A comparison of various imputation methods for missing values in air quality data

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 449-456

  Zainuri, Nuryazmin Ahmat ^a   Jemain, Abdul Aziz ^a   Muda, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Imputation techniques; Missing data; Performance indicators

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL DATA;

MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84942327539     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17576/jsm-2015-4403-17     Document Type: Article

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