Fuzzy logic and risk-based soil interpretations

Geoderma

Volumn 77, Issue 2-4, 1997, Pages 299-315

  Mays, M D ^a   Bogardi, I ^b   Bardossy, A ^c  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Map unit; Risk; Soil interpretation

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SET THEORY; RISK ANALYSIS; SOIL INTERPRETATION; SOIL MAP; SOIL SURVEY;

EID: 0030616395     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00027-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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