
Figure 1
Study area with 441 potential candidates.

Figure 2
The 52 sampling locations in the existing rainfall monitoring network of Pakistan.

Figure 3
Geographical placement of 30 additional and deleted location by GA under both interpolation procedures for Pakistan meteorological rainfall monitoring network.
Note: Some of the points overlap each other (all the coordinate’s names can be provided on demand).

Figure 4
Geographical placement of 30 additional and deleted location by SSA under both interpolation procedures for Pakistan meteorological rainfall monitoring network.
Note: Some of the points overlap each other (all the coordinate’s names can be provided on demand).
Table 1
Pakistan dataset: adding and deleting measurements to the initial design with OK and UK as interpolation Procedure- SA: Simulated Annealing; GA: Genetic Algorithms.
| SCENARIO | METHOD | IP | AKV | SCENARIO | METHOD | IP | AKV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add5 | SSA | OK | 1.1498 | Del 5 | SSA | OK | 1.1935 |
| Add5 | SSA | UK | 0.8419 | Del 5 | SSA | UK | 0.9723 |
| Add5 | GA | OK | 5.0918 | Del 5 | GA | OK | 5.6001 |
| Add5 | GA | UK | 4.8221 | Del 5 | GA | UK | 5.4211 |
| Add10 | SSA | OK | 1.1181 | Del 10 | SSA | OK | 1.2070 |
| Add10 | SSA | UK | 0.8399 | Del 10 | SSA | UK | 0.9812 |
| Add10 | GA | OK | 4.9211 | Del 10 | GA | OK | 5.6821 |
| Add10 | GA | UK | 4.7811 | Del 10 | GA | UK | 5.5211 |
| Add15 | SSA | OK | 1.1181 | Del 15 | SSA | OK | 1.2286 |
| Add15 | SSA | UK | 0.8382 | Del 15 | SSA | UK | 0.9935 |
| Add15 | GA | OK | 4.8221 | Del 15 | GA | OK | 5.7211 |
| Add15 | GA | UK | 4.5211 | Del 15 | GA | UK | 5.6244 |
| Add20 | SSA | OK | 1.0943 | Del 20 | SSA | OK | 1.2563 |
| Add20 | SSA | UK | 0.8322 | Del 20 | SSA | UK | 1.0001 |
| Add20 | GA | OK | 4.7221 | Del 20 | GA | OK | 5.8001 |
| Add20 | GA | UK | 4.4321 | Del 20 | GA | UK | 5.6901 |
| Add25 | SSA | OK | 1.0832 | Del 25 | SSA | OK | 1.2955 |
| Add25 | SSA | UK | 0.8298 | Del 25 | SSA | UK | 1.0231 |
| Add25 | GA | OK | 4.6001 | Del 25 | GA | OK | 5.9211 |
| Add25 | GA | UK | 4.442 | Del 25 | GA | UK | 5.7212 |
| Add30 | SSA | OK | 1.0765 | Del 30 | SSA | OK | 1.3593 |
| Add30 | SSA | UK | 0.8923 | Del 30 | SSA | UK | 1.2322 |
| Add30 | GA | OK | 4.4211 | Del 30 | GA | OK | 5.9811 |
| Add30 | GA | UK | 5.8321 | Del 30 | GA | UK | 5.8321 |
