Applications of rough set theory to river environment quality evaluation in China

Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 459-470

  Ip, W C ^a   Hu, B Q ^b   Wong, H ^a   Xia, J ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; ROUGH SET THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NUMERICAL METHOD; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 34547104620     PISSN: 00978078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0097807807040112     Document Type: Article

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