Silhouette and elbow analyses were performed to identify an appropriate number of clusters (eight). Cluster maps are shown and the clusters are described, using correlations between the geospatial layers and clusters to identify distinguishing characteristics for each cluster. A subclustering analysis is presented in which each of the original eight clusters is further divided into two clusters. Because the clustering analysis used geospatial layers relevant to modeling outdoor acoustics, the geospatially distinct environments corresponding to the clusters may aid in characterizing acoustically distinct environments. Therefore, the clustering analysis can guide data collection for the problem of modeling outdoor acoustic environments by identifying poorly sampled regions of the feature space (i.e., clusters which are not well-represented in the training data).
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