Integrating classification and regression tree (CART) with GIS for assessment of heavy metals pollution

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 419-431

  Cheng, Wei ^a,d   Zhang, Xiuying ^b   Wang, Ke ^a   Dai, Xuelong ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Agriculture Bureau of Fuyang   (China)

^d Key Laboratory of Agricultural Remote Sensing and Information System   (China)

Author keywords

ArcGIS Engine 9; CART; Fuyang; GIS; Heavy metals pollution

Indexed keywords

ARCGIS ENGINE; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE MODELS; DECISION TREE MODELS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEAVY METALS POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTER-RELATIONSHIPS; MICROSOFT; MODEL PREDICTION; ORDINARY KRIGING; PREDICTIVE ACCURACY; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDY AREAS; VISUAL BASIC 6.0; ZHEJIANG; ZN CONTENT;

DECISION TREES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEAVY METALS; INTEGRATION; POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

METALS;

HEAVY METAL; ZINC;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; HEAVY METAL; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION TREE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEAVY METAL POISONING; KRIGING; LAND USE; PH; PREDICTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

CHINA; FUYANG; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 72349094736     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0594-x     Document Type: Article

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