Environmental project evaluation: A fuzzy logic based method

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 467-481

  Smlith, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE REASONING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT EVALUATION; FUZZY SUBSET; ROAD PROJECTS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORMAL LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

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EID: 0031139662     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207729708929408     Document Type: Article

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