Table 3. Features included in the final predicting models.

The tick (✓) mark represents the inclusion of a particular variable in the model, whereas if the variable is not included, the space remains blank. M represents months of the calendar year, and Dis represents districts and P is for population size. T_min, T_max, R, H are minimum and maximum temperatures, total rainfall, and relative humidity, respectively.

Models	Features
	M	Dis	T min	T max	R	H	P
LR	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓
KNN	✓	✓					✓
C5.0 DT	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
ANN	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
RF	✓	✓					✓
XGBoost	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
svmLinear	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
svmRadial	✓	✓					✓