Evaluating probabilistic data with a possibilistic criterion in land-restoration decision-making: Effects on the precision of results

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 158, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1546-1560

  Güneralp, Burak ^a   Gertner, George ^a   Mendoza, Guillermo ^a   Anderson, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Entropy; Geography; Land restoration; Measures of information; Uncertainty; Vagueness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FUZZY MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; LAND RESTORATION; MEASURES OF INFORMATION; VAGUENESS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 34248655672     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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