Combining neural network models to predict spatial patterns of airborne pollutant accumulation in soils around an industrial point emission source

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1506-1515

  Dimopoulos, Ioannis F ^a   Tsiros, Ioannis X ^b   Serelis, Konstantinos ^b   Chronopoulou, Aikaterini ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; LEAD; SOILS;

AIR EMISSION; DATA SETS; ENSEMBLE NETWORKS; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERROR; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 10244240471     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2004.10471014     Document Type: Article

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