Environmental risk assessment of offshore produced water discharges using a hybrid fuzzy-stochastic modeling approach

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 782-792

  Chen, Zhi ^a   Zhao, Lin ^a   Lee, Kenneth ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuzzy set; Monte Carlo; Produced water; Risk assessment; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; GRAND BANKS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODELING METHOD; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NEWFOUNDLAND , CANADA; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM; OFFSHORE WATER; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; POLLUTION STANDARDS; PRODUCED WATER; STOCHASTIC MODELING; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; RISK MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CELLULOSE; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION; MODEL VALIDATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GRAND BANKS;

EID: 76749103738     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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