<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The method based on rough set theory (RST) was used in the study to establish the rate of mass accumulation of waste in households in rural areas, which are characterised by different economic types, in case of which traditional statistical analyses are usually hardy reliable. The following indicators available in the General Statistical Office’s statistics were used in the analysis: population density, income level, main source of income, economic type of the municipality, area of agricultural land, age of the buildings and participation of gaseous fuels in meeting heat demands. The method shown should not be considered as a competition for statistical methods, but it could complement them, especially in cases when there are few objects to analyse, the more so as it proves useful in cases where input data are general, imprecise and uncertain. As has been shown in the study, with such data and a small number of objects, the relative error of estimation was 13% on average.</p></abstract>

The method based on rough set theory (RST) was used in the study to establish the rate of mass accumulation of waste in households in rural areas, which are characterised by different economic types, in case of which traditional statistical analyses are usually hardy reliable. The following indicators available in the General Statistical Office’s statistics were used in the analysis: population density, income level, main source of income, economic type of the municipality, area of agricultural land, age of the buildings and participation of gaseous fuels in meeting heat demands. The method shown should not be considered as a competition for statistical methods, but it could complement them, especially in cases when there are few objects to analyse, the more so as it proves useful in cases where input data are general, imprecise and uncertain. As has been shown in the study, with such data and a small number of objects, the relative error of estimation was 13% on average.

Application of Rough Set Theory to Establish the Amount of Waste in Households in Rural Areas

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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The method based on rough set theory (RST) was used in the study to establish the rate of mass accumulation of waste in households in rural areas, which are...

Application of Rough Set Theory to Establish the Amount of Waste in Households in Rural Areas

Online veröffentlicht: 13. Juli 2017

Seitenbereich: 311 - 325

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2017-0022

Schlüsselwörter
mass accumulation of waste rate, rough set theory, rural areas

© by Tomasz Szul

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Application of Rough Set Theory to Establish the Amount of Waste in Households in Rural Areas

Online veröffentlicht: 13. Juli 2017

Seitenbereich: 311 - 325

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2017-0022

Schlüsselwörtermass accumulation of waste rate, rough set theory, rural areas

© by Tomasz Szul

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
mass accumulation of waste rate, rough set theory, rural areas