Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: April 18, 2025
The
contamination
of
water
and
soils
with
heavy
metals
poses
a
significant
environmental
threat,
making
the
development
effective
removal
strategies
global
priority.
Hence,
determination
can
play
an
essential
role
in
monitoring
assessment.
In
current
research,
ensemble
machine
learning
(ML)
models
(i.e.,
Random
Forest
Regressor
(RFR),
Adaptive
Boosting
(Adaboost),
Gradient
(GB),
HistGradientBoosting,
Extreme
(XGBoost),
Light
Gradient-Boosting
Machine
(LightGBM))
were
applied
attempt
to
predict
adsorption
efficiency
several
Pb,
Cd,
Ni,
Cu,
Zn)
according
different
factors
including
temperature,
pH,
biochar
characteristics.
Data
collected
from
open-source
literature
review
353
samples.
At
first
stage,
data
processing
was
performed
outliers'
scaling
for
better
modeling
applicability;
whereas,
second
stage
predictive
conducted.
results
showed
that
XGBoost
model
attained
superior
accuracy
comparison
other
by
achieving
highest
coefficient
(R2
=
0.92).
research
extended
investigate
feature
importance
analysis
which
indicated
initial
concentration
ratio
pH
most
influential
toward
followed
Pyrolysis
while
features
like
physical
properties
as
surface
area
pore
structure
had
minimal
effect
on
efficiency.
These
findings
highlighted
using
ML
guiding
solutions
it
provides
efficient
prediction
ease
selection
application.
Water,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(1), P. 85 - 85
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Increasing
numbers
of
emerging
contaminants
(ECs)
detected
in
water
environments
require
a
detailed
understanding
these
chemicals’
fate,
distribution,
transport,
and
risk
aquatic
ecosystems.
Modeling
is
useful
approach
for
determining
ECs’
characteristics
their
behaviors
environments.
This
article
proposes
systematic
taxonomy
EC
models
addresses
gaps
the
comprehensive
analysis
applications.
The
reviewed
include
conventional
quality
models,
multimedia
fugacity
machine
learning
(ML)
models.
Conventional
have
higher
prediction
accuracy
spatial
resolution;
nevertheless,
they
are
limited
functionality
can
only
be
used
to
predict
contaminant
concentrations
Fugacity
excellent
at
depicting
how
travel
between
different
environmental
media,
but
cannot
directly
analyze
variations
parts
same
media
because
model
assumes
that
constant
within
compartment.
Compared
other
ML
applied
more
scenarios,
such
as
identification
assessments,
rather
than
being
confined
concentrations.
In
recent
years,
with
rapid
development
artificial
intelligence,
surpassed
becoming
one
newest
hotspots
study
ECs.
primary
challenge
faced
by
outcomes
difficult
interpret
understand,
this
influences
practical
value
an
some
extent.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: April 18, 2025
The
contamination
of
water
and
soils
with
heavy
metals
poses
a
significant
environmental
threat,
making
the
development
effective
removal
strategies
global
priority.
Hence,
determination
can
play
an
essential
role
in
monitoring
assessment.
In
current
research,
ensemble
machine
learning
(ML)
models
(i.e.,
Random
Forest
Regressor
(RFR),
Adaptive
Boosting
(Adaboost),
Gradient
(GB),
HistGradientBoosting,
Extreme
(XGBoost),
Light
Gradient-Boosting
Machine
(LightGBM))
were
applied
attempt
to
predict
adsorption
efficiency
several
Pb,
Cd,
Ni,
Cu,
Zn)
according
different
factors
including
temperature,
pH,
biochar
characteristics.
Data
collected
from
open-source
literature
review
353
samples.
At
first
stage,
data
processing
was
performed
outliers'
scaling
for
better
modeling
applicability;
whereas,
second
stage
predictive
conducted.
results
showed
that
XGBoost
model
attained
superior
accuracy
comparison
other
by
achieving
highest
coefficient
(R2
=
0.92).
research
extended
investigate
feature
importance
analysis
which
indicated
initial
concentration
ratio
pH
most
influential
toward
followed
Pyrolysis
while
features
like
physical
properties
as
surface
area
pore
structure
had
minimal
effect
on
efficiency.
These
findings
highlighted
using
ML
guiding
solutions
it
provides
efficient
prediction
ease
selection
application.