Fuzzy QSARs for predicting log Koc of persistent organic pollutants

Chemosphere

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 771-776

  Uddameri, Venkatesh ^a   Kuchanur, Muthukumar ^a  

^a Kingsville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Fuzzy regression; Koc; Least squares; POPs; Possibility theory; Property estimation

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SORPTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLLUTION;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642535389     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.08.023     Document Type: Article

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