Set pair analysis-Markov chain model for groundwater quality assessment and prediction: A case study of Xi’an city, China

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2019, Pages 158-175

  Su, Fengmei ^a   Wu, Jianhua ^a   He, Song ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

groundwater quality assessment; groundwater quality prediction; Markov chain; set pair analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060972811     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2019.1568860     Document Type: Article

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