Cost and land functions for wastewater treatment projects: Typical simple linear regression versus fuzzy linear regression

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 581-586

  Papadopoulos, Basil ^a   Tsagarakis, Konstantinos P ^b   Yannopoulos, Andreas ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Construction cost; Estimation; Fuzzy sets; Land management; Maintenance costs; Regression analysis; Regression models; Wastewater management

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MAINTENANCE; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

ABSOLUTE ERROR; CONSTRUCTION COST; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FUZZY SETS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MAINTENANCE; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LAND MANAGEMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547632165     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2007)133:6(581)     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Carrasco, E. F., Rodríguez, J., Pual, A., Roca, E., and Lema, J. M. (2004). " Diagnosis of acidification states in an anaerobic wastewater treatment plant using a fuzzy-based expert system.. " Control Eng. Pract., 12 (1), 59-64.
2. Chen, H. W., and Chang, N. B. (2002). " A comparative analysis of methods to represent uncertainty in estimating the cost of constructing wastewater treatment plants.. " J. Environ. Manage., 65 (4), 383-409.
3. Ministry of Environment Physical Planning and Public Works (MPPPW). (2005). " Detailed pricelist for public projects. General secretariat of public projects.. " 〈 www. ggde.gr/ggde/el/analitika_timologia.jsp? cat=35 〉 (March 3, 2005).
4. Papadopoulos, B. K., and Sirpi, M. (1999). " Similarities in fuzzy regression models.. " J. Optim. Theory Appl., 102 (2), 373-383.
5. Papadopoulos, B. K., and Sirpi, M. (2004). " Similarities and distances in fuzzy regression modelling.. " Soft Comput., 8 (8), 556-561.
6. Porter, A., Sadek, A., and Hayden, N. (2006). " Fuzzy geographic information systems for phytoremediation plant selection.. " J. Environ. Eng., 132 (1), 120-128.
7. Sadiq, R., Al-Zahrani, M. A., Sheikh, A. K., Husain, T., and Farooq, S. (2004). " Performance evaluation of slow sand filters using fuzzy rule-based modelling.. " Environ. Modell. Software, 19, 507-515.
8. Seo, S., Aramaki, T., Hwang, Y., and Hanaki, K. (2003). " Evaluation of solid waste management system using fuzzy composition.. " J. Environ. Eng., 129 (6), 520-531.
9. Tanaka, H. (1987). " Fuzzy data analysis by possibilistic linear models.. " Fuzzy Sets Syst., 24 (3), 363-376.
10. Tanaka, H., Uejima, S., and Asai, K. (1982). " Linear fuzzy regression analysis with fuzzy models.. " IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern., 12, 903-907.
11. Tay, J. H., and Zhang, X. (2000). " Stability of high-rate anaerobic systems II: Fuzzy stability index.. " J. Environ. Eng., 126 (8), 726-731.
12. Tsagarakis, K. P., Mara, D. D., and Angelakis, A. N. (2003). " Application of cost criteria for selection of municipal wastewater treatment systems.. " Water, Air, Soil Pollut., 142 (1-4), 187-210.
13. Wen, C. G., and Lee, C. S. (1999). " Development of a cost function for wastewater treatment systems with fuzzy regression.. " Fuzzy Sets Syst., 106, 143-153.
14. Woldt, W. E., Dvorak, B. I., and Dahab, M. F. (2003). " Application of fuzzy set theory to industrial pollution prevention: Production system modeling and life cycle assessment.. " Soft Comput., 7 (6), 419-433.