Fuzzy expert system to assess corrosion of cast/ductile iron pipes from backfill properties

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-77

  Najjaran, Homayoun ^a   Sadiq, Rehan ^a   Rajani, Balvant ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAST IRON; CORROSION; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NODULAR IRON;

BACKFILL PROPERTIES; FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEM; IRON PIPES; STRUCTURAL FAILURE;

PIPE;

CAST IRON; CORROSION; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NODULAR IRON; PIPE;

CORROSION; EXPERT SYSTEM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PIPE;

EID: 33645966221     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: 14678667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2005.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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