Table 8 Comparative analysis of WQI model sources of eclipsing and uncertainty.
WQI Model
Factors contributing to eclipsing
Sources of uncertainty
Oregon
Index
(a) Complex parameter selection
process that was contributed to
eclipsing in WQI
- Aggregation function
contributes to uncertainty
(
Swamee and Tyagi, 2000
).
Horton
Index
(a) No nutrient elements for the
parameter group were
included in the model
- The key source of
uncertainty is the
aggregation function, since
the coefficient factors are
not well defined (
Brown
et al., 1970
).
House
Index
(a) The eclipsing problem arises
through the procedure for
parameter selection of the
model
- Aggregation function is the
main sources of Instability
(
Sutadian et al., 2016
)
NSF Index
(a) Parameter selection phase
contributes to the eclipsing of
the model
-
Brown et al. (1973)
introduced a new
multiplicative aggregation
function due to the lack of
original function sensitivity
(
Lumb et al. 2011
).
CCME
Index
(a) Model does not specified the
WQ parameters
(b) Weighting value does not
required, both are responsible
for eclipsing problems
- The CCME model uses a
number of complex
aggregation functions,
which could lead to the
ambiguity of the end index
ranking (
Sutadian et al.,
2016; Lumbet al., 2011
).
Smith
Index
(a) Number of required WQ
parameters does not specified
(b) Complicated subindex
equations used for the
subindex resulting from the
eclipsing problems
(c) Parameters weight values does
not required
- Not referenced
Malaysian
Index
(a) Model only used very common
WQ parameters
(b) Not included any oxic and
biological indicators
- Not referenced
Said Index
(a) Literature based parameter
selection process
(b) parameter standardization not
required
- Not referenced
Hanh Index (a) complex parameter selection
procedures (mixed)
(b) equal weight assigned for all
selected parameters
- Hybrid aggregation
methods produce the
uncertainty in the final
score (
Sutadian et al.,
2016
).
Dojildo
Index
(a) Number of required WQ
parameters does not specified
(b) Parameter selection processes
were based on the intent of the
end user
- Aggregated index does not
reflect the overall quality of
water (
Smith, 1990
).
Almeida
Index
(a) There is no scope for
incorporating other essential
WQ parameters for the
potential implication of closed
parameter selection processes.
(b) Actual WQ concentration
values used explicitly as a sub-
index
- The key source of
uncertainty is the
aggregation process
(
Swamee and Tyagi, 2000
).
Liou Index
(a) The eclipsing problem is a form
of fixed-parameter selection
that arises due to the lack of
other critical parameters.
- The aggregation function
leads to uncertainty since
the final value is not
correlated with the lowest
sub-index ranking (
Smith,
1990; Sutadian et al., 2016;
Swamee and Tyagi, 2000
).
West Java
WQI
(a) Model parameter selection
process is mainly source of
eclipsing due to the model
parameters were selected
based on availability of
monitoring data
- Not referenced
FIS