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LONG-TERM AIR QUALITY (PM2.5) PREDICTION USING DEEP LEARNING-BASED TEMPORAL CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS
Abstract
Among various sources of pollution, particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less (PM2.5) is the chief environmental problem worldwide. Collectively, the details of this pollutant PM2.5, its sources and effects measured from various studies, the pollution levels in various cities, the methods used to measure and predict the concentration, the effect of climate change and the possible solution, have been discussed in this review. Pollution levels are rising globally at alarming rates with detrimental effects on the environment as well as human health. However, air quality data represents a time series that is inherently challenging to forecast given its nonlinear nature, noisy data, and long-term dependencies in time. In this work, a Temporal Convolutional Network (TCN)-based deep learning model has been proposed for PM2.5 forecasting, and its performance benchmarked against RNN, LSTM, GRU, and Attention mechanism-based Bi-LSTM models. The study was based on experiments using the hourly dataset of the air quality station in Beijing Aotizhongxin from 2013 to 2017.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Electronics, Sensors and Digital Hardware (Other)
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
June 30, 2026
Submission Date
March 4, 2026
Acceptance Date
April 30, 2026
Published in Issue
Year 2026 Volume: 14 Number: 2
APA
Doğan, V., Erten, M. Y., & Aydilek, H. (2026). LONG-TERM AIR QUALITY (PM2.5) PREDICTION USING DEEP LEARNING-BASED TEMPORAL CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS. Mühendislik Bilimleri Ve Tasarım Dergisi, 14(2), 416-430. https://doi.org/10.21923/jesd.1902759
AMA
1.Doğan V, Erten MY, Aydilek H. LONG-TERM AIR QUALITY (PM2.5) PREDICTION USING DEEP LEARNING-BASED TEMPORAL CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS. JESD. 2026;14(2):416-430. doi:10.21923/jesd.1902759
Chicago
Doğan, Vakkas, Mustafa Yasin Erten, and Hüseyin Aydilek. 2026. “LONG-TERM AIR QUALITY (PM2.5) PREDICTION USING DEEP LEARNING-BASED TEMPORAL CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS”. Mühendislik Bilimleri Ve Tasarım Dergisi 14 (2): 416-30. https://doi.org/10.21923/jesd.1902759.
EndNote
Doğan V, Erten MY, Aydilek H (June 1, 2026) LONG-TERM AIR QUALITY (PM2.5) PREDICTION USING DEEP LEARNING-BASED TEMPORAL CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS. Mühendislik Bilimleri ve Tasarım Dergisi 14 2 416–430.
IEEE
[1]V. Doğan, M. Y. Erten, and H. Aydilek, “LONG-TERM AIR QUALITY (PM2.5) PREDICTION USING DEEP LEARNING-BASED TEMPORAL CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS”, JESD, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 416–430, June 2026, doi: 10.21923/jesd.1902759.
ISNAD
Doğan, Vakkas - Erten, Mustafa Yasin - Aydilek, Hüseyin. “LONG-TERM AIR QUALITY (PM2.5) PREDICTION USING DEEP LEARNING-BASED TEMPORAL CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS”. Mühendislik Bilimleri ve Tasarım Dergisi 14/2 (June 1, 2026): 416-430. https://doi.org/10.21923/jesd.1902759.
JAMA
1.Doğan V, Erten MY, Aydilek H. LONG-TERM AIR QUALITY (PM2.5) PREDICTION USING DEEP LEARNING-BASED TEMPORAL CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS. JESD. 2026;14:416–430.
MLA
Doğan, Vakkas, et al. “LONG-TERM AIR QUALITY (PM2.5) PREDICTION USING DEEP LEARNING-BASED TEMPORAL CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS”. Mühendislik Bilimleri Ve Tasarım Dergisi, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2026, pp. 416-30, doi:10.21923/jesd.1902759.
Vancouver
1.Vakkas Doğan, Mustafa Yasin Erten, Hüseyin Aydilek. LONG-TERM AIR QUALITY (PM2.5) PREDICTION USING DEEP LEARNING-BASED TEMPORAL CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS. JESD. 2026 Jun. 1;14(2):416-30. doi:10.21923/jesd.1902759