Water quality analysis in rivers with non-parametric probability distributions and fuzzy inference systems: Application to the Cauca River, Colombia

Environment International

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-28

  Ocampo Duque, William ^a   Osorio, Carolina ^a   Piamba, Christian ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^b   Domingo, José L ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cauca River (Colombia); Fuzzy inference systems; Monte Carlo simulation; Non parametric density estimators; Uncertainty; Water quality

Indexed keywords

FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; GRAPHIC METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

COLOMBIA; DENSITY ESTIMATOR; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY;

RIVERS;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HISTOGRAM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RIVER WATER; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUZZY SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RIVER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CAUCA RIVER; COLOMBIA;

EID: 84871490809     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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