Fuzzy decision support system to determine swell/shrink factor affecting earthwork optimization of highways

Mathematical and Computational Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-70

  Göktepe, A Burak ^a   Lav, A Hilmi ^b   Altun, Selim ^c   Altintaş, Gökhan ^d  

^a Akkoy Dam and HEPP   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Earthwork optimization; Fuzzy logic; Highway; Shrinkage; Swelling

Indexed keywords

FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

EARTHWORK OPTIMIZATION; SWELLING BEHAVIOR;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 39649083369     PISSN: 1300686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mca13010061     Document Type: Article

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