A Complex Systems Model Approach to Quantified Mineral Resource Appraisal

Environmental Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-98

  Gettings, Mark E ^a   Bultman, Mark W ^a   Fisher, Frederick S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Fuzzy logic; Mineral resource appraisal; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FREQUENCIES; FUZZY SETS; MINERALS;

EVIDENCE MODELING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

MINERAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LAND MANAGEMENT; MINERAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MODEL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ROCK; THEORY; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUZZY LOGIC; MINERALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 1842582917     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-2835-7     Document Type: Article

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