Application of fuzzy logic to qualify the environmental impact in abandoned mining sites

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 217, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 303-315

  Valente, Teresa Maria ^a   Ferreira, Manuel Joao ^a   Gomes, Carlos Leal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fuzzy model; Index of environmental impact (I EI); Mining activity; Waste dumps

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; FUZZY MODELS; INDEX OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT (I EI); MINING ACTIVITY; MINING SITES; PORTUGAL; PRIORITIZATION;

FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ABANDONED MINE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FUZZY LOGIC; INDEX OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINING; PORTUGAL;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 79955065678     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0587-6     Document Type: Article

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