Table 6.

Model performance metrics after proposed optimization.

Models	MSE	RMSE	MAE	MBE	r	R2	RRMSE	NSE	WI
Ninja + QTM	3.09E−06	3.07E−05	2.92E−05	0.000107228	0.946080	0.951610	5.565489	0.976254	0.979377
SBO + QTM	0.000114385	0.000140887	0.000597287	0.000934072	0.918957	0.928813	8.574589	0.953245	0.967520
SCA + QTM	0.000131815	0.000147113	0.000600811	0.000934683	0.917390	0.922921	9.521145	0.949563	0.960125
FA + QTM	0.000157308	0.000147834	0.000603866	0.000935416	0.915768	0.921299	10.432197	0.947604	0.957520
GA + QTM	0.000167918	0.000171034	0.000614203	0.000946033	0.903600	0.920442	11.152798	0.942041	0.955549
FEP + QTM	0.000178053	0.000186048	0.000622817	0.000949451	0.902703	0.918256	11.709071	0.938805	0.952310
GSA + QTM	0.000182024	0.000199084	0.000630648	0.000957262	0.901885	0.914113	12.256628	0.928479	0.953943
DE + QTM	0.000252189	0.000213632	0.000638480	0.000964952	0.899570	0.909970	13.772998	0.925874	0.948733
TSH + QTM	0.000289146	0.000218024	0.000641299	0.000972763	0.898302	0.908855	14.433742	0.923269	0.947298
BA + QTM	0.000395989	0.000332753	0.000647251	0.000984602	0.894660	0.907641	14.833742	0.921223	0.946360