Knowledge representation using fuzzy coded variables: An example based on the use of Syrphidae (Insecta, Diptera) in the assessment of riverine wetlands

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-25

  Castella, E ^a   Speight, M C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b National Parks and Wildlife Service Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Fuzzy logic; Ordination; Syrphidae; Wetland ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003046520     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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