Indoor radon distribution in Switzerland: lognormality and Extreme Value Theory.
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ID Serval
serval:BIB_1E114CD924D5
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Indoor radon distribution in Switzerland: lognormality and Extreme Value Theory.
Périodique
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
ISSN
0265-931X
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2008
Volume
99
Numéro
4
Pages
649-657
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Analysis and modeling of statistical distributions of indoor radon concentration from data valorization to mapping and simulations are critical issues for real decision-making processes. The usual way to model indoor radon concentrations is to assume lognormal distributions of concentrations on a given territory. While these distributions usually model correctly the main body of the data density, they cannot model the extreme values, which are more important for risk assessment. In this paper, global and local indoor radon distributions are modeled using Extreme Value Theory (EVT). Emphasis is put on the tails of the distributions and their deviations from lognormality. The best fits of distributions to real data set density have been computed and goodness of fit with Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) is evaluated. The results show that EVT performs better than lognormal pdf for real data sets characterized by high indoor radon concentrations.
Mots-clé
Air Pollutants, Radioactive, Air Pollution, Indoor, Air Pollution, Radioactive, Cluster Analysis, Environmental Exposure, Models, Statistical, Models, Theoretical, Normal Distribution, Probability, Radiation Monitoring/methods, Radon, Risk, Risk Assessment, Switzerland
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08/03/2008 12:11
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20/08/2019 12:54