| AQI | Air quality |
| EEMD | Ensemble empirical mode decomposition |
| IMF | Intrinsic mode function |
| ANN | Artificial neural networks |
| MLR | Multiple linear regression |
| PCR | Principal component regression |
| SVR | Support vector regression |
| GRNN | General regression neural network |
| IOWA | Induced ordered weighted averaging |
| NARNN | Nonlinear autoregressive neural network |
| ES | Exponential smoothing |
| MM | Mirror method |
| CFM | Combined forecasting model |
| MMA | Mean mode accuracy |
| DM test | Diebold–Mariano test |
| IR | Improvements of the proposed model |
| SSE | Sum of squared error |
| MAE | Mean absolute error |
| MAPE | Mean absolute percentage error |
| RMSE | Root mean squared error |