Determination of the principal factors of river water quality through cluster analysis method and its prediction

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 238-245

  Guo, Liang ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a   Wang, Peng ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

artificial neural network; cluster analysis method; principal factor; water quality forecast

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857896629     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-011-0382-7     Document Type: Article

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