Predicting recycling behaviour: Comparison of a linear regression model and a fuzzy logic model

Waste Management

Volumn 49, Issue , 2016, Pages 530-536

  Vesely, Stepan ^a   Klöckner, Christian A ^b   Dohnal, Mirko ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Empirical test; Fuzzy logic; Prediction; Recycling behaviour

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; FORECASTING; LINEAR REGRESSION; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL DATA; EMPIRICAL TEST; FUZZY LOGIC MODEL; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; PREDICTIVE ACCURACY; RECYCLING BEHAVIOURS; REGRESSION MODEL;

FUZZY LOGIC;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUZZY LOGIC; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; RECYCLING;

EID: 84953256632     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.12.025     Document Type: Article

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