Water quality index development using fuzzy logic: A case study of the Karoon River of Iran

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 10125-10133

  Babaei Semirom, F ^a   Hassan, A H ^a   Torabia, A ^b   Karbass, A R ^b   Hosseinzadeh Lotf, F ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fuzzification; Inference system; Monitoring; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; IRON; NITRATE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECAL COLIFORM; FUZZY LOGIC; IRAN; PH; RIVER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80052655109     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb11.1608     Document Type: Article

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