Forecasting nitrate concentration in groundwater using artificial neural network and linear regression models

International Agrophysics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-192

  Zare, A H ^a   Bayat, V M ^a   Daneshkare, A P ^b  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Ghazvin University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Nitrate concentration; Prediction; Regression

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARAK; IRAN; MARKAZI;

EID: 79958189848     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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