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As wildfires intensify, researchers test if AI can improve fire spread prediction

With wildfires growing more destructive both in the United States and around the world, University at Buffalo researchers have conducted one of the most extensive evaluations to date of artificial intelligence-based deep learning models for predicting wildfire spread. Their findings show how AI can...

As wildfires intensify, researchers test if AI can improve fire spread prediction
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With wildfires growing more destructive both in the United States and around the world, University at Buffalo researchers have conducted one of the most extensive evaluations to date of artificial intelligence-based deep learning models for predicting wildfire spread. Their findings show how AI can complement but not yet fully replace established physics-based fire modeling tools.

Originally published at Phys.org

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