Modeling highway runoff pollutant levels using a data driven model

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Opher, T ^a   Ostfeld, A ^a   Friedler, E ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Data driven model (DDM); Event mean concentration (EMC); Genetic algorithm (GA); Highway runoff; Model tree (MT)

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA , USA; DATA SETS; DATA-DRIVEN MODEL; DEVELOPED MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; EVENT MEAN CONCENTRATION (EMC); EVENT MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; HIGHWAY RUNOFF; HIGHWAY RUNOFF POLLUTANTS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NON-POINT SOURCE; POLLUTANT LOADS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RAINFALL EVENT; ROAD PAVEMENTS; RUNOFF WATER; TRAINING DATA; VERIFICATION DATA;

CHROMIUM; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; ZINC;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CHROMIUM; LEAD; ZINC;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENETIC ALGORITHM; HEAVY METAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PAVEMENT; POLLUTANT PROPERTY; RUNOFF; SUSPENDED LOAD; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HIGHWAY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TRANSPORTATION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70349260363     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.289     Document Type: Article

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