ORIGINAL RESEARCH
An Improved Coupling Model of Grey-System
and Multivariate Linear Regression for Water
Consumption Forecasting
Fang He1,2, Tao Tao2
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1College of Urban Construction, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2School of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2014;23(4):1165-1174
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ABSTRACT
Water prediction is the basis for water resource planning and management. However, water resource systems
are complex. Water consumption is influenced by various factors whose relations are also complicated.
The degree of influence is always different for the same factor in different areas. The effective factors of water
consumption are analyzed thoroughly. The influencing factors of high degree are selected to establish an
improved coupling model of grey system and multiple regressions to predict water consumption in Wuhan.
The coupling model is clear in concept, simple in structure, and convenient in use. The complex relationship
between water consumption and its main influencing factors is reflected. The model has the potential advantage
for predicting annual water consumption. The applied research in Wuhan showed that the forecast effect
of improved coupled model is good with relative error less than 1%. The model is used to predict water consumption
of 2015 in Wuhan as 4.1430424 billion tons.