A New Algorithm of Parameter Estimation for the Logistic Equation in Modeling CO₂ Emissions from Fossil Fuel Combustion

Table 2

Comparison of the simulation results of the total emissions.

	RTEs	PAs	Relative error (%)	NA	Relative error (%)
1998	10.392	10.11	−2.71	10.223	−1.63
1999	10.422	10.576	1.48	10.655	2.24
2000	10.586	11.116	5.01	11.167	5.49
2001	10.791	11.748	8.87	11.771	9.08
2002	11.604	12.496	7.69	12.501	7.73
2003	13.556	13.395	−1.19	13.396	−1.18
2004	15.941	14.494	−9.08	14.513	−8.96
2005	17.743	15.870	−10.56	15.952	−10.09
2006	19.693	17.637	−10.44	17.864	−9.29
2007	21.219	19.991	−5.79	20.532	−3.24