Assessing positive matrix factorization model fit: A new method to estimate uncertainty and bias in factor contributions at the measurement time scale

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 497-513

  Hemann, J G ^a   Brinkman, G L ^b   Dutton, S J ^b   Hannigan, M P ^b   Milford, J B ^b   Miller, S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MATRIX; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMPLING BIAS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950283315     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-497-2009     Document Type: Article

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