Prediction and interpretation of antibiotic-resistance genes occurrence at recreational beaches using machine learning models
Published in Journal of Environmental Management, 2023
Recommended citation: Iftikhar, S., Karim, A. M., Karim, A. M., Karim, M. A., Aslam, M., Rubab, F., ... & Yasir, M. (2023). Prediction and interpretation of antibiotic-resistance genes occurrence at recreational beaches using machine learning models. Journal of Environmental Management, 328, 116969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116969
Hydro-meteorological and qPCR measurements from recreational beaches in South Korea and Pakistan were used to predict antibiotic-resistance genes with gradient-boosted models. Multiple explainable-AI methods revealed water temperature, precipitation, and tide as key predictors.