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Predicting Bike-Sharing Adoption for Green Mobility Planning Using Hard Voting Ensemble Classifier in Machine Learning: Evidence from Kigali City, Rwanda Cover

Predicting Bike-Sharing Adoption for Green Mobility Planning Using Hard Voting Ensemble Classifier in Machine Learning: Evidence from Kigali City, Rwanda

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|Jul 2026

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Language: English
Page range: 92 - 103
Submitted on: Jun 17, 2025
Accepted on: May 13, 2026
Published on: Jul 2, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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