How much does inclusion of non-linearity and multi-point pattern recognition improve the spatial mapping of complex patterns of groundwater contamination?

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-317

  Chowdhury, M ^a   Alouani, A ^a   Hossain, F ^a  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KRIGING; MAPPING; NONLINEARITY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 77949442636     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-16-313-2009     Document Type: Article

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