Research Article

An Improved Metabolism Grey Model for Predicting Small Samples with a Singular Datum and Its Application to Sulfur Dioxide Emissions in China

Table 4

Fitting and prediction results based on the GM.

YearActual dataModeling dataFitting and prediction valuesResidual errorsRelative error (%)

20072468.12468.12468.100
20082321.22321.22286.3−34.82−1.500
20092214.42214.42251.537.101.6756
20102185.12185.12217.132.061.4674
20112217.92217.92183.3−34.55−1.5578
20122117.62150.032.441.5322
20132044.02117.273.253.5838