The institutional determinants of CO2 emissions: A computational modeling approach using Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Programming

Environmetrics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-49

  Álvarez Díaz, Marcos ^a   Caballero Miguez, Gonzalo ^a   Soliño, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; CO2 emissions; Computational methods; Genetic programming; Institutional determinants

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 78851471663     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.1025     Document Type: Article

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