FUERO: Foundations of a fuzzy exploratory model for soil erosion hazard prediction

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 715-728

  Metternicht, G ^a   Gonzalez, S ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy rule based modeling; Fuzzy sets; Hazard prediction; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; FUZZY EXPLORATORY MODEL; LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS; SOIL EROSION;

SOILS;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 10644287872     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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