Validation of a receptor-dispersion model coupled with a genetic algorithm using synthetic data

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 476-490

  Haupt, Sue Ellen ^a   Young, George S ^a   Allen, Christopher T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

POLLUTION RECEPTOR MODEL; RECEPTOR-DISPERSION MODEL;

AIR POLLUTION;

CALIBRATION; EMISSION CONTROL; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33646572555     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2359.1     Document Type: Article

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