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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792321403321

Autore

Zhang Zhihua

Titolo

Environmental data analysis : methods and applications / / Zhihua Zhang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-11-042498-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

363.700285

Soggetti

Environmental sciences - Data processing

Environmental sciences - Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Time series analysis -- 2. Chaos and dynamical systems -- 3. Approximation -- 4. Interpolation -- 5. Statistical methods -- 6. Numerical methods -- 7. Optimization -- 8. Data envelopment analysis -- 9. Risk assessments -- 10. Life cycle assessments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Most environmental data involve a large degree of complexity and uncertainty. Environmental Data Analysis is created to provide modern quantitative tools and techniques designed specifically to meet the needs of environmental sciences and related fields. This book has an impressive coverage of the scope. Main techniques described in this book are models for linear and nonlinear environmental systems, statistical & numerical methods, data envelopment analysis, risk assessments and life cycle assessments. These state-of-the-art techniques have attracted significant attention over the past decades in environmental monitoring, modeling and decision making. Environmental Data Analysis explains carefully various data analysis procedures and techniques in a clear, concise, and straightforward language and is written in a self-contained way that is accessible to researchers and advanced students in science and engineering. This is an excellent reference for scientists and engineers who wish to analyze, interpret and model data from various sources, and is also an ideal



graduate-level textbook for courses in environmental sciences and related fields. Contents:PrefaceTime series analysisChaos and dynamical systemsApproximationInterpolationStatistical methodsNumerical methodsOptimizationData envelopment analysisRisk assessmentsLife cycle assessmentsIndex