Prediction of Aquifer Vulnerability to Pesticides Using Fuzzy Rule-Based Models at the Regional Scale

Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 130-153

  Dixon, B ^a   Scott, H D ^b   Dixon, J C ^b   Steele, K F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Pesticides; Simulation modeling; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; MODELING; PESTICIDE; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

ASPERULA;

EID: 0038457553     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.23.2.130     Document Type: Article

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