Comparison of first-order analysis and fuzzy set approach for the evaluation of imprecision in a pesticide groundwater pollution screening model

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 21-43

  Freissinet, Catherine ^a,b   Vauclin, Michel ^a   Erlich, Marc ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Lab d'Hydraulique de France LHF   (France)

Author keywords

First order analysis; Fuzzy set; Imprecision; Mathematical model; Pesticide; Pollution

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

ATTENUATION FACTOR (AF) INDEX; FIRST-ORDER ANALYSIS; RETARDATION FACTOR (RF) INDEX; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; PESTICIDE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; PESTICIDE;

MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SOIL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0033033756     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(98)00163-6     Document Type: Article

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