Assessing water quality in rivers with fuzzy inference systems: A case study

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 733-742

  Ocampo Duque, William ^a,b   Ferré Huguet, Núria ^a   Domingo, José L ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Fuzzy inference systems; Water management; Water quality standards

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUZZY SETS; POLLUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RIVERS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY STANDARDS;

WATER QUALITY;

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 33746823764     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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