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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5839-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5839-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Modeling and interpreting hydrological responses of sustainable urban drainage systems with explainable machine learning methods
Yang Yang
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China
Ting Fong May Chui
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Short summary
This study uses explainable machine learning methods to model and interpret the statistical correlations between rainfall and the discharge of urban catchments with sustainable urban drainage systems. The resulting models have good prediction accuracies. However, the right predictions may be made for the wrong reasons as the model cannot provide physically plausible explanations as to why a prediction is made.
This study uses explainable machine learning methods to model and interpret the statistical...