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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">gesj</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2071-9388</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2542-1565</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Russian Geographical Society</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24057/2071-9388-2023-2719</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">gesj-3199</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>SPECIAL ISSUE «DUST IN THE ENVIRONMENT: A HAZARD TO HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIETY»</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Long-Term Air Quality Evaluation System Prediction In China Based On Multinomial Logistic Regression Method</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>He</surname><given-names>Y.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Yang. He</p><p>7-9, Universitetskaya nab., St Petersburg, 199034</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">st082131@student.spbu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Qi</surname><given-names>D.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Dongfang. Qi</p><p>7-9, Universitetskaya nab., St Petersburg, 199034</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bure</surname><given-names>V. M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>7-9, Universitetskaya nab., St Petersburg, 199034</p><p>14, Grazhdanskiy pr, St Petersburg, 195220</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>St. Petersburg State University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-2"><institution>St. Petersburg State University; Agrophysical Research Institute</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>12</day><month>01</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>16</volume><issue>4</issue><fpage>164</fpage><lpage>171</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; He Y., Qi D., Bure V.M., 2024</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">He Y., Qi D., Bure V.M.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">He Y., Qi D., Bure V.M.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/3199">https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/3199</self-uri><abstract><p>The aim of this article evaluate the long-term air quality in China based on the air quality index (AQI) and the air quality composite index (AQCI) though the multinomial logistic regression method. The two developed models employ different dependent variables, AQI and AQCI, while maintaining the same controlled variables gross domestic product (GDP), and a primary pollutant. Explicitly, the primary impurity is associated with one or more contaminants among six pollutant factors: O3, PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, and CO. Model quality verification is an integral part of our analysis. The results are illustrate d using real air quality data from China. The developed models were applied to predict AQI and ACQI for the 31 capital cities in China from 2013 to 2019 annually. All calculations and tests are conducted using R-studio. In summary, both models are able to predict China’s long-term air quality. A comparison of the AQI and AQCI models using the ROC curve reveals that the AQCI model exhibits greater significance than the AQI model.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Multinomial logistic regression</kwd><kwd>Air Quality Index</kwd><kwd>Air Quality Composite Index</kwd><kwd>ROC curve</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">Authors are highly thankful to two anonymous reviewers and the principal editor for their positive constructive advices for the manuscript.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Bure V. M, Parilina E. M., (2013). Probability theory and mathematical statistics, 1st ed. St Petersburg, Lan Publ., 416 p. (in Russian).</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Bure V. M, Parilina E. M., (2013). Probability theory and mathematical statistics, 1st ed. St Petersburg, Lan Publ., 416 p. 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