International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE)
ISSN: 2278-3075, Volume-9 Issue-6, April 2020
633
Published By:
Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering
& Sciences Publication
Retrieval Number: F3320049620/2020©BEIESP
DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.F3320.049620
Foresight of Health Risk Based on Air Pollutants’
Air Quality Index Values
Aiswarya Johney, Namitha S J, Leena Vishnu Namboothiri
Abstract: This proposed work is mainly focused on the drastic
air pollution data in various metropolitan cities. Rapidly growing
industrialization both in automobiles and other public sectors
massively increases the intensity of air pollution which drastically
affects the nature and human rights for decades. The most
destructive part of air pollution is that it may badly cause severe
immunity problems for both the flora and fauna as well the
human life. It might be life-threatening if the air pollutants cross
its limit. Different software/tools are used for the prediction of air
contamination and it is a formidable one. In this paper, we aim to
find an accurate algorithm for implementing a system by utilizing
Weka Tool for the prediction of health risks. Algorithms used are
Decision tree J48 and Multiclass Classifier. Prediction of health
risks is done based on different AQI values of air pollutants such
as NO
2
, O
3
, CO and, SO
2
.
Keywords : Air Quality Index; Data Mining; J48; Multiclass
Classifier, Weka Tool.
I. INTRODUCTION
Air pollution is the contamination of air caused by the
endurance of toxic substances which cause damage to the
well-being of humans in the environment due to the effects
of harmful gases, mainly CO2, NO2 and, SO2. Air Pollution
is the major cause of fitness concerns such as nasal issues,
lung cancer, bronchitis, epidermis infections, and heart
problems. Air pollution is caused due to pollutants and
particulate matters present in the air which are dangerous to
take in. Due to the development of huge industries and
enlarged use of public and private vehicles, there is an
upsurge in the contamination which leads to a drastic
variation in the climate which in turn leads to global
warming. So by considering, estimation of air pollution
levels is important to decide the necessary action plans to
decrease air pollution. Thus, we can predict the escalating
levels of air pollution which are merely injurious to sensitive
people just by analyzing the air. The quality of atmospheric
air is evaluated for the health problems relating to air quality
levels.
Air Quality Index (AQI) is a mathematical evaluation
that is applied by the government agencies to make aware of
the public about the contamination level of air. An increase
in air quality index causes severe threats to human health
which signifies increased air pollution.
Revised Manuscript Received on March 30, 2020.
Aiswarya Johney, P G Student, Department of Computer Science and
IT, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi, Amrita Vishwa
Vidyapeetham, India.
Email: aiswaryajohney09@gmail.com
Namitha S J, P G Student, Department of Computer Science and IT,
Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,
India.
Email:namitha7700@gmail.com
Leena Vishnu Namboothiri, Assistant Professor, Department of
Computer Science and IT, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences,Kochi
,Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India .
Email:vleena@gmail.com
The AQI value detects if the air in the surroundings is
clear or contaminated and mentions the health risks
associated with that. Developed countries have their inbuilt
air quality indices and concern to the public health
protection, they are related to the National air quality
standards. The AQI values are assorted into certain ranges
authorized with a color code and with a standardized public
health warning. The criteria to categorize the Air Quality
Index level are Good, Moderate, Unhealthy for sensitive
groups, Unhealthy and Very unhealthy.
AQI values range from 0 to 300.If the AQI shows values
less than 50, it suggests that there is no hazard for public
health and if the AQI value is more than 200, then it shows
an unhealthy representation. An Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) for health concern which is developed under
the United States based on air contamination. The quality of
air is decided by AQI values in six different levels and it
shows a hazardous air quality to those over 300 AQI values
and good quality for the below 50.
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
In 2015, a system proposed by Ruhul Amin Dicken [1]
acquires the dependency of the pollutants to the admittance
of victims in the medical facilities and thus analyze the
cause behind the rapid rise of disease rates in Bangladesh.
The method of clustering different air pollutants in different
seasons of Bangladesh is derived by K-Means clustering and
the method is used for the classification of patients
according to different admission rates in the CART method.
Data mining is applied to prognosticate the air
contamination [3] in which two procedures of feature
selection such as a linear method of step-wise fit and genetic
algorithm is proposed. PM10, Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen
Dioxide, and Ozone are the pollutants that help to take part
in the prediction of selected features. This paper explains the
mathematical features of forecasting issues in air pollution
and concentrates mainly on the data mining classification
used for constructing the most authentic prediction model.
In Tamil Nadu, ambient air quality prediction is analyzed
by the ANN (Artificial Neural Network) model in data
mining techniques [4].For the Government policymakers in
planning the upcoming standard policies of air pollution, the
obtained pattern can serve as an important reference. Data
mining is used as a method for the analysis of health risk on
an air quality level basis [5]. For the prediction of health
concerns, we use Decision Tree J48 and Naïve Bayes
algorithms. Paper [9] tells about the air quality increase in
the urban region compared to other regions and the random
forest algorithm gives more accuracy for foreseeing the air
quality in urban regions compared to others.