Forecasting of solid waste composition using fuzzy regression approach: A case of Delhi

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 65-74

  Srivastava, Amitabh Kumar ^a   Nema, Arvind K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Fuzzy regression; Solid waste characteristics

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FUZZY REGRESSION; REUSE-RECYCLE; SOLID WASTE CHARACTERISITCS; WASTE COMPOSITION;

SOLID WASTES;

EID: 39649122857     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2008.016992     Document Type: Article

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