Quantitative effects of composting state variables on C/N ratio through GA-aided multivariate analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1243-1254

  Sun, Wei ^a   Huang, Guo H ^a,b   Zeng, Guangming ^c   Qin, Xiaosheng ^d   Yu, Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Food waste composting; Genetic algorithm; Stepwise cluster analysis; The C N ratio; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITROGEN; ASH CONTENTS; C/N RATIO; CLUSTER TREE; COMPOSTING PROCESS; COMPOSTING REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; CRITICAL FACTORS; DIRECT SEARCH ALGORITHM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FOOD WASTE COMPOSTING; INTERNAL PARAMETERS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIA; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS METHODS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; OPTIMAL SETS; ORGANIC MATTER; PREDICTION ACCURACY; QUANTITATIVE EFFECTS; STATE VARIABLES; STEPWISE CLUSTER ANALYSIS; TOTAL LOSS; VARIABLE SELECTION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MOISTURE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION;

WASTE TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM NITROGEN; CARBON; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MINERAL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPOSTING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MOISTURE CONTENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASH; BIOMASS; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPOSTING; FOOD WASTE COMPOSTING; GENETIC ALGORITHM AIDED STEPWISE CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MOISTURE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTOR MONITORING; STEPWISE CLUSTER ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 79851509127     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.12.023     Document Type: Article

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