Treated water quality assurance and description of distribution networks by multivariate chemometrics

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 4676-4684

  Smeti, E M ^a,c   Thanasoulias, N C ^a   Lytras, E S ^a   Tzoumerkas, P C ^b   Golfinopoulos, S K ^c  

^a Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company (EYDAP SA)   (Greece)

^b EYDAP SA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Classification and regression trees; Discriminant analysis; Multivariate chemometrics; Principal component analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PURIFICATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TREES (MATHEMATICS); WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMOMETRICES; CLASSIFICATION TREES; CLASSIFIEDS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE CHEMOMETRIC; PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION TREES; TRAINING DATASET; WATER SAMPLES; WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGES;

WATER QUALITY;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; MAGNESIUM;

ALGORITHM; ALKALINITY; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HARDNESS; LINEARITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GREECE; PH; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 71749093316     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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