Air quality assessment using a weighted Fuzzy Inference System

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2016, Pages 57-74

  Olvera García, Miguel Ángel ^a   Carbajal Hernández, José J ^a   Sánchez Fernández, Luis P ^a   Hernández Bautista, Ignacio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Air quality assessment; Analytic Hierarchy Process; Artificial intelligence; Fuzzy Inference System; Mexico City area

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HEURISTICS; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84963934440     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2016.04.005     Document Type: Article

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