State-space dynamic model for estimation of radon entry rate, based on Kalman filtering

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-297

  Brabec, Marek ^a,b   Jílek, Karel ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Air ventilation rate; Extended Kalman filter; Maximum likelihood estimation; Prediction error decomposition; Radon entry rate; State space modeling

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MODELS; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RADON; STATE SPACE METHODS;

AIR VENTILATION RATE; PREDICTION ERROR DECOMPOSITION; RADON ENTRY RATE;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

RADON;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; KALMAN FILTER; RADON ISOTOPE; VENTILATION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION SCATTERING; VENTILATOR;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADON; SOFTWARE; VENTILATION;

EID: 36148968411     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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