Comparative assessment of neural networks and regression models for forecasting summertime ozone in Athens

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 313, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Chaloulakou, Archontoula ^a   Saisana, Michaela ^a,b   Spyrellis, Nikolas ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air quality forecasting; Model performance indices; Neural networks; Ozone

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

OZONE CONCENTRATION;

OZONE;

OZONE;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MODELING; OZONE; SUMMER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FORECASTING; GREECE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER;

ATHENS; GREECE;

EID: 0042061161     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00335-8     Document Type: Article

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