A fuzzy expert system for soil characterization

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 950-958

  López, Eva M ^a   García, Miriam ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Domingo, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial Intelligence; Case studies; Decision Support Systems; Fuzzy inference systems; Soil Risk Characterization

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHARACTERIZATION; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

CASE-STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSSS); FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; RISK CHARACTERIZATION; SOIL CHARACTERIZATION; SOIL RISK CHARACTERIZATION; SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPERT SYSTEM; FUZZY LOGIC; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 50349087617     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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