The use of a neural network to forecast daily grass pollen concentration in a Mediterranean region: The southern part of the Iberian Peninsula

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1606-1612

  Sanchez Mesa J A ^a   Galan, C ^a   Martinez Heras J A ^a   Hervas Martinez C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Allergy; Forecast model; Grass pollen; Hayfever; Linear regression; Neural network

Indexed keywords

POLLEN ANTIGEN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA BASE; GRASS POLLEN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLEN; POLLUTION; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FORECASTING; LINEAR MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); POLLEN; SPAIN;

EID: 0036433586     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01510.x     Document Type: Article

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