Adaptive K-NN for the Detection of Air Pollutants With a Sensor Array

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 248-256

  Roncaglia, Alberto ^a   Elmi, Ivan ^a   Dori, Leonello ^a   Rudan, Massimo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene; CO; Gas mixtures; K nn classification; NO 2; Quantitative analysis; SnO2 sensors; Toluene; Xylene (BTX)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

GAS MIXTURES; K-NN CLASSIFICATION; NO2; SENSOR ARRAYS; SNO2;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 2342625315     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2004.823653     Document Type: Article

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