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 6

Fitting and prediction results based on the IMGM.

YearActual dataModeling dataFitting and prediction valuesResidual errorsRelative errors (%)

20072468.12468.12468.100
20082321.22321.22293.4−27.77−1.1966
20092214.42214.42247.833.421.5095
20102185.12185.12203.118.030.8254
20112217.92183.3482159.3−24.01−1.0998
20122117.62116.4−1.19−0.0565
20132044.02074.330.321.4835