Neuro-fuzzy logic model for evaluating water content of sandy soils

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 274-287

  Mohamed, A M O ^a   Hawas, Y ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FUZZY SETS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFLECTOMETERS; SAND; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

INCIDENT PULSE SIGNALS; NEURO-FUZZY LOGICS; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (TDR); WATER CONTENT;

SOILS;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; SANDY SOIL; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 2042520921     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2004.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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