Folorunsho Olaiya

Work place: Department of Computer & Information Systems, Achievers University, Owo, Nigeria

E-mail: ollyfolly2000@yahoo.com

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Research Interests: Software Engineering, Data Mining, Data Compression, Data Structures and Algorithms

Biography

FOLORUNSHO, Olaiya received his Master of Science (M.Sc) degree of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Postgraduate Degree in Education (PGDE) of National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria and a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech Hons) degree of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria. He is currently a Lecturer at the Achievers University, Owo, Nigeria. He is a member of the Nigerian Computer Society (NCS) and the International Association of Engineers (IAENG). His research interests include Data Mining, Data Warehousing, Web Mining and Software Engineering.

Author Articles
Application of Data Mining Techniques in Weather Prediction and Climate Change Studies

By Folorunsho Olaiya Adesesan Barnabas Adeyemo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijieeb.2012.01.07, Pub. Date: 8 Feb. 2012

Weather forecasting is a vital application in meteorology and has been one of the most scientifically and technologically challenging problems around the world in the last century. In this paper, we investigate the use of data mining techniques in forecasting maximum temperature, rainfall, evaporation and wind speed. This was carried out using Artificial Neural Network and Decision Tree algorithms and meteorological data collected between 2000 and 2009 from the city of Ibadan, Nigeria. A data model for the meteorological data was developed and this was used to train the classifier algorithms. The performances of these algorithms were compared using standard performance metrics, and the algorithm which gave the best results used to generate classification rules for the mean weather variables. A predictive Neural Network model was also developed for the weather prediction program and the results compared with actual weather data for the predicted periods. The results show that given enough case data, Data Mining techniques can be used for weather forecasting and climate change studies.

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