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Table 2 Model performance of random forests (RFs), multiple linear regression (cubic), and linear spline regression (spline)

From: Temperature impact on the economic growth effect: method development and model performance evaluation with subnational data in China

 

80% training data model result

20% OOB test data for prediction

 

\(R^{2}\)

RMSE

MAE

AIC

\(R^{2}\)

RMSE

MAE

RFs

0.93

0.04

0.03

2.78

0.31

0.12

0.09

cubic

0.35

0.11

0.09

14.12

0.04

0.19

0.16

spline

0.38

0.11

0.09

13.40

0.02

0.19

0.16

RFs_lag2

0.93

0.04

0.03

2.11

0.44

0.11

0.08

cubic_lag2

0.38

0.11

0.09

13.40

0.01

0.20

0.16

spline_lag2

0.42

0.11

0.09

12.59

0.00

0.21

0.16