Markov Chain Model Development for Forecasting Air Pollution Index of Miri, Sarawak

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 11; no. 19; p. 5190
• Main Authors: Zakaria, Nurul Nnadiah, Othman, Mahmod, Sokkalingam, Rajalingam, Daud, Hanita, Abdullah, Lazim, Abdul Kadir, Evizal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2019
• Subjects: Air pollution; Air pollution forecasting; Air quality; Case studies; Forecasting; Linear programming; Manpower; Markov analysis; Markov chains; Mathematical models; Maximum likelihood method; Nitrogen dioxide; Pollution index; Pollution levels; Probability; State vectors; Stochastic models; Transition probabilities; Weather; Malaysia

A Markov chain is commonly used in stock market analysis, manpower planning, and in many other areas because of its efficiency in predicting long run behavior. However, the Air Quality Index (AQI) suffers from not using a Markov chain in its forecasting approach. Therefore, this paper proposes a sim...