Development of fuzzy air quality index using soft computing approach

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6187-6196

  Mandal, T ^a   Gorai, A K ^a   Pathak, G ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Air quality index; Fuzzy model; Pollutant parameters

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION METHODS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPLEX CONDITION; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC TECHNIQUES; FUZZY MODELS; OUTPUT VALUES; POLLUTANT PARAMETERS; QUALITY CRITERIA; QUALITY INDICES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEMS; POLLUTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOFT COMPUTING;

AIR QUALITY;

NITROUS OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY INDEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUZZY SYSTEM; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 84866539270     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2412-0     Document Type: Article

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