Comparison of modelling techniques to predict macroinvertebrate community composition in rivers of Ethiopia

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-152

  Ambelu, Argaw ^a   Lock, Koen ^a   Goethals, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Classification tree; Genetic algorithm; Greedy stepwise; Model optimisation; Support vector machines

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; OPTIMIZATION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; SUSTAINABILITY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 77549086606     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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