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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Air Pollution Forecasts: An Overview.

Lu Bai, Jianzhou Wang, Xuejiao Ma, Haiyan Lu

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 392 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lu BaiSchool of Statistics, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian 116025, China. baildctg@hotmail.com.
Jianzhou WangSchool of Statistics, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian 116025, China. wjz@lzu.edu.cn.
Xuejiao MaSchool of Statistics, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian 116025, China. xuejiaomadufe@163.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6984-2455
Haiyan LuFaculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia. haiyan.lu@uts.edu.au.
Dongbei University of Finance and Economics · CNUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Air pollution is defined as a phenomenon harmful to the ecological system and the normal conditions of human existence and development when some substances in the atmosphere exceed a certain concentration. In the face of increasingly serious environmental pollution problems, scholars have conducted a significant quantity of related research, and in those studies, the forecasting of air pollution has been of paramount importance. As a precaution, the air pollution forecast is the basis for taking effective pollution control measures, and accurate forecasting of air pollution has become an important task. Extensive research indicates that the methods of air pollution forecasting can be broadly divided into three classical categories: statistical forecasting methods, artificial intelligence methods, and numerical forecasting methods. More recently, some hybrid models have been proposed, which can improve the forecast accuracy. To provide a clear perspective on air pollution forecasting, this study reviews the theory and application of those forecasting models. In addition, based on a comparison of different forecasting methods, the advantages and disadvantages of some methods of forecasting are also provided. This study aims to provide an overview of air pollution forecasting methods for easy access and reference by researchers, which will be helpful in further studies.

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ForecastingModels, TheoreticalAir Pollutionair pollution forecastartificial intelligence methodsforecasting modelshybrid modelsnumerical forecast methodsstatistical methods

Identifiers

PMID29673227
PMCPMC5923822
OpenAlexW2799476458

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