Fuzzy modelling of the composting process

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 641-647

  Giusti, E ^a   Marsili Libelli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composting; Fuzzy clustering; Fuzzy identification; Fuzzy models

Indexed keywords

AERATION CYCLES; AEROBIC DECOMPOSITION; AS-SOILS; BIOCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; CALIBRATED MODEL; COMPOSTING PROCESS; ERROR CRITERION; FUZZY IDENTIFICATION; FUZZY MODELLING; FUZZY MODELS; FUZZY STRUCTURES; LINEAR MODEL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

BIODEGRADATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); FERTILIZERS; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; SOLID WASTES;

SOIL CONDITIONERS;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; DECOMPOSITION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MODEL TEST; OXIC CONDITIONS; SOLID WASTE;

EID: 75149132779     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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