Knowledge-based versus data-driven fuzzy habitat suitability models for river management

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 982-993

  Mouton, A M ^a   De Baets, B ^a   Goethals, P L M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Ecological modelling; Expert knowledge; Fuzzy logic; Hill climbing; Integrated river basin management; Macroinvertebrates; Physical habitat; Stream

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; LEARNING SYSTEMS; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; HILL CLIMBING; INTEGRATED RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENTS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; PHYSICAL HABITAT; STREAM;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

BAETIS RHODANI; EPHEMEROPTERA;

EID: 84860325493     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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