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This paper takes the mean monitoring data of Wenyu river basin in Beijing during 2006-2010 as an example. Based on the characteristics of origin data, the water quality assessment (WQA) is analyzed by factor analysis, which focuses on five aspects: data standardization, applicability evaluation, principle factor extraction, principle factor interpretation and factor scores. Results show that, by objectively and reasonably using the factor analysis to evaluate water quality, the development tendency and variation law of regional water quality can be further understood, which can be a reference for contamination control planning of a region environmental system.
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Gao, C., Yan, J., Yang, S., Tan, G. (2011). Applying Factor Analysis to Water Quality Assessment: A Study Case of Wenyu River. In: Li, S., Wang, X., Okazaki, Y., Kawabe, J., Murofushi, T., Guan, L. (eds) Nonlinear Mathematics for Uncertainty and its Applications. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 100. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22833-9_66
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