An integrated GIS based fuzzy pattern recognition model to compute groundwater vulnerability index for decision making

Journal of Hydro-Environment Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-77

  Pathak, Dhundi Raj ^a   Hiratsuka, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decision making; DRASTIC method; Fuzzy pattern recognition model; GIS; Groundwater vulnerability map; Nepal

Indexed keywords

DRASTIC METHOD; FUZZY PATTERN RECOGNITION MODEL; GIS; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY MAP; NEPAL;

AQUIFERS; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY LOGIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDEX METHOD; LINEARITY; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VULNERABILITY;

BAGMATI; KATHMANDU; NEPAL;

EID: 79951767902     PISSN: 15706443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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