title: Development of fuzzy air quality index using soft computing approach.
abstract: Proper assessment of air quality status in an atmosphere based on limited observations is an essential task for meeting the goals of environmental management. A number of classification methods are available for estimating the changing status of air quality. However, a discrepancy frequently arises from the quality criteria of air employed and vagueness or fuzziness embedded in the decision making output values. Owing to inherent imprecision, difficulties always exist in some conventional methodologies like air quality index when describing integrated air quality conditions with respect to various pollutants parameters and time of exposure. In recent years, the fuzzy logic-based methods have demonstrated to be appropriated to address uncertainty and subjectivity in environmental issues. In the present study, a methodology based on fuzzy inference systems (FIS) to assess air quality is proposed. This paper presents a comparative study to assess status of air quality using fuzzy logic technique and that of conventional technique. The findings clearly indicate that the FIS may successfully harmonize inherent discrepancies and interpret complex conditions.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Science & Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi 835215, India.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gorai
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pathak
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D017143:Fuzzy Logic
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants
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