Modelling dependence between traffic noise and traffic flow through an entropy-copula method

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 134-151

  Huang, K ^a   Dai, L M ^a   Yao, M ^b   Fan, Y R ^a   Kong, X M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic measurement; Copula; Entropy; Multivariate analysis; Traffic noise; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; ENTROPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE POLLUTION; ROAD; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANADA; REGINA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 85024103254     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.201500302     Document Type: Article

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