Fuzzy inference systems-based approaches in geotechnical engineering- a review

Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 16 M, Issue , 2011, Pages 1543-1558

  Adoko, Amoussou Coffi ^a   Wu, Li ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fuzzy inference systems; Fuzzy set theory; Geotechnical engineering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE NEURO-FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEM; DEFUZZIFICATION METHOD; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; FUZZY INFERENCE TECHNIQUES; FUZZY PROBABILITY THEORY; FUZZY VARIABLE; GEOTECHNICAL; GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS; INFERENCE SYSTEMS; RESEARCH NEEDS; RESEARCH TOOLS; RIGOROUS METHODOLOGIES; ROCK ENGINEERING; SOFTCOMPUTING TECHNIQUES; SUBJECTIVE INFORMATION; UNCERTAIN DATAS;

ENGINEERING; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOFT COMPUTING;

FUZZY INFERENCE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PLASTICITY; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052200951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10893032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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