Ranking and classification of fishing areas using fuzzy models and techniques

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 240-253

  Sylaios, G K ^a   Koutroumanidis, T ^a   Tsikliras, A C ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fishery production; Fuzzy c means; Fuzzy inference system; Global fuzzy membership

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FISHING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; RANKING;

EID: 77953742494     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2009.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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