Blockchain and IoT integration for secure short-term and long-term air quality monitoring system using optimized neural network

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Jun;31(27):39372-39387. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-33717-9. Epub 2024 May 31.

Abstract

Accurate air pollution prediction is vital for residents' well-being. This research introduces a secure air quality monitoring system using neural networks and blockchain for robust analysis, precise predictions, and early pollution detection. Blockchain guarantees data integrity, security, and transparency. Goals include real-time air quality data, secure blockchain recording, and enhanced safety through informed decisions. The research integrates blockchain and IoT for short- and long-term air quality monitoring, utilizing an optimized neural network. IoT sensors collect PM2.5, PM10, CO, NO2, and SO2, processed through noise removal and normalization, with feature extraction using N-tuple contrastive learning. Predictions utilize Graph attention-based deep Residual shrinkage Network and Bidirectional long short Term Memory (GRNBTM) categorized into five levels. An adaptive bowerbird algorithm optimizes parameters, reducing computational complexity. Blockchain integration ensures secure, tamper-proof data storage with a lightweight consensus-based algorithm. The GRNBTM model's air quality monitoring performance is extensively simulated and analyzed at 30-min, 2-h, 1-day, and 1-month intervals, demonstrating superior performance over existing techniques.

Keywords: Blockchain; Bowerbird optimization; Combined models; Monitoring air quality; Neural networks.

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollutants / analysis
  • Air Pollution*
  • Algorithms
  • Blockchain
  • Environmental Monitoring* / methods
  • Internet of Things
  • Neural Networks, Computer*

Substances

  • Air Pollutants