Application of k-means clustering to environmental risk zoning of the chemical industrial area

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-127

  Shi, Weifang ^a   Zeng, Weihua ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

chemical industrial park; environmental risk zoning; k means clustering; risk management; silhouette coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926385863     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-013-0581-5     Document Type: Article

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