Application of advanced very high-resolution radiometer (AVHRR)-based vegetation health indices for modelling and predicting malaria in Northern Benin, West Africa

Table 1 Ordinary least squared regression (OLS)

Models	Shapiro‒Wilk	RMSE	MSE	MAE	R-squared predicted
(A) = 4.85 + 0.28*VCI19-21	0.77	2.43	5.89	1.53	0.75
(B) = −8.23 + 0.44*VHI49-52	0.88	4.70	22.05	3.82	0.35
(C) = 33.66 + 0.09VCI19-21–0.35*VHI29-32	0.17/0.02	7.47	55.82	5.70	0.29
(D) = 6.67–0.05TCI11-13 + 0.21VHI49-52	3.17E–05	3.46	11.98	2.79	0.27

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