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Table 3 Percentage change in model performance among ten modelling techniques used to predict hookworms distribution in Zimbabwe

From: Inclusion of edaphic predictors for enhancement of models to determine distribution of soil-transmitted helminths: the case of Zimbabwe

Model

TSS(2)a

TSS (1)a

% change

ROC (2)a

ROC (1)a

% change

ANN

0.00

0.02

1900

0.01

0.51

5000

CTA

0.32

0.49

53

0.71

0.73

3

FDA

0.42

0.47

12

0.76

0.78

3

GAM

0.38

0.51

34

0.69

0.77

12

GBM

0.42

0.51

21

0.74

0.77

4

GLM

0.42

0.61

45

0.76

0.84

11

MARS

0.39

0.50

28

0.66

0.79

20

MAXENT

0.34

0.53

6

0.68

0.76

12

RF

0.40

0.42

5

0.76

0.78

3

SRE

0.00

0.10

9900

0.48

0.55

15

  1. aEvaluation scores for models with environmental variables only are denoted TSS (2) and ROC (2) and those derived from a set of environmental variables plus edaphic variables are denoted TSS (1) and ROC (1)
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