Environmental data analysis. Methods and applications (Q2825300)

The 10 chapters of this textbook are as follows: 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. Every chapter has its own reference list, and the book ends with a three-page subject index.NEWLINENEWLINEPublisher's description: ``Most environmental data involve a large degree of complexity and uncertainty. The book 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 and 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. The book 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.''