[HTML][HTML] Development of a stacked ensemble model for forecasting and analyzing daily average PM2. 5 concentrations in Beijing, China

B Zhai, J Chen - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
A stacked ensemble model is developed for forecasting and analyzing the daily average
concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) in Beijing, China. Special feature extraction …

Global distribution and evolvement of urbanization and PM2. 5 (1998–2015)

D Yang, C Ye, X Wang, D Lu, J Xu, H Yang - Atmospheric Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
PM 2.5 concentrations increased and have been one of the major social issues along with
rapid urbanization in many regions of the world in recent decades. The development of …

Optimizing wavelet neural networks using modified cuckoo search for multi-step ahead chaotic time series prediction

P Ong, Z Zainuddin - Applied Soft Computing, 2019 - Elsevier
Determining the optimal number of hidden nodes and their proper initial locations are
essentially crucial before the wavelet neural networks (WNNs) start their learning process. In …

Responses of PM2. 5 pollution to urbanization in China

X Wang, G Tian, D Yang, W Zhang, D Lu, Z Liu - Energy Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization and economic development caused serious environmental pollution
burden in China. This study explored the spatiotemporal profile of PM 2.5 concentrations in …

A study of vertical distribution patterns of PM2. 5 concentrations based on ambient monitoring with unmanned aerial vehicles: A case in Hangzhou, China

ZR Peng, D Wang, Z Wang, Y Gao, S Lu - Atmospheric Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Measurements of the vertical distribution of air pollutant concentrations can provide
essential information for accurate estimates of the dispersion mechanism of local pollutants …

Prediction and analysis of the three major industries and residential consumption CO2 emissions based on least squares support vector machine in China

W Sun, M Liu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the surge in China's CO 2 emissions has caused serious environmental
problem. According to the CO 2 reduction commitment in 12th Five-Year Plan, this paper …

Investigating the relationship between air pollution variation and urban form

C Li, Z Wang, B Li, ZR Peng, Q Fu - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Air quality in megacities and its correlation with urban form have become a priority, since
numerous cities worldwide are encountering a development bottleneck due to air pollution …

A hybrid PSO-SVM model based on clustering algorithm for short-term atmospheric pollutant concentration forecasting

S Chen, J Wang, H Zhang - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2019 - Elsevier
Air pollution can lead to a wide range of hazards and can affect most organisms on Earth.
Therefore, managing and controlling air pollution has become a top priority for many …

Fine-scale variations in PM2. 5 and black carbon concentrations and corresponding influential factors at an urban road intersection

Z Wang, S Zhong, ZR Peng, M Cai - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Road intersections have the potential to pose an additional exposure risk to surrounding
dwellers or commuters; however, knowledge of fine-scale variations of traffic pollutants …

A clustering-based ensemble approach with improved pigeon-inspired optimization and extreme learning machine for air quality prediction

F Jiang, J He, T Tian - Applied Soft Computing, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel hybrid learning method is carried out to forecast urban air quality index
(AQI). Wavelet packet decomposition (WPD) is firstly performed to decompose the original …