Environmental impact assessment procedure: A new approach based on fuzzy logic

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 275-283

  Peche, Roberto ^a   Rodríguez, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

EIA; Engineering projects; Environmental impact assessment; Fuzzy logic

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EIA; ENGINEERING PROJECTS; FUZZY ARITHMETICS; FUZZY NUMBERS; IMPACT PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS; NEW APPROACHES; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; TOTAL VALUES; UNCERTAINTY INTERVALS;

CARRY LOGIC; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FUNCTIONS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; INFORMATION THEORY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS;

EID: 67349278178     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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