10.2190/G518-4XQ4-BTNQ-KW9X G5184XQ4BTNQKW9X 245 AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORK DESIGN USING INFORMATION THEORY 245 267 20041116 20041116 20041116 20041116 G5184XQ4BTNQKW9X.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=G5184XQ4BTNQKW9X 3 VINEET KUMAR JAIN MUKESH SHARMA University of Cornell, Ithaca, New York and, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India Most of the techniques currently available in literature for designing an Air Quality Monitoring Network (AQMN) are complex in nature and are suited to one or more specific objective(s) and particular conditions. The present study proposes a simple and generalized method for designing an optimum AQMN based on entropy concepts, which are central to the information theory. This study considers the AQMN as an environmental information system. The AQMN provides the information about the random events (pollution levels) occurring in the area of interest. 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