Assessing traffic noise impact based on probabilistic and fuzzy approaches under uncertainty

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 541-550

  Peng, Wei ^a   Mayorga, Rene V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuzzy; Impact; Noise; Stochastic; Traffic; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BINARY FUZZY RELATIONS; TRAFFIC NOISE;

FUZZY SETS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NOISE POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NOISE POLLUTION; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 42549157522     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-007-0173-7     Document Type: Article

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