Model of behaviour of conductivity versus pH in acid mine drainage water, based on fuzzy logic and data mining techniques

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-153

  Jiménez, Antonio ^a   Aroba, J ^a   de la Torre, M L ^a   Andujar, J M ^a   Grande, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AMD; Conductivity; Data mining; Fuzzy logic; Iberian Pyrite Belt; pH

Indexed keywords

EID: 64349121781     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2009.015     Document Type: Article

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