Novel application of a statistical technique, Random Forests, in a bacterial source tracking study

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4067-4076

  Smith, Amanda ^a   Sterba Boatwright, Blair ^a   Mott, Joanna ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance analysis; Bacterial source tracking; Random forests

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DECISION TREES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE ANALYSES (ARA); ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; AVERAGE RATE; BACTERIAL SOURCE TRACKING; E. COLI; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; RANDOM FORESTS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TRACKING ANALYSIS; TWO WAYS;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS;

WATER; FRESH WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIRD; BIVALVE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DIFFUSION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FECAL PELLET; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SAMPLING;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SOURCE TRACKING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; CARBON SOURCE; CONTAMINATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CONTAMINATION; LAKE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM FOREST; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

BRAZORIA COUNTY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; OSTREIDAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OSTREIDAE; TEXAS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77954212694     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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