The forecasting of municipal waste generation using artificial neural networks and sustainability indicators

Sustainability Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-46

  Antanasijević, Davor ^a   Pocajt, Viktor ^a   Popović, Ivanka ^a   Redžić, Nebojša ^b   Ristić, Mirjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Serbian Environmental Protection Agency   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; European Union; Modeling; Neural networks; Serbia; Waste generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871934498     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-012-0161-9     Document Type: Article

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