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Firas Tayseer Ayasrah, Nabeel S Alsharafa, Sivaprakash S, Srinivasa Rao B, Sudhakar Sengan and Kumaran N, “Strategizing Low Carbon Urban Planning Through Environmental Impact Assessment by Artificial Intelligence Driven Carbon Footprint Forecasting”, Journal of Machine and Computing, pp. 1140-1151, October 2024. doi:10.53759/7669/jmc202404105.
