Quality evaluation of restored soils with a fuzzy logic expert system

Geoderma

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 290-302

  Kaufmann, Manfred ^a   Tobias, Silvia ^b   Schulin, Rainer ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fuzzy inference system; Fuzzy logic expert system; Soil physical indicators; Soil quality; Soil restoration

Indexed keywords

AIR CAPACITY; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CULTIVATED LANDS; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEM; FUZZY MEMBERSHIP FUNCTION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INFERENCE RULES; INFLECTION POINTS; LEAST LIMITING WATER RANGES; PACKING DENSITY; PENETRATION RESISTANCES; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL QUALITY; PLANT PRODUCTION; PLANT PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY EVALUATION; REFERENCE SOIL; S PARAMETERS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESTORATION; STRUCTURAL DEGRADATION; WATER LOGGING; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; MINING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESTORATION; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SOILS;

FUZZY INFERENCE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY;

EID: 67349283948     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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