Adaptive management of natural systems using fuzzy logic

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 940-944

  Prato, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Fuzzy logic; Natural systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION RULES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST BIODIVERSITY; FUZZY ADAPTIVE; FUZZY DECISION RULES; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NATURAL SYSTEMS; SELECTIVE CUTTING; TIMBER MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; GLOBAL WARMING; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TIMBER;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 75149158363     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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