Analyzing Complexity of Municipal Solid Waste Stations Using Approximate Entropy and Spatial Clustering

Jingwei Song^1,2, Ying Liao^1,2, Jiaying He³, Jia Yang⁴ and Bo Xiang This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.^1,2

¹Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Sciences, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, P.R. China
²Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
³Center for Geospatial Research, Department of Geography, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, United States
⁴College of Territorial Resources and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, P.R. China

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