Computing least air pollution exposure routes

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 343-362

  Sharker, Monir H ^a   Karimi, Hassan A ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution exposure; air quality index; green navigation; personalized routing

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

EID: 84888064121     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2013.841317     Document Type: Article

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